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5 septembre 2019

Adjunct Paths to Promotion at SUNY Oneonta

HomeBy Colleen Flaherty. The State University of New York at Oneonta and its American Federation of Teachers-affiliated faculty union, after four years of discussions, struck a deal that benefits part-time faculty members, they announced last week. More...

5 septembre 2019

Scientific Advancement, ‘1 Funeral at a Time’

HomeBy Colleen Flaherty. New paper says the death of star scientists often benefits their subfields, via an influx in new contributors and ideas. More...

5 septembre 2019

$360K Settlement for Grad Coercion Whistle-Blower

HomeBy Colleen Flaherty. The University of Missouri at Kansas City settled for $360,000 with a professor who said he was retaliated against for reporting another professor for using foreign students as servants, The Kansas City Star reported. More...

5 septembre 2019

Case Against Rochester Survives Legal Challenge

HomeBy Colleen Flaherty. The federal lawsuit against the University of Rochester filed by current and former faculty members and students in the brain and cognitive sciences department may proceed, U.S. District Judge Lawrence Vilardo said this week in a lengthy decision. More...

5 septembre 2019

Re: Hellllllp!!!!

HomeBy Colleen Flaherty. Many professors say that teaching students how to email them properly is a necessary gift that keeps on giving. More...

5 septembre 2019

‘Don’t Let the Bret Stephens Bite’

HomeBy Colleen Flaherty. Professor's tweet about the controversial New York Times columnist goes viral after the columnist CC's his provost on an angry email. More...

5 septembre 2019

Sexual Harassment at University of Illinois

HomeBy Colleen Flaherty. Six professors and one staff member have been credibly accused of sexual harassment at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign since last year, according to an investigation by ProPublica and NPR Illinois. More...

5 septembre 2019

New Data on Faculty Strikes

HomeBy Colleen Flaherty. There were 42 faculty and staff strikes and one lockout across academe from 2012 to 2018, according to a new study, with about two strikes per year involving professors. Adjuncts were involved in nearly all the faculty strikes. More...

5 septembre 2019

Belief in Gender Bias and Promotions for Women

HomeBy Colleen Flaherty. A new study based on actual academic hiring data says that committees whose members don't believe in gender bias are less likely to promote women. More...

5 septembre 2019

Pro-Antifa Professor Out in Iowa

HomeBy Colleen Flaherty. Kirkwood Community College announces that a professor sympathetic to Antifa and critical of evangelical Christians won't be teaching this year, due to safety concerns. More...

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