Here are three quick fixes that would mitigate precarity Giving adjuncts biweekly payments, internal status for permanent vacancies and tenure on promotion would all help, say Lisa Carver and Samantha King Lisa Carver 7月 25日
Science inequity rooted in ‘moralised’ worship of ‘hard work’ Decade-long study of scientists’ output and attitudes produces book on why structural tactics to tackle gender and race inequalities fail Paul Basken 7月 22日
US sector ‘would take 70 years’ to reach diversity goals Decades or centuries needed if progress continues at its current pace, consultancy firm concludes Paul Basken 7月 18日
Laurentian crisis appears to near resolution Surprise insolvency has brought campus resignations and nationwide labour stress Paul Basken 7月 18日
Michigan hires Santa Ono as president Leading US public institution, six months after firing Schlissel over affair claims, gets top academic voice on equity from UBC Paul Basken 7月 14日
Admissions tests hinder disabled students, US audit finds With SAT and ACT already losing acceptance because of inequities, GAO details cost-related struggle of students to gain needed accommodations Paul Basken 7月 14日
Northwestern president appointee pulls out after cancer diagnosis Rebecca Blank, who was until recently head of Wisconsin’s flagship campus, to return to state to fight aggressive form of disease Paul Basken 7月 12日
Abortion ruling tipped to turbocharge US college voting turnout After 80 per cent gain in youth voting for last midterm congressional election cycle, Supreme Court decision seen as driving interest even higher Paul Basken 7月 12日
Laval suspensions fuel Canadian free speech debates Professors sanctioned for vaccine discussions as politicians seen gearing up for US-style assault on academic rights Paul Basken 7月 8日
Pittsburgh funding in peril over fetal research Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania hold up state’s budget as part of demand that university gets no money if valued research involving aborted tissue persists Paul Basken 7月 7日
Canada urged to drop English language tests for Nigerian students As enrolments rebound after Covid, students from biggest African nation found to face tougher conditions on testing, financing, visas and admissions Paul Basken 7月 6日