Faculty Issues

Scott McLemee reviews Why We're Wrong about Nearly Everything: A Theory of Human Misunderstanding by Bobby Duffy.

Authors discuss their new book explaining higher education to those who work with it but aren't in it.

It's more common than you might think. And that's a bad thing for trainees and for science, a new study says.

Clark University dismisses a graduate student who complained about possible gender discrimination and research misconduct, saying she couldn't find a new adviser within 30 days.

If we teach students to see racism as an idea that's expressed through behaviors, institutions and cultures rather than an immutable character trait, we free them to see things more accurately and with more openness to change, argues Cyndi Kernahan.

UT Austin faculty group wants the institution to fix what it says is a system that marginalizes Hispanics.

American Academy of Religion releases new guidelines on what undergraduates should understand about all religions prior to getting their degrees.