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Belief in Gender Bias and Promotions for Women
A new study based on actual academic hiring data says that committees whose members don't believe in gender bias are...
Rhodes Settles Sex Assault Lawsuits
Rhodes College has settled with two students who were expelled after being accused of sexually assaulting a woman at a...
Opinion
Teaching in the Age of Me Too
Eric S. Yellin was nervous about teaching a course based on a false rape accusation but found he was wrong to be so anxious -- and that the experience offered four lessons for instructors.
Senate Democrats Oppose Industry-Recognized Apprenticeships
Forty-three Senate Democrats, as well as Independents Bernie Sanders and Angus King, wrote Monday that a Trump administration proposal to...
Academic Minute: Youth Music Programs and the 5 C’s
Today on the Academic Minute, part of Back to School Week, Michelle Hospital, research associate professor in the department of...
Minority Students and Science Achievement
Those who teach and learn science could use more diversity. In today's Academic Minute, part of Back to School Week...
Questionable Rejection
Sociologist says journal dismissed her paper because she'd shared it elsewhere as a preprint -- even though the publication had a pro-preprint policy. How often does this happen?
Pro-Antifa Professor Out in Iowa
Kirkwood Community College announces that a professor sympathetic to Antifa and critical of evangelical Christians won't be teaching this year, due to safety concerns.