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Students

Harvard Report Highlights Concerns About Exclusive All-Male Clubs premium

By Sarah Brown and Katherine Mangan

A university task force called out the prestigious "final clubs" for fostering a culture of "sexual entitlement." Harvard isn’t the first institution to grapple with the challenges posed by such groups, which wield outsize influence on campuses but operate with little oversight.

Faculty

Berkeley Is Under Fire, Again, for How It Handled Sexual Harassment

By Robin Wilson

Just five months after the University of California campus drew withering criticism in the Geoff Marcy case, it is being accused once more of protecting a senior academic charged with unwanted sexual contact.

Leadership

3 Highlights From a Survey of Presidents on the Campus Racial Climate

By Corinne Ruff

Researchers with the American Council on Education analyzed more than 500 anonymous responses from chief executives at two- and four-year colleges.

Research

A Major Miss in Michigan Puts Polling Under the Microscope

By Paul Basken

No pollsters saw Bernie Sanders’ upset of Hillary Clinton in the state’s Democratic primary coming. John Della Volpe, director of polling at Harvard’s Institute of Politics, explains why polling doesn’t seem to improve over time.


Views

Advice

Fashion Matters

By Ben Barry

Why academics should care about what they wear.

Vitae

The Community-College Interview: What to Wear

By Rob Jenkins

Leave the garish suits and the stained shirts at home.

Lingua Franca

Scalia's Linguistic Acumen

Geoff Pullum agrees with Mark Liberman of Language Log in appreciating the linguistic insight often seen in the opinions and dissents of the late Justice Scalia.

Job Opportunities

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Pennsylvania, United States

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Malaysia

Mutliple Faculty Positions, Maryville University
Missouri, United States

Faculty Openings , Allegany College of Maryland
Maryland, United States

Dean of Admission , Morrisville State College
New York, United States

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