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Academic 'Moneyball'

MIT management professors push data-based model they say is more predictive of an academic's future research success than traditional methods of peer review in tenure.

The Stagnant Wage Premium

The wage gap between college degree holders and workers without a degree has not grown in recent years, and a new study says the culprit is information technology's displacement of "routine" jobs.
Opinion

Unprecedented and Unprincipled Adversary

Universities must work together to confront a large, adaptive and well-camouflaged apparatus that aspires to mimic and rival legitimate science, argues U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse.
Opinion

An Unhealthy Bubble

We in higher education need to provide a diverse and inclusive environment that challenges people to stop surrounding themselves only with others whose views match their own, writes David P. Haney.

Scientists Sound the Alarm

Trump’s cabinet picks, other policy signals lead scientists and physicians to issue warnings on direction of incoming administration.

The Focus Group That Wasn't

AP reveals political science professor who cited a focus group as key source for his many interviews and essays never had one.

A New Divestment Direction?

Barnard focuses on companies that deny science as it seeks to balance concern over climate change with financial responsibility and its own values.

Kicking the Habits

With reaccreditation at risk, Alamo Colleges drop course based on the 7 Habits self-help book that board had approved to replace a humanities requirement.