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When Public Scholarship Is a Crime
American professor in Denmark says she’s being targeted by immigration officials for doing what academics do: sharing her findings with the public.
Granting Researchers Success
Many grant proposals are submitted without any kind of internal review. A new study suggests a major return on investment for institutions that help their researchers write better grants.
A Failed Race Against the Clock
A professor loses her job at SUNY Buffalo, and her advocates say she was denied not only a fair shot at keeping her position, but the ability to stay on health insurance while facing a life-threatening illness.
Withering Humanities Jobs
Full-time jobs in English and languages continue to decline, reaching a new low, says preliminary annual jobs report from the Modern Language Association.
Middle East Tensions, U.S. Classrooms
At Middle East Studies Association conference, scholars take on thorny questions related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in their teaching.
Growing Less Equal
New book explores how colleges were not created equal -- and how pressures have driven them to be even less so in recent decades.
Fighting Censorship … With Trigger Warnings
At National Women’s Studies Association annual gathering, scholar talks using trigger warnings and safe spaces as a way to engage men in feminist discourse.