By Barbara Fister. Many conversations about privacy have been happening around various digital water coolers where I hang out, sparked by the work of the NISO Consensus Framework to Support Patron Privacy in Digital Library and Information Systems. Read more...
By Tracy Mitrano. Free Speech and privacy operate as integral, essential supporting values that underpin the missions of colleges and universities in the United States. Many of the same arguments made about free speech: liberty of person, association and expression, could be made by and for and about privacy. Read more...
By John Warner. There is some good news regarding the situation of Arizona State University’s non-tenure-track writing instructors.
As reported on their “asugainst55” website, in a meeting with a vice provost, they were promised base salaries of either $36,000 for a 4/4 course load or $40,000 for a 5/5 course load. Read more...
By John Warner. In a world of news cycles, the old is constantly replaced with the new, and important stories are occasionally buried.
An important story (important to me anyway) that I wanted to revisit is the treatment of contingent faculty writing instructors at Arizona State University. Read more...
By Michael Patrick Rutter and Sarah Shaughnessy. Harvard University, especially in the summer, is a destination site for thousands of tourists. These visitors are not bashful about poking their heads into every part of the campus and pushing on any door that might open. Read more...
By Katie Shives. It happens to every grad student in the sciences at some point: your project stops working and things don’t seem to come together. In some cases, projects don’t get enough momentum and early success to even seem like they have started. Read more...By Alex T. Williams. We all know that academia can feel like an “ivory tower” at times. You may find yourself wishing that you could write an article that a general audience could understand—something that does not require a theory section in an academic journal that takes 6 months to publish in, which is then inaccessible to your friends and family. When that urge arises, you should try pitching a story to a non-academic outlet. Read more...By Heather VanMouwerik. When I was an undergraduate, in those heady days of invite-only Gmail accounts and “Heather is…” Facebook statuses, there were only two ways to communicate with classmates: seeing them in class or stalking them after. Read more...By Danielle Marias. While exchanging pleasantries with fellow graduate students at a climate change conference, someone joked about the lack of funding for scientific research. Read more...By Travis Grandy. With the school year coming to a close, it’s a great time to start mapping out some summer projects, including developing your online presence. Now, managing your online reputation includes a lot more than just a personal website (Twitter, Academia.edu, and LinkedIn are a few other places you might want to think about). Read more.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
