2 Academic Groups Urge U. of Michigan to Use Restraint in Clash Over Letters of Recommendation
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What Factors Hold Back the Careers of Women and Faculty of Color? Columbia U. Went Looking for Answers
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Federal Proposal to Redefine Gender Throws College Policies Into Uncertainty
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A new tool kit from the AAUP offers faculty groups concrete steps for ensuring that partnerships with for-profit companies don't threaten academic freedom and program integrity.
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DeVos Calls Democratic Senator’s Public Criticism of Draft Title IX Rules ‘Unbecoming and Irresponsible’
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Harvard Admissions Trial Opens With Arguments Focused on Diversity
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The private historically black institution in Georgia says it will seek a new accreditor after a federal judge rules that a regional agency can withdraw its stamp of approval, blocking access to federal financial aid.
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College Urged to Strip Clarence Thomas's Name From Building
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When a Chinese company seeks to buy an American music college, opponents of the sale raise academic freedom concerns. Over the last several years, Chinese buyers have purchased a number of campuses in the U.S.
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Confucius Institutes and classrooms installed in colleges and K-12 schools the world around function as propaganda branches of the Chinese government, writes Marshall Sahlins.
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AAUP’s Data Show Weakening Protections for Academic Freedom
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About three-quarters of all faculty positions are off the tenure track, according to new AAUP analysis. While many now work on multiyear contracts, their academic freedom remains of concern.
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Do Universities Value Public Engagement? Not Much, Their Policies Suggest
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How 3 Colleges Changed Their Sexual-Assault Practices in Response to a National Survey
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For U. of Virginia’s Miller Center, a Reckoning in the #MeToo Era
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International Students’ Graduate Enrollment Is Down, Study Finds. Some Say U.S. Policy Is to Blame.
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'Women must veil their form': Law school dean resigns after his writings spark backlash
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Education Department says it won't meet November deadline to overhaul borrower-defense and gainful-employment rules, raising the stakes for legal challenges to the Obama-era regulations.
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A conservative professor is under fire for comparing -- facetiously, he says -- Judge Brett Kavanaugh's alleged actions to "spin the bottle," and for suggesting limiting judicial nominees to rapists. Students say his words are dangerous, but he thinks he's collateral damage in the culture wars.
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For a few weeks, a Christian university allowed romance without sex for gay and lesbian couples. But the Board of Trustees says it never approved the change and restored the ban.
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