By Jake New. A growing number of colleges and universities are emphasizing civic engagement in their curriculum -- a move institutions say is in response to an erosion of public discourse. Read more...
12 mai 2016
12 mai 2016
Chilling Higher Ed Cooperation in China?
By Elizabeth Redden. The country's strict new law regulating the activities of foreign nongovernmental organizations raises many unanswered questions for universities operating there. Read more...
12 mai 2016
‘I, Too, Am Study Abroad’
By Elizabeth Redden. SUNY Oswego has seen success expanding the diversity of its students who study abroad. Read more...
12 mai 2016
Predictive Analytics for Publishing
By Carl Straumsheim. Start-up uses data analytics to tackle information overload among researchers and publishers in science, medical and technical fields. Read more...
12 mai 2016
Digital Humanities as 'Corporatist Restructuring'
By Carl Straumsheim. Many humanities scholars have praised the digital humanities as one of the more promising developments for their disciplines. But a recent article in the Los Angeles Review of Books compares digital humanities scholars to “Silicon Valley ‘disruptors,’” saying they are leading a “corporatist restructuring” of their fields. Read more...
12 mai 2016
Defending the Humanities
By Scott Jaschik. Ken Burns, the documentary maker who brought the Civil War, the histories of baseball and jazz, and the biographies of the Roosevelts to film, had a chance Monday night to honor the National Endowment for the Humanities, which supported much of his work. Read more...
12 mai 2016
Free Speech, 'The Antioch Review' and an Antitransgender Article
By Scott Jaschik. Essay in noted literary journal infuriates many, but college has rejected calls to remove it, citing principles of free expression. Read more...
12 mai 2016
No More 'Job for Life'
By Colleen Flaherty. System president's email criticizing tenure expectations and comparing professors to railroad brakemen adds to faculty frustration in Wisconsin. But the governor likes the email. Read more...
12 mai 2016
Postdoc Now, Think Later
By Colleen Flaherty. New study argues science Ph.D.s often plan for postdocs without considering whether they're necessary or beneficial to their career plans. Actual evidence is mixed. Read more...
12 mai 2016
Refusing to Be Measured
By Colleen Flaherty. Rutgers professors vote a second time to seek access to and limits on use of data from Academic Analytics -- as faculty advocates vow to take such criticism to other campuses. Read more...
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