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Helping Students Unlearn ‘Learned Helplessness’
The challenge is to promote help-seeking behaviors without fostering dependency, Erin Andrews writes.
Can We Trust Social Science Research?
Issues of bias, credibility, politics, reliability and reproducibility.
UNC Fires Professor They Secretly Recorded
The university recorded Larry Chavis’s class without his consent for a professional review. Last week he was told his contract would not be renewed.
New Jersey Community College Leaders Fight Potential Funding Cut
The institutions stand to lose $20 million if the governor’s current budget proposal passes. The college’s leaders are hopeful their advocacy can stave off the cut.
Professor Fired for Attending Unite the Right Rally Sues
A Furman University professor who administrators have been investigating for his involvement in the 2017 Unite the Right rally in...
Trustees Vote to Dissolve University of Kentucky Senate
The University of Kentucky Board of Trustees voted Friday morning to dissolve the university Senate, The Lexington Herald-Leader reported. The...
Stanford Misinformation Group to Keep Going Despite Reported Cuts
The Stanford Internet Observatory (SIO), one of the largest academic groups investigating misinformation, is pledging to continue its work following...
U of Rochester Receives $50M for New Medical Center
The University of Rochester has received a $50 million gift from entrepreneur B. Thomas Golisano, the college announced Thursday. The...