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Bottom Line Up Front

Calls for clear, easily accessible data on Ph.D. program outcomes have failed to produce results at any kind of scale. A new coalition of 10 life sciences institutions hopes to change that.

When Students Are Fair Game

Professors typically refrain from talking about their now-notable former students publicly, but some feel moved to do so in the public interest, good or bad.

Is Anyone Reading This Headline?

Authors of statistics textbook proudly declared, in a footnote, that no one reads footnotes. Photos of the footnote keep going viral.

Gender Gap in Academic Seminar Questions

Men are far more likely to ask, study finds.

Narrowing the Terms of Tenure

University of Arkansas professors want to stall a vote on system policy changes they say would upend the definition of tenure. Many fear the system is trying to focus on the vague concept of collegiality.
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Learning From World Literature in the South

Editing the Norton Anthology of World Literature ultimately changed Martin Puchner's view of the literary marketplace and what literature can do.
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The Case Against the Term Paper

Students need to read more, talk about ideas and then write shorter papers more often, writes Deborah J. Cohan.

Jury Rejects Suit by Sandy Hook Denier

Florida Atlantic University prevails in suit by professor it fired.