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Posttenure Benchwarmers?
New study of economics professors' research effort and impact says they're not exactly "swinging for the fences" after getting tenure.
No Room for Rebuttal
Paper in The French Review titled “Islamism’s Conquest of the French Republic” draws outcry, not only on charges of Islamophobia, but on its scholarly merit. An editor who joined in criticism is fired.
Gender Trouble
A departmental committee told a professor he had to teach Judith Butler in his class in the name of gender balance. He refused. As for Butler, she doesn’t want her work forced on him.
Tensions in St. Louis
Protests and altercation at St. Louis Community College board meeting highlight division over layoffs and a budget deficit in a large district that is losing students.
Wisconsin Business School Dean Quits
Anne Massey announced Monday that she would resign -- after only one semester in office -- as dean of the...
New Media Consortium Suddenly Folds
The nonprofit New Media Consortium stunned many academics and educational technology partisans Monday by announcing via email that it was...
Institutional Impacts of Non-Tenure-Track Hiring
A new TIAA analysis of 12 years of federal and other data from 1,200 institutions finds that increased hiring of...
Senate Rule Blocks Effort to Help Berea College
The Senate parliamentarian ruled Tuesday ahead of a vote on the Republican tax reform plan that three provisions of the...