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Bold Move in Graduate Education
In a reform aimed at reducing Ph.D. program timelines and attrition, University of Chicago will guarantee full funding to humanities and social sciences students -- in exchange for program caps.
Grad Enrollment: Gains at Home, Losses Abroad
New graduate school enrollments continue to fall among international students, but underrepresented U.S. minority enrollments are way up.
Fighting for Time to Heal
Non-tenure-track faculty members and allies urge UC Irvine to grant long-serving lecturer paid medical leave following brain surgery.
Opinion
What Is It Like to Be a Cat?
Scott McLemee reviews Understanding Animals: Philosophy for Dog and Cat Lovers by Lars Svendsen.
‘Nothing Succeeds Like Failure’
Author discusses his new book on business schools.
Critical Reception
Students at NYU and Rutgers are asking why professors who've been found to have behaved inappropriately with students were welcomed to campus this semester.
When CVs Are Too Good to Be True
Faculty search committees take note: academic dishonesty extends to CVs, according to a new study.
Academic Book Reviews Deserve Some Respect
They are an investment in the scholarly community and in ourselves as researchers, Victoria Addis argues.