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Admissions

How an Admissions Debacle Tested an Entire Profession’s Ideals premium

By Eric Hoover

The University of Texas at Tyler infamously revoked the full-ride scholarships it had promised to scores of applicants from Nepal. But that’s not the end of the story.

Athletics

Emergency Care Was Delayed for Maryland Football Player Who Died, Consultant Says

By Lindsay Ellis

The university system’s board chair said on Friday that the system would wait until a second investigation is completed before making “final decisions.”

Students

A Student Leader Resigns at Texas State After Being Accused of Taking Money From Turning Point USA

By Michael Vasquez

The former student-body president has neither confirmed nor denied that she accepted illegal campaign funds from the shadowy conservative group.

Faculty

After Silent Sam’s Fall, Calls to Rename a Building at Duke Grow Louder

By Andy Tsubasa Field

The building that houses Duke’s history department is named for Julian Carr, a philanthropist and “an architect of white supremacy in the early 20th century,” the department chair says.

Sexual Assault

Why They Didn’t Report: Trump’s Challenge to Kavanaugh Accuser Provokes Stories of Campus Assault

By Claire Hansen

A hashtag emerged on Friday in response to President Trump's public doubting of the woman who has accused Brett M. Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court nominee, of sexual assault. Many are using it to describe what happened when they were assaulted in college.


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The Chronicle Review

We’re Teaching Consent All Wrong premium

By Donna Freitas

The idea of sexual consent is too intellectually rich — and too important — to relegate it to extracurricular workshops.

Lingua Franca

How to Stick to Your Topic and Save Your Neck

In legal situations, topics recycled in conversation are important for understanding the evidence in police interviews, courtrooms, and investigations, says Roger Shuy. Here’s an example from a famous trial.


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Job Opportunities


Chair in Melanoma Discovery, The University of Western Australia
Australia

Clinical Assistant Professor (Non-Tenure Track), Psychology Department, New York University Faculty of Arts and Science, New York University Arts and Science
New York, United States

Assistant Professor of Accounting - Undergraduate Programs, Lincoln Memorial University
Tennessee, United States

Assistant Professor of Accounting - Graduate Programs, Lincoln Memorial University
Tennessee, United States

Director of Human Resources, Columbus State University
Georgia, United States

Vice President for Communications, Franklin & Marshall College
Pennsylvania, United States

Tenure-Track Faculty Openings in the College of Education, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Missouri, United States

Systems Librarian, Gateway Community College
Connecticut, United States

Endowed Visiting Professor in Social Justice, San Francisco State University
California, United States

Assistant Professor or Associate Professor in Aerospace Engineering, University of Kansas Aerospace Engineering
Kansas, United States

Founding Deans, University of Mount Union
Ohio, United States

Key Faculty Positions: Diversity, Institutional Effectiveness, Enrollment, Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences
Missouri, United States

Tenure-track Assistant Professor Computational Communication Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Wisconsin, United States

Assistant Professor - Machine Learning/Data Mining/Systems, University of Connecticut
Connecticut, United States

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