By Colleen Flaherty. When a misleading op-ed in The Wall Street Journal irks academics, it's time for a fact check on faculty work and pay. More...
Diversity in IT
By Colleen Flaherty. Academe’s IT professionals are predominantly male and white, according to a new research brief from CUPA-HR. Black and Hispanic women are also generally underpaid relative to their white male peers. Around 43 percent of IT administrators are over 55 years old, with median years in position at seven. More...
More Than a Fight for the Heavens
By Colleen Flaherty. U of Hawaii is in conflict with itself as it pursues the controversial Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea while also being a leading indigenous institution. More...
STEM Class Size and Women's Participation
By Colleen Flaherty. Increasing class size negatively impacts women's participation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics classrooms, says a new study in BioScience. Based on data from 44 different institutions and 5,300 student-instructor interactions, researchers found that this effect kicks in at around 120 students per class. More...
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4 Professors in Same Department Develop Cancer
By Colleen Flaherty. Four faculty members in the same department at Metropolitan State University of Denver’s Auraria campus have been diagnosed with cancer, and industrial hygienists are investigating the West Classroom Building where they work, according to KDVR.com. One of the professors died of lung cancer in 2016, and three additional colleagues have since been diagnosed with breast or liver cancer. More...
Professors Have Feelings, Too
By Colleen Flaherty. New paper makes the case for paying more attention to pretenure faculty members' emotions as a key component of their -- and the institution's -- success. More...
This Journal's Future Is Female
By Colleen Flaherty. Political science association pleases and surprises members with its flagship publication's new editorial team. More...
Professor Says She Was Forced to Teach Under Fluorescent Lights
By Colleen Flaherty. A professor of communication is suing Washburn University for allegedly forcing her to teach in a basement room with fluorescent lights, even though she has a neurological condition triggered by that kind of light, according toThe Topeka Capital-Journal. More...
Professors Still More Likely Than Students to Be White
By Colleen Flaherty. A new analysis from Pew Research Center says that while racial and ethnic diversity has increased among U.S. college faculty over the past two decades, professors are still much more likely than their students to be white. In 2017, according to data from the National Center for Education Statistics and looked at by Pew, 76 percent of all college and university faculty members were white, compared to 55 percent of undergraduates. By ethnic group, just 5 percent of faculty members were Hispanic, compared to 20 percent of students. Six percent of professors were black, compared to 14 percent of their students. Asians were the exception, making up 11 percent of professors and 7 percent of students. More...