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20 mai 2017

What Are Students Rating When They Rate Instructors?

HomeBy Colleen Flaherty. New study suggests student evaluations are dependent on discipline and they tend to be especially “hazardous” to professors in quantitative fields. More...

20 mai 2017

NLRB: Vanderbilt Full-Time, Non-Tenure-Track Instructors Aren't Managers

HomeBy Colleen Flaherty. A regional National Labor Relations Board official this week rejected Vanderbilt University’s claim that its full-time, non-tenure-track lecturers are managers under the National Labor Relations Act and therefore not entitled to collective bargaining — similar to tenure-track faculty members at private institutions. More...

20 mai 2017

Proposed Cuts to Humanities at SUNY Stony Brook

HomeBy Colleen Flaherty. More than 2,000 people have signed a petition opposing proposed cuts to humanities programs within the State University of New York at Stony Brook’s College of Arts and Sciences to narrow a $1.5 million budget gap. More...

20 mai 2017

Furor Over Philosopher's Comments on Violence Against White People

HomeBy Colleen Flaherty. Texas A&M president calls remarks “disturbing." Many colleagues say his quotes have been distorted and that his work in critical race theory and his academic freedom deserve support. More...

20 mai 2017

Linking Evaluations to Equity Contributions

HomeBy Colleen Flaherty. University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire policy will require all faculty and staff members to work toward equity, diversity and inclusion, for consideration in their evaluations. It's controversial, but proponents say it's an efficient way to put values into action. More...

20 mai 2017

Words Fly on Free Speech Bill

HomeBy Colleen Flaherty. Critics of proposed legislation to ensure First Amendment rights at Wisconsin public universities say it could backfire and limit expression. Requirement for political neutrality alarms professors and administrators alike. More...

20 mai 2017

From Title IX ‘Witch Hunt’ to Suit

HomeBy Colleen Flaherty. Graduate student who is subject of Title IX critic Laura Kipnis's new book sues for defamation and invasion of privacy. More...

20 mai 2017

Tufts Grad Students Form Union

HomeBy Colleen Flaherty. Tufts University graduate students in the School of Arts and Sciences voted to form a union affiliated with Service Employees International Union, they announced Thursday. More...

20 mai 2017

‘Hypatia’ Disavows the ‘Hypatia’ Disavowal

HomeBy Colleen Flaherty. Add another chapter to the Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy saga: the publication’s Board of Directors this week released a statement supporting Hypatia’s original decision to release a controversial article on race, viewed by some as an attack on transgender women or an erasure of black women, or both. More...

20 mai 2017

Push for 'Unit Records' Revived

HomeBy Andrew Kreighbaum. Bipartisan group of senators wants to end ban on collecting data many say would help students and the public judge colleges. Opponents appear unmoved, citing privacy concerns. More...

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