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OpenStax Launches Learning Platform

The Rice University-based free textbook publisher is the latest in the industry to pair its own course content with an online learning platform.

More Writing Through Automation

University of Michigan adds an automated text-analysis tool to a growing program intended to give more students a chance to learn through writing.

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.

Newly Tenured … at MIT, Wesleyan, Winthrop

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Polina Anikeeva, materials science and engineering Cullen Buie, mechanical engineering Mircea Dincă, chemistry Liang Fu, physics...

Net Neutrality Battle

Questions about funding and disclosure surround article advocating more economic analysis at the FCC, ahead of major moves by Trump appointees to roll back net neutrality rules.
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Dude, Women Know Stuff

New paper explains effort to fight gender bias in political science, and, perhaps, in other disciplines as well.

‘Fear of Looking Stupid’

Anthropologist offers explanation for why faculty members hesitate to adopt innovative teaching methods.

Amid Dispute, Award Returned

Honor for history book is given back amid criticism of its citations. Author says there are 52 errors he sees as accidental and mostly minor, but others see more fundamental problems.