By Colleen Flaherty. The Society for American Archaeology is still taking heat for how it handled a sexual harassment case at its meeting earlier this year -- and how it then blocked critics on social media. More...By Colleen Flaherty. CSU's faculty union suddenly disaffiliates from the state's largest K-12 teachers' union. More...By Colleen Flaherty. Johns Hopkins fires professor over clash with student protesters, but he says he has no remorse for either the attack or being a "white male." More...By Colleen Flaherty. No, you’re not dreaming. The American Political Science Association confirmed this week that a “puppy social” advertised in the otherwise quite serious program for its annual meeting -- set for later this month in Washington -- is the real deal. More...By Colleen Flaherty. As it turns out, many Ph.D. students resent the expectation that they bring food and drinks to their thesis defenses. UCLA's psychology department just said they shouldn't do it.By Colleen Flaherty. If undergraduate research is a high-impact practice and experience, why do so many students drop out of their research labs? A study by 14 undergraduates at Arizona State University and several other scholars published in PLOS ONE found that lab climate is a major factor in undergraduate research persistence. More...
By Colleen Flaherty. Indiana University says eligible non-tenure-track faculty members will be able to apply for promotion to the new rank of teaching professor by fall 2020. The new classification was approved by the university's Board of Trustees, with the support of the faculty and the administration. Indiana already has lecturers and senior lecturers. More...
By Colleen Flaherty. Former members of the advocacy nonprofit say that it's not inclusive and lacks transparency. Its leader says there's room for other voices and groups in science's antiharassment movement. More...
By Colleen Flaherty. Members of the Society for the Study of Social Problems introduced a resolution calling for the boycott of “complicit Israeli academic institutions” at its annual meeting in New York this month. The resolution, which ultimately failed, sought to “foster support for our Palestinian academic colleagues, whose basic human rights, including the right to education and academic freedom, have been denied for decades under Israel’s military occupation and racist policies,” supporters said in a statement. More...
By Colleen Flaherty. The Council of Graduate Schools and the Jed Foundation for youth emotional health and suicide prevention will partner to study and promote graduate student well-being, they said Tuesday. A report is due out by late 2020. More...
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