By Doug Lederman. This month's edition of the “Pulse” podcast features a discussion with Jill Sitnick, a technology strategist at Microsoft, about Sway, the company’s new mobile graphic presentation tool. Read more...
4 décembre 2016
4 décembre 2016
4 Years, 7 Months to Publish Article
By Holly Else for Times Higher Education. Researcher sees his experience as emblematic of challenges of publishing interdisciplinary science. Read more...
4 décembre 2016
Separate and Not Equal
By Colleen Flaherty. When it comes to gaining tenure, are minority professors held to higher -- or even shifting -- standards, compared to their white colleagues? That’s the question asked by numerous challenges to negative tenure decisions nationwide in recent years. It’s also the premise behind a new book that’s attracting attention for articulating what some see as a longstanding but heretofore unspoken rule of academe. Read more...
4 décembre 2016
Jewish Professors Targeted
By Colleen Flaherty. Two Jewish professors on different campuses are harassed with anti-Semitic threats -- at a time when swastikas have appeared at a number of institutions. Read more...
4 décembre 2016
Anti-Semitism Awareness Bill Passes Senate
By Colleen Flaherty. The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act, which seeks to adopt the U.S. State Department’s definition of anti-Semitism so that the Education Department may consider it in investigating reports of religiously motivated campus crimes. Read more...
4 décembre 2016
Forgotten Chairs
By Colleen Flaherty. Being a department chair can feel like running a small business, yet most professors aren’t trained for that kind of work. Initial data from a new study of department chairs suggest that most don’t even receive training for their role. Read more...
4 décembre 2016
Values for the Trump Era
By Colleen Flaherty. Academics (and journalists) have been accused in the aftermath of the presidential election of being “out of touch” with the American electorate. At the same time, academics have played important leadership roles in eras and places in which free expression has come under threat -- as some believe it is now in the U.S. Read more...
4 décembre 2016
Heterodox Academy, PEN America Condemn Professor Watchlist
By Colleen Flaherty. The executive committee of Heterodox Academy, a group of scholars dedicated to viewpoint diversity, is taking a stand against Professor Watchlist. Read more...
4 décembre 2016
‘Failing Families, Failing Science’
By Colleen Flaherty. A new book, based on five years of research involving academic scientists, sheds more light on the struggles of both men and women as they try to grow their careers and their families. Failing Families, Failing Science: Work-Family Conflict in Academic Science (New York University Press) is based on the idea that work-life balance is not an issue exclusive to women -- and must be addressed with gender-neutral solutions. Read more...
4 décembre 2016
In the Line of Fire
By Jake New. After killing of Wayne State officer and attack at Ohio State, campus police reflect on dangers of the job. Read more...
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