By Colleen Flaherty. Two former students and a third woman who is now a faculty member at another institution are suing a former professor of East Asian languages and culture at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, alleging sexual assault and bullying. More...

By Colleen Flaherty. The University of San Diego suspended an unnamed professor for allegedly threatening two other faculty members, according to The San Diego Union-Tribune. A group of faculty members reportedly said in a statement that a colleague put images of sniper rifles or scopes under two professors' office doors, and that they wanted the "responsible individual to be held accountable for his actions." More...

By Colleen Flaherty. Political science has a gender publication gap but several studies have found no evidence of bias against women in the journal review process. A new study based on a survey of American Political Science Association members provides some insight into what's going on: a gender submission gap to journals is accompanied by a "gender perception" gap in some cases. More...

By Colleen Flaherty. Scores of professors at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill say they're concerned about a proposed program for civil discourse. Discussions about it have been strangely secretive, they say, and much of the funding is from anonymous donors. More...

By Colleen Flaherty. Thirty-six professors opted into DePauw University's voluntary retirement incentive program, a spokesperson confirmed this week. DePauw laid off 57 staff members and offered voluntary retirement buyouts to about 100 professors in February, citing flat enrollment and budget constraints. More...

By Colleen Flaherty. Columbia says a historian's acclaimed book on North Korea was plagiarized, and its publisher says it's been taken out of print. More...

By Colleen Flaherty. The Association of American Universities on Thursday launched a new program to help universities better prepare Ph.D. students for a range of careers inside and outside academe. The AAU Ph.D. Initiative specifically seeks to change the “culture” of graduate education, according to the organization, making it more student centered and focused on individual students’ diverse paths, interests and backgrounds. More...

By Colleen Flaherty. Facing pressure to resign as director of the Media Lab at Massachusetts Institute of Technology for taking money from late sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein, Joi Ito has the lab's founder on his side. More...

By Colleen Flaherty. Columbia University is adding a rotating contemporary core element to the literature humanities course in its larger undergraduate core curriculum. More...

By Colleen Flaherty. New study from international publishing ethics group finds that arts, humanities and social science journal editors worry most about plagiarism and inclusion. More...