By David Kent. An article came out earlier this month in the FASEB Journal (published by the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology) that contained a somewhat shocking set of data: it turns out that the number of  scientists undertaking postdoctoral research in life sciences is declining. More...

By Jennifer Polk. Last week the US National Endowment for the Humanities announced a major new funding initiative for career preparation programming for graduate students. In response, professor and higher ed commentator Marc Bousquet argued that there was little need for these programs. More...

By Melonie Fullick. A few of weeks ago, an article about Canadian universities’ hiring of teaching-intensive faculty positions was published by the Globe and Mail. The article by Simona Chiose focused on universities’ use of these positions as a means of handling the ever-expanding amount of teaching that needs to be done, without increasing the number of regular tenure-stream faculty hires. More...

By Ashleigh Vanhouten. A discussion with the authors of a cheeky new guide for graduate students. More...

By Rosanna Tamburri. Institutions are working to privately sponsor refugee families and to help bring student refugees here to study. More...

By David Smith. Affordable high-quality animations may mark the death of stodgy PowerPoint presentations. More...