By Colleen Flaherty. Email from historians' group sparks debate about individual liability insurance offered by professional associations and whether faculty members need this kind of coverage. Read more...
28 septembre 2016
28 septembre 2016
Lego Grad Student
By Colleen Flaherty. A "hollow head struggling to make it through a blocky world" helps one Ph.D. student and his many followers cope with graduate school's challenges. Read more...
28 septembre 2016
Tweeting Your Way to Tenure
By Colleen Flaherty. American Sociological Association report suggests standards by which departments may consider social media activity and other public communications in tenure and promotion decisions. Read more...
28 septembre 2016
'Rushing' the Academic Job Market
By Colleen Flaherty. Is applying for tenure-track jobs like rushing a series of exclusive sororities? That’s the idea behind a new web video. Read more...
28 septembre 2016
What Students Really Think
By Colleen Flaherty. A new book by undergraduates at Michigan State offers teaching advice based on thousands of comments from students starting with the prompt, 'To my professor. Read more...
27 septembre 2016
Gains in Minority Grad Student Enrollments
By Colleen Flaherty. Graduate student enrollments increased nearly 4 percent last year, with the biggest relative gains seen among underrepresented minority groups. Read more...
27 septembre 2016
Not Just 'Musical Chairs'
By Colleen Flaherty. Beyond well-funded individual campus initiatives aimed at increasing the number of underrepresented minority faculty members, experts urge collaboration across institutions and within disciplines. Read more...
27 septembre 2016
Geophysicists: Evolution 'Must Be Central' in Science Ed
By Colleen Flaherty. The American Geophysical Union has reaffirmed its position on teaching Earth history and evolution. “Scientific theories of Earth history and biological evolution are fundamental to understanding the natural world, are supported by extensive evidence and are noncontroversial within the scientific community,” the union’s updated statement says. Read more...
27 septembre 2016
Zero Correlation Between Evaluations and Learning
By Colleen Flaherty. New study adds to evidence that student reviews of professors have limited validity. Read more...
27 septembre 2016
Clearing the Shrapnel
By Colleen Flaherty. Gender-based discrimination in the academic workplace isn’t always overt, but the “shrapnel” of small indignities stays with you. That’s the premise of a new book on this kind of bias, and how to alleviate it. Read more...
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