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Seeking Fair Faculty Pay
At many colleges, new assistant professors earn close to or even more than long timers. U of Washington is trying to do something about it -- and finding out how hard it is. Among other ideas: countering expensive retention raises with new salary steps subject to approval by one's peers.
Cuts Questioned at U of Chicago
Faculty members and students worry they're paying the price for construction projects amid a focus on cutting administrative costs.
Best Practices in Peer Review
The Association of American University Presses on Wednesday released Best Practices in Peer Review, designed to help publishers promote rigorous...
Canadian Academic Detained in Iran
A Canadian university professor has been jailed in Iran after conducting research on women in the country, according to a...
Pakistani Law College Leader Killed
The leader of the law college at Pakistan’s University of Balochistan, Amanullah Achakzai, was shot and killed on his way...
Newly Tenured ... at Clarkson, Hamilton, Meredith, Middlebury, Norwich, U of San Diego
The following individuals have recently been awarded tenure by their colleges and universities: Clarkson University Laurel Kuxhaus, mechanical and aeronautical...
Shakespearean Twitter War
Scholar vents "bitterly sarcastic" 500-tweet attack on another scholar's book on King Lear.
Academic Minute: Smartphone Dependency
Today on the Academic Minute, Sylvia Chan-Olmsted, professor in the department of telecommunication at the University of Florida, determines that...