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The (Possible) Postdoc Union Boom

Could postdoc unions be the next big thing in collective bargaining among academics? Recent filing at University of Washington could be beginning of a new round of organizing.

Productivity: Age Is Just a Number

New study pushes back on decades of studies suggesting that scientific productivity peaks early and declines thereafter.

Fair Game?

PETA goes after a Yale postdoc for her research on birds, and some academics cry foul.

The Shrinking Humanities Job Market

New analysis finds the number of doctorates awarded keeps rising, even as number of job openings drops.

The Missing Black Professors

Study of top public universities finds limited faculty diversity, yet signs of progress -- except for African-Americans in STEM.
Opinion

Calling Attention to a Postdoc's Struggles and Suicide

Author of a scientific paper fought for years to find a journal to accept his work, which has an acknowledgments section that includes a tribute to a colleague.

Long-Term Contracts for 1,500 Adjuncts

CUNY’s faculty union is starting to see returns on a major push of six-year contract battle: three-year appointments for long-serving adjuncts.

Leap of Faith

Deciding to unionize alongside part-timers could have backfired on Notre Dame de Namur’s tenured and tenure-track faculty members. Here’s how it didn’t.