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In Defense of the Morality of Citation
Giving credit where it’s due is a moral issue, Susan D. Blum writes.
New Unions Represent Over 40K Grad Students, Postdocs, Researchers
Last year, 26 new bargaining units representing over 40,000 graduate student workers, postdoctoral workers or researchers officially formed across the...
British Scholar Accused of Transphobia Wins Harassment Case
A British employment tribunal ruled Monday that the Open University didn’t properly protect one of its professors from “harassment” that...
Plucking Plagiarism’s Low-Hanging Fruit
Tricia Bertram Gallant argues that graduate programs and journals should routinely check dissertations and articles for plagiarism.
How Many Casualties Would a Plagiarism War Produce?
If conservatives and liberals start scouring their opponents’ academic publications for stolen ideas or phrases, nobody—even plagiarism experts—knows how much grist they will find.
Washington State U Student Workers Strike, Get Deal
A union representing Washington State University student academic employees announced Wednesday—on the first day of its strike—that it had reached...
Louisiana Lawmaker Requests Info on Foreign Faculty Members
A Louisiana state legislator asked his state for information on faculty members at Louisiana public institutions who hold green cards...
The Boom in Campus Strikes Is Likely to Continue in 2024. Just Look at California.
From the University of California in late 2022 to Rutgers, Temple, the University of Michigan and now Cal State, the strike wave on campuses isn’t ending.