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‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’ on FAFSA
After this year’s disastrous launch of the financial aid form, federal officials say next year’s version will be out on time and with fewer problems. College financial aid professionals are skeptical.
Saul Alinsky and Contemporary Campus Protests
The tactical playbook behind today’s campus activism.
Hiring Couples May Help Diversify Faculty Ranks, Tenure Pipeline
A new scorecard aims to provide academic couples comprehensive information about research institutions that are most supportive of dual-career scholars—and more likely to hire them for tenure-track positions.
Harassment Investigation of USC Professor Dismissed
The University of Southern California dismissed a harassment case that was filed last fall against tenured Jewish professor John Strauss...
Overcoming Public Resistance to the Avant-Garde
Why the public shuns the avant-garde and what to do about it.
Former IT Director Defrauded Webster University of $2.1M
A former IT director at Webster University admitted in federal court Tuesday that he had defrauded his ex-employer and an...
British Academics Despair as ChatGPT-Written Essays Swamp Grading Season
‘It’s not a machine for cheating; it’s a machine for producing crap,’ says one professor infuriated by the rise of bland essays.
Tulane, U of San Diego Non–Tenure-Track Faculty Members Unionize
Non–tenure-track faculty members at two more private universities have voted to unionize. At Tulane University, full-time teaching faculty members voted...