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Protected by Decades-Old Power Structures, Three Renowned Harvard Anthropologists Face Allegations of Sexual Harassment
Protected by Decades-Old Power Structures, Three Renowned Harvard Anthropologists Face Allegations of Sexual Harassment
Senior Anthropology professors Theodore C. Bestor, Gary Urton, and John L. Comaroff have weathered allegations of sexual harassment, including some leveled by students. But affiliates said gender issues in the department stretch beyond them.
'It Will Not Be Easy.' As Labs Begin to Reopen, Enormous Challenges Remain
When Science Needs Self-Correcting
Admitting scientific errors is hard. It's also important.
Doctors and Postdocs in Political Science in Switzerland. A Study Conducted by the Swiss Political Science Association.
Doctors and Postdocs in Political Science in Switzerland. A Study Conducted by the Swiss Political Science Association.
This report shows the results of a survey conducted in spring 2019 among all people who received a PhD in political science from a Swiss university during the last eleven years (2008 to 2018) and among postdocs working in a Swiss university in June 2019. Thus, this survey sheds light on the experiences and career paths of both postdocs and doctors in political science who left academia. Moreover, it compares the results regarding postdocs with a similar study carried out in 2012.
'A Completely New Culture of Doing Research.' Coronavirus Outbreak Changes How Scientists Communicate
'A Completely New Culture of Doing Research.' Coronavirus Outbreak Changes How Scientists Communicate
Preprint servers and journals are working overtime to keep up with a "firehose" of data.
Growing into Teaching Career Diversity for Historians
Growing into Teaching Career Diversity for Historians
Students should actively consider and prepare for the work they are personally most suited to, whether within or beyond the academy.
How Academia Resembles a Drug Gang
How Academia Resembles a Drug Gang
Academic systems rely on the existence of a supply of "outsiders" ready to forgo wages and employment security in exchange for the prospect of uncertain security, prestige, freedom and reasonably high salaries that tenured positions entail.
Avoiding Disgruntlement and Burnout from Too Much Service Work
People who do too much service can take longer to advance in their careers, are often unhappy with how service is distributed in the department and are more likely to burn out or leave the academy, write Rachel McLaren and Anthony Ocampo, who offer tips for avoiding that.
Cambridge Sociologist's Visa Fight 'sends Shockwaves' Through Universities
Cambridge Sociologist's Visa Fight 'sends Shockwaves' Through Universities
Academics say case of Dr Asiya Islam, turned down after 10 years in UK, gives the lie to assurances Britain is open to experts.
The 2020 Inside Higher Ed Survey of Chief Academic Officers
The 2020 Inside Higher Ed Survey of Chief Academic Officers
What chief academic officers think about the academic health of their institutions, the role of tenure, general education and much more.
Chinese Universities Are Enshrining Communist Party Control In Their Charters
Chinese Universities Are Enshrining Communist Party Control In Their Charters
China's best universities change its charter to emphasize loyalty to the ruling Communist Party.
The Data Science Revolution: An Interview with Xiao-Li Meng
An interview with Xiao-Li Meng, Professor of Statistics at Harvard University, about the increasingly central role data science is playing in research and teaching - and how journals, publishers, societies, and librarians fit in this emerging ecosystem.
Chair and Fellowships in Academic Research Quality and Improvement created at University of Bristol
Science Must Move with the Times
Can science continue to fulfil its social contract and to reach new horizons by advancing on the same footing into the future? Or does something need to shift?
Research Culture: One Year on
One year ago, the Royal Society hosted the Research culture: Changing expectations conference. The conference ended with a call to action for attendees to consider how they could improve research culture in their own institutions. In this blog we report back on a snapshot of the work of some of these individuals and organisations.
What Hypocrisy, I Think Guiltily, As I Jet off to Academic Conferences Far and Wide
Mental Health in Academia
How can the scientific community support researchers with mental health issues?
What's in a Name? How False Author Affiliations Are Damaging Academic Research
What's in a Name? How False Author Affiliations Are Damaging Academic Research
When reading a research paper, can you be certain that the institution the author claims to be affiliated with is actually the institution that was responsible for supporting the research?
'The Way Universities Are Run is Making Us Ill': Inside the Student Mental Health Crisis
'The Way Universities Are Run is Making Us Ill': Inside the Student Mental Health Crisis
The long read: A surge in anxiety and stress is sweeping UK campuses. What is troubling students, and is it the universities' job to fix it?
Down with Tenure, Equal Rights for All
All contracts for academic posts should be open-ended, and liable to termination: this is the opinion of the President of the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences Antonio Loprieno.
Nobelist: Toughest, Not Most Talented, Stay in Academia
Brian Schmidt says academia is losing brightest researchers because they cannot endure 'intolerable' precarity throughout their thirties
Academic Science Rethinks All-Too-White 'Dude Walls' Of Honor
A few years ago, TV celebrity Rachel Maddow was at Rockefeller University to hand out a prize that's given each year to a prominent female scientist. As Maddow entered the auditorium, someone overheard her say, "What is up with the dude wall?"
Open and Replicable Science Cannot Save Us from Academia
Researchers have tried for at least 200 years to change academia and they have all failed, claims opinion piece.
