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(More) Bias in Science Hiring
New study finds discrimination against women and racial minorities in hiring in the sciences. The study's about postdocs, but it has important implications for all of academe.
‘The Educated Underclass’
Author discusses new book in which he questions whether most colleges are living up to their claims about promoting social mobility -- and whether college degrees do enough for low-income students.
Opinion
Sunspots and Poetry
Scott McLemee reviews Tracy Daugherty's Dante and the Early Astronomer: Science, Adventure and a Victorian Woman Who Opened the Heavens.
Reorganizing Away the Liberal Arts
Professors fear University of Tulsa abandoning its historic commitment to education beyond job training.
Can ‘Science Diplomacy’ Work?
Advocates see great need, but some wonder if the concept can survive in the current era.
Opinion
A Strategy for Campus Belonging
Catherine Epstein describes the importance of building community through intellectual pursuits and how small, intensive learning communities can help overcome the divides on campuses today.
Coding Curriculum in a Box
CodePath.org, a nonprofit boot camp, offers ready-made, industry-approved coding courses to colleges and trains students to teach them for credit.