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26 octobre 2019

Central Connecticut Releases Misconduct Report

HomeBy Colleen Flaherty. In at least 10 cases spanning the last decade, Central Connecticut State University determined that faculty or staff members had violated its policies against sexual misconduct, the Hartford Courant reported. More...

26 octobre 2019

Philosophy at a Catholic College

HomeBy Colleen Flaherty. Newman University this year opened a School of Catholic Studies -- good news for a Roman Catholic institution struggling with enrollment declines. In addition to offering seminarians new place to study, Newman hoped that students from other fields would embrace the opportunity to study alongside them in some courses.
But now the university’s Board of Trustees has approved a plan to “align” Newman’s theology and philosophy programs with the new college -- without clear input from the philosophy department. More...

26 octobre 2019

Communication Faculty Job Market Continues to Recover

HomeBy Colleen Flaherty. The National Communication Association on Monday released its annual job ads data, reporting a 130 percent increase in listings from 2009 to 2019: just 351 job ads were posted a decade ago, at the height of the Great Recession, compared to 808 this year. More...

26 octobre 2019

Feds: Professor Spent Grant Money at Strip Clubs

HomeBy Colleen Flaherty. Drexel University agreed to pay the government $189,000 in a federal case involving a former professor who allegedly spent his grant money at strip clubs and sports bars in Philadelphia, the Associated Press reported. More...

26 octobre 2019

Clearer Policies for Firing Professors at Nebraska

HomeBy Colleen Flaherty. The Faculty Senate at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln last week approved clarifications to the process by which professors may be dismissed, the Lincoln Journal-Star reported. The changes stem from the controversial 2017 dismissal of Courtney Lawton, a graduate student and lecturer in English who was filmed protesting and flipping off a member of the campus chapter of the political group Turning Point USA. More...

26 octobre 2019

UC Merced Adds Teaching Professor Faculty Rank

HomeBy Colleen Flaherty. About 20 instructors at the University of California, Merced, hold the new title of teaching professor this term. The university says that these professors are part of a faculty group called lecturers with potential security of employment. More...

26 octobre 2019

Fighting for Time to Heal

HomeBy Colleen Flaherty. Non-tenure-track faculty members and allies urge UC Irvine to grant long-serving lecturer paid medical leave following brain surgery. More...

26 octobre 2019

Students Say Physics Professor Called Women ‘Useless’

HomeBy Colleen Flaherty. North Carolina State University suspended David Davis, a research associate professor of physics, who allegedly said that the women in his class were “useless” earlier this week when they didn’t have answers to his questions. More...

26 octobre 2019

Critical Reception

HomeBy Colleen Flaherty. Students at NYU and Rutgers are asking why professors who've been found to have behaved inappropriately with students were welcomed to campus this semester. More...

26 octobre 2019

When CVs Are Too Good to Be True

HomeBy Colleen Flaherty. When we think about academic misconduct, we tend to think about misrepresentation of research findings or plagiarism. But a new study says that misrepresentation of academic achievements on CVs is a problem requiring attention, too. More...

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