By Colleen Flaherty. Study finds recommendation letters for academic jobs signal doubt about female applicants more than they do for men, with real, negative effects on their job chances. More...
22 juillet 2018
22 juillet 2018
Technology Transfer Support Benefits Women
By Colleen Flaherty. A forthcoming study in Technology and Innovation, the journal of the National Academy of Inventors, suggests that women benefit from technology transfer support efforts. More...
22 juillet 2018
Making 'The Case for Colonialism,' Anew
By Colleen Flaherty. Eight months after it was withdrawn from Third World Quarterly amid threats to its author and the journal's editor and questions about why it was published in the first place, an article arguing in favor of colonialism has been published again. More...
22 juillet 2018
State Audit Says U California Paid $4.5 Million in Harassment Settlements
By Colleen Flaherty. A state audit released Thursday said the University of California campuses at Berkeley, Los Angeles and Davis did not consistently discipline faculty members accused of sexual harassment, the Los Angeles Times reported. More...
22 juillet 2018
Brown Agrees to Grad Union Election Terms
By Colleen Flaherty. Brown University and its would-be graduate student union on Thursday announced their agreement on terms for a possible union election, outside of National Labor Relations Board channels. More...
22 juillet 2018
U Michigan Lecturers Win Big Raises in Tentative Contract
By Colleen Flaherty. The American Federation of Teachers-affiliated lecturers’ union for the University of Michigan’s campuses at Flint, Ann Arbor and Dearborn reached a tentative contract agreement that includes substantial increases for minimum pay and equity adjustments depending on length of service. More...
22 juillet 2018
Restructuring Tenure Away
By Colleen Flaherty. Vermont Law School plans to cut professors' tenure to deal with budgetary concerns. Skeptics wonder if it will hurt the institution more than it helps. More...
22 juillet 2018
#ImmodestWomen
By Colleen Flaherty. Female academics from around the world showed solidarity last week with Fern Riddell, an historian based in Britain, by changing their Twitter display names to say “Dr.” They did so after Riddell was criticized online for tweeting about her title in relation to news that The Globe and Mail planned to use “Dr.” only in reference to medical doctors. More...
22 juillet 2018
Anthropologists Issue Policy on Sexual Harassment
By Colleen Flaherty. The American Anthropological Association on Friday announced a new Policy on Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault. It defines both harassment and assault as “professional misconduct” that hurts anthropologists individually, as a group and as a discipline. More...
22 juillet 2018
'The Integral Place of Philosophy in Catholic Higher Education'
By Colleen Flaherty. The American Catholic Philosophical Association this month released a statement on the “integral place of philosophy in Catholic higher education.” It did so partly in response to threats to the future of philosophy programs nationwide and at Catholic institutions in particular. More...
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