13 avril 2014
13 avril 2014
Review Didn’t Support Researcher’s Claims on Athletes’ Literacy, UNC Says
By . Three outside experts hired by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to review a learning specialist’s findings about the subpar reading abilities of Tar Heel athletes did not find evidence to support those claims, the News & Observer reported. More...
13 avril 2014
The Science of Going Viral
By Marc Parry. Just one in every 20 Facebook photos is shared. Most Twitter hashtags vanish into oblivion. Researchers want to understand the exceptions. Can you predict what content will go viral? That could be handy in many contexts—marketing, elections, revolutions. This week two new papers are proclaiming advances in the science of virality. Read more...13 avril 2014
Common Application Might Need ‘More Focused Mission’
By Eric Hoover. The plan for rolling out the Common Application’s new platform last summer was “not realistic in scope or timing,” leaving too little time for sufficient testing, according to a recent independent review of the organization. More...
13 avril 2014
The ‘Heartbleed’ Bug and How Internet Users Can Protect Themselves
By Megan O'Neil. Security professionals working in higher education are updating servers, reissuing certificates used to guarantee secure Internet transactions, and encouraging students and faculty and staff members to take a break from the commercial Internet following the discovery of a programming flaw in a widely used Internet tool. Dubbed “Heartbleed,” the Internet-security breakdown cuts across industries and has raised anew questions about the vulnerability of proprietary data and personal information shared online. Read more...
13 avril 2014
There Is a Gender Pay Gap in Academe, but It May Not Be the Gap That Matters
By Jonah Newman. The gender-based wage gap has been in the spotlight lately, as the Obama administration used a pair of executive orders this week to remind the country that women make 77 cents for every dollar men make, according to oft-quoted (and sometimes criticized) data from the Census Bureau. New data released this week by the American Association of University Professors show there is a gender wage gap in academe, too. More...
13 avril 2014
Anonymous Donor Makes $100-Million Gift to Dartmouth College
By Don Troop. Dartmouth College announced on Wednesday a gift of $100-million from an anonymous donor that will be used to hire faculty members, support interdisciplinary research, and expand the institution’s global impact. It is the largest gift in Dartmouth’s history, and it includes a 2-to-1 matching challenge, which could double the total sum if other donors give an additional $100-million by the end of 2015. More...
13 avril 2014
Union Efforts on Behalf of Adjuncts Meet Resistance Within Faculties’ Ranks
By Peter Schmidt. As part-time instructors at colleges seek to improve their working conditions through unionization, they often find that the people standing in the way of their efforts are not administrators but fellow faculty members, several union organizers and labor experts observed at a conference held here this week. More...13 avril 2014
Community Colleges Can Foster Student Success by Supporting Their Adjuncts
By Audrey Williams June. When community colleges fail to support the part-time faculty members who teach more than half of the classes offered at such institutions, they are fostering a culture that creates a barrier to student success, according to a new report. More...13 avril 2014
2013-14 AAUP Faculty Salary Survey
On average, faculty salaries rose faster than inflation for the first time in five years. Still, at some institutions, associate professors have seen their salaries stagnate over the past decade relative to those in higher and lower faculty ranks. Read more.View trends, gender breakdowns, and comparisons of faculty salaries at 1,156 institutions from the AAUP’s Faculty Salary Survey. More...
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