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How Do We Figure Out the Hidden Motives of Others?
We all keep some motivations for behavior hidden. In today’s Academic Minute, part of Brown University Week, Oriel FeldmanHall explores...
Police Accused of Harassing Team From Historically Black College
The president of Delaware State University, a historically Black college, has accused Georgia police officers of stopping the bus carrying...
Opinion
Experimenting With Teaching to Improve Student Learning: Part I
Colleges should constantly encourage faculty members to try new approaches and gather data to see if they’re making tangible changes, write Richard J. Light and Allison Jegla.
Understanding the Hidden Motives of Others: Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute: Oriel FeldmanHall, assistant professor of cognitive, linguistic and psychological sciences, explores how to interpret the...
NCAA Aims to Limit Booster Role in Funding for Athletes
The National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division I Board of Directors issued guidance Monday that aims to limit the role that...
Flag, Freedom, DEI and Faculty Performance: A Fable
A fictional tale by Mark Edmundson explores the “ethical commitments” professors are and are not being invited to make.
Faculty Votes No Confidence in Sonoma State President
Sonoma State president Judy Sakaki allegedly ignored her husband’s sexual harassment of college employees. That triggered a no-confidence vote in which faculty raised numerous other issues.