By Scott Jaschik. Canvas, the Instructure learning management system, has announced an integration of Google into its product. Read more...
17 février 2017
17 février 2017
Rift in Women’s Studies Over Transgender Issues
By Scott Jaschik. WMST-L is like many online discussion groups for scholars. It features many posts in which scholars try to help one another. What would be a good book to add to a syllabus on a given course? What do people know about the content of a forthcoming conference? Who might be interested in joining a panel at a scholarly meeting. Read more...
17 février 2017
Social Science Groups Criticize Trump on Pipeline
By Scott Jaschik. The American Anthropological Association and the American Psychological Association have issued statements of concern over President Trump's decision to revive work on the Dakota Access Pipeline, a project put on hold at the end of the Obama administration. Read more...
17 février 2017
Surge in Unions for Adjuncts at Private Colleges
By Scott Jaschik. Non-tenure-track faculty members at private colleges are unionizing at an unprecedented rate, according to a new study published in The Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy. Read more...
17 février 2017
Provosts anticipate spending more money on online programs
By Scott Jaschik. Inside Higher Ed's 2017 Survey College and University Chief Academic Officers asked provosts whether they anticipated "major allocation" of funds to certain areas. Read more...
17 février 2017
Doubts on Diversifying the Facultly
By Scott Jaschik. Provosts of American colleges and universities aren't sure their institutions will meet their goals for diversifying the faculty. Read more...
17 février 2017
Study Highlights Gender Gap in Peer Reviewers
By Scott Jaschik. An analysis published in Nature shows the gender gap in peer reviewers in journals published by the American Geophysical Union. Read more...
17 février 2017
Anger Over Man Wearing Swastika at U of Florida
By Scott Jaschik. A man wearing a swastika armband appeared at the University of Florida on Tuesday and Thursday, with his second visit setting off a sustained protest by students and faculty members who chanted their anger at him, The Gainesville Sun reported. Read more...
17 février 2017
Report: Washington Shooter Is Fan of Yiannopoulos, Trump
By Scott Jaschik. Much confusion has surrounded a shooting Friday night at the University of Washington, amid protests over the appearance there of Milo Yiannopoulos, the Breitbart writer whose inflammatory comments upset many on the campuses he visits. Read more...
17 février 2017
Michigan Sets Principles for Renaming Buildings
By Scott Jaschik. The University of Michigan has adopted a series of principles to guide officials when there are requests to rename buildings. The announcement stressed that these were general principles and not a checklist. Read more...
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