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Scabbing on Our Future Selves
Joseph G. Ramsey reflects on grad students’ earlier efforts to unionize, arguing that those students who simply accepted low pay and few benefits were helping their own longed-for tenure-track jobs to disappear.
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Unmanageable Quagmire or Elegant Distinction?
Natasha Baker analyzes the potential impact of the ruling by the National Labor Relations Board on graduate assistants' right to unionize at Columbia University.
Dutch Debate Growth of Instruction in English
Sixty percent of courses at universities in the Netherlands are now taught in English. In master's programs, the figure is 70 percent.
Newly Tenured ... at Bemidji State, Elizabethtown, Hendrix, Quinnipiac, St. Lawrence
The following individuals have recently been awarded tenure by their colleges and universities: Bemidji State University Mahmoud Al-Odeh, technology, art...
San Jose State's Slow Response to Harassment Finding
A San Jose State University professor remained department chair for months after a campus investigation that concluded he had harassed...
Why Fashion Models Don’t Smile
Why don’t fashion models smile? In today's Academic Minute, Nottingham Trent University's Vanessa Brown explores this question. Brown is a...
The Gender Factor in Conference Presentations
New study provides evidence that when those reviewing panel submissions see a woman's name, she is less likely to be invited than if no name is seen.
Taking a Backseat
North Carolina has no shortage of higher education issues, but its gubernatorial candidates haven't been talking about them -- reflecting races across the country.