By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. Native American walkout from the University of Wyoming’s production of The Fantasticks illustrates challenges facing college drama. More...
13 juillet 2017
Theater Classics, Contemporary Sensibilities
Degree Plus?
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. University of Utah’s new certificate program raises a question: Do students with liberal arts degrees need more to get a job. More...
Storm Over Sexual Orientation
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. Though a new pro-LGBTQ group on Samford University’s campus has been approved by both students and faculty, it has roiled Alabama Baptists. More...
Study on LGBQQ Students and Mental Health
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. Students who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual or queer or who are questioning their sexuality are more likely to use their school’s counseling services, but that population also reported more mental health issues, a new study has found. More...
Hazing Crackdown
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. With high-profile hazing cases such as the death of Timothy Piazza at Penn State comes more willingness to punish -- by both prosecutors and universities. More...
The ‘Alt-Reich’ Next Door
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. White U of Maryland student, who officials say was a member of white supremacist group on Facebook, is charged in fatal stabbing of a black Bowie State student, leaving others questioning how safe they are. More...
Net Neutrality Battle
By Colleen Flaherty. Questions about funding and disclosure surround article advocating more economic analysis at the FCC, ahead of major moves by Trump appointees to roll back net neutrality rules. More...
Long-Term Contracts for 1,500 Adjuncts
By Colleen Flaherty. City University of New York’s 30,000-member faculty union fought for six years for a contract that ensured a handful of must-haves. Among them was more job security for adjuncts, who previously taught on semester-to-semester appointments. More...
Brazilian Wax Question Lands Professor in Hot Water
By Colleen Flaherty. Howard University has found a professor of law guilty of sexual harassment in relation to a 2015 test question involving Brazilian waxing. At first blush, it’s the kind of case that might anger even modest professors concerned about the rising tide of what’s been called campus illiberalism, or student calls for censorship of emotionally discomfiting speech. More...
Study: Proximity Still Matters to Collaboration
By Colleen Flaherty. Face time -- the real kind, not Apple’s version -- still matters, at least when it comes to collaboration among researchers. That’s according to a new study in PLOS ONE. Researchers studied a decade’s worth -- tens of thousands -- of papers and patents affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and found that cross-disciplinary and interdepartmental collaboration is driven by face-to-face interaction in shared spaces. More...
