Isolation can make opportunities elusive.
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9 Black women who were working on or recently earned their PhDs told a researcher they felt isolated and shut out.
Scholars say Israel is intentionally destroying education and cultural institutions in Gaza. Here smoke rises following Israeli bombardments in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Jan. 17, 2024.
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Scholars say Israel’s destruction of Gaza’s schools, universities and museums are part of an ongoing project to destroy Palestinian people, identity and ideas.
Quality in academic research can be compromised when diversity of experience is lacking among the reviewers.
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Politics and the lack of compensation are among the factors that can undermine the peer review process, which is important to the quality of knowledge in academic journals.
A new crop of PhD graduates of the University of Nairobi in December 2023.
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As the professor class has shrunk, so has the number of PhD graduates.
Does AI enhance or cripple a person’s analytical skills?
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Scholars differ over whether having students use AI in their assignments will help or hurt their careers after graduation.
There is a dearth of women teaching at institutions of higher education in Ghana.
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Ghanaian traditional gender norms are the main barrier to Ghanaian women pursuing academic careers.
Teachers and university professors have relied heavily on ‘one and done’ essay assignments for decades. Requiring students to submit drafts of their work is one needed shift.
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Educators need to carefully consider ChatGPT and issues of academic integrity to move toward an assessment system that leverages AI tools.
Outside of teaching and writing, Samuel Steward took up tattooing.
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The ability of professors to freely teach and write about controversial topics without fear of retribution is nothing new.
Programs that offer college in prison are becoming more prevalent.
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The author of a book collecting the experiences of college professors who teach in prisons explains how they are changed by the experience.
Why are you taking the course? Knowing the answer will help you choose a balanced courseload.
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Different professors teach differently. If you’re a student with choices in a program, it makes sense to find out what you’re getting.
Business schools are starting to emphasize societal impact.
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Despite being the subject of criticism and negative news, business schools do a lot of good for society, a veteran business professor explains in a new book.
The gender pay gap for faculty in Canadian universities is significant and persistent.
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Over the course of a career and retirement, gender pay gaps lead to a difference of roughly half-a-million dollars for women professors relative to their male counterparts.
Researchers in a survey said they don’t want to delay their tenure review but have the criteria for it shift.
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Faculty in a cross-country survey recommended modifying metrics used to gauge productivity to account for the differential impacts of the pandemic on women and racialized faculty.
What hapens when someone outside of the university community co-ordinates a mass email campaign demanding the firing of a faculty member? University policies need to cover this.
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Where policies do address online abuse and harassment, they’re largely ineffective in a world where academics engage with people in a variety of public platforms and through social media.
Black and Hispanic business school professors are few in number.
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Professors of color are few and far between at America’s business schools. Hidden obstacles in the search process help explain why.
Appointment of vice-chancellors is problematic in some Nigerian universities.
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Transparent selection processes and merit should be emphasised more in appointing vice-chancellors in Nigerian universities.
A cross-Canada survey of university faculty found 68 per cent of females, compared with 32 per cent of males, reported family caregiver challenges in the pandemic.
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The pandemic has negatively affected female and racialized faculty. Universities need to make sure their career advancement doesn’t suffer.
Non-academic mentors, especially those familiar with the culture of academia, can offer empathy, validation and healthy perspectives.
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The realities of the job market mean most PhD students no longer work alongside people whose professional paths they will follow. Universities must do more to support non-academic mentorships.
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Academics report feeling unhappy and isolated in their current work culture.
Creative, social and family life should not be banished from the knowledge economy.
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Transforming knowledge and letting oneself be transformed by the knowledge of others requires slowness, almost an asceticism.