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24 février 2018

Don't Tread on Me

HomeBy Colleen Flaherty. Broward College art professor draws controversy with a piece made of an American flag, resembling a floor mat. More...

24 février 2018

No More ‘Good Samaritan’

HomeBy Colleen Flaherty. Kenyon professor calls off original play about cultural insensitivity amid criticism that it's culturally insensitive. More...

24 février 2018

‘The Ph.D. Delusion’

HomeBy Colleen Flaherty. A new novel about academic life is not a ringing endorsement, to say the least. But it will make you laugh. And that's the point. More...

24 février 2018

U Toronto Publishes '10,000 Ph.D.s Project'

HomeBy Colleen Flaherty. Roughly one-third of Ph.D.s who graduated from the University of Toronto between 2000 and 2015 hold tenure-track or tenured positions in academe, according to a major study of outcomes by the institution’s School of Graduate Studies. Sixty percent of graduates over all work in academe. More...

24 février 2018

Questioning ‘Algorithms of Oppression’

HomeBy Colleen Flaherty. Scholar at respected professional organization sets off Twitter furor by questioning new book on technology and discrimination that he later admitted he hadn't read. More...

24 février 2018

Professor Charged With Harassment Sues William & Mary

HomeBy Colleen Flaherty. A former longtime professor of government at the College of William & Mary who resigned after he was charged with harassment is suing the institution, alleging that it prevented him from speaking out about student mental health, the Williamsburg Yorktown Daily reported. More...

24 février 2018

Finnish University Says It Won't Hire Harasser, After All

HomeBy Colleen Flaherty. The University of Turku in Finland announced Wednesday that it had canceled its employment contract with theoretical astrophysicist Christian Ott, days after the university defended its decision to hire Ott despite his history of sexual harassment. More...

24 février 2018

Publication by Design

HomeBy Colleen Flaherty. Two major journals experiment with "registered reports," agreeing to publish articles based on their design and potential significance, not their results. Could this be a model for others, and one solution to the reproducibility crisis. More...

24 février 2018

Transforming Undergraduate Education in Engineering

HomeBy Colleen Flaherty. The American Society for Engineering Education published two new reports as part of its Transforming Undergraduate Education in Engineering project. A previously published report from the society focused on input from industry, while the new reports offer “Insight From Tomorrow’s Engineers” and “Voices on Women’s Participation and Retention,” respectively. More...

24 février 2018

Power of the Purse

HomeBy Colleen Flaherty. NSF starts requiring that institutions report findings of harassment and suspensions in its funded labs and field sites, and reminds institutions that it can pull funding where necessary. More...

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