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At Wake Forest, Commencement Speaker Isn't Changing
It's been a season in which several high-profile individuals -- facing controversies -- have opted out of invitations they accepted...
Northeastern U. Adjuncts Approve Union Bid
Northeastern University adjuncts are the latest to vote to form a union affiliated with Service Employees International Union, they announced...
Turkish Scholar Denied Right to Board U.S.-Bound Flight
The Middle East Studies Association’s Committee on Academic Freedom is protesting the refusal of authorities to allow a Turkish scholar...
Study Finds Brain Changes in College Football Players
A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds changes in the brains of college football players...
Academic Minute: Cliodynamic Models of History
In today’s Academic Minute, Peter Turchin, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Connecticut, discusses complex mathematical...
Mills College Adjuncts Vote to Form Union
Adjunct professors at Mills College voted to form a union affiliated with the Service Employees International Union, they announced Wednesday...
Adjunct Continues Hunger Strike After Hospital Visit
Mary-Faith Cerasoli, a New-York area adjunct professor of Spanish and Italian, visited the hospital Wednesday after a five-day hunger strike...
MLA Announces New Discipline Forums
The Modern Language Association announced this week a new way of organizing disciplines and information. Dozens of new "forum" categories...