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Monday, October 8, 2018


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Students

‘We’re Going to Do This’ premium

By Claire Hansen

How one community college faced up to its students’ struggles with opioid addiction and vowed to help them fight for their lives.

Publishing

Scholar Who Pulled Off Publishing Hoax Defends It: ‘Papers Are Either Sound or They Aren’t’

By Alexander C. Kafka

“Scholarship should not depend on the identity or motivation of the writers,” said Helen Pluckrose, one of three academics whose scheme targeted journals in identity-studies fields.

Faculty

For Some Scholars, a Full Professorship Calls for ‘a Lot of Paperwork’ That ‘Doesn’t Mean Anything’

By Audrey Williams June

Some choose simply not to pursue it — most notably a new Nobel laureate in physics.

A Cyclone’s Path

Nearly One Month After Hurricane Florence, This Campus Is Still Picking Up the Pieces

By Cailin Crowe

The University of North Carolina at Wilmington canceled classes for a month — a record — while recovery crews cleaned up the mess the storm left behind.

Inclusion

Beyond Slavery, Colleges Confront Their Racist Pasts premium

By Kristen Doerer

Many institutions have examined their exploitation of slaves. Now they are also looking at their complicity in segregation and other bigotries even as they fight off new white-supremacist threats.


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Views


Advice

A New Series on Scholarly Productivity: ‘Are You Writing?’

By Rebecca Schuman

Episode 1: This is an Intervention. Even if you’re (sort of) making your deadlines, your work schedule might be out of balance.

Commentary

Career-Ready Education Needs Colleges and Businesses Working Together premium

By Adam Peck

Co-curricular activities can be used to give students the skills they will need to succeed.

Lingua Franca

Are We in a ‘Cold Civil War’?

Ben Yagoda discovers the background of the phrase that characterizes our country’s current polarization among educators. So why is it used more often by conservatives than liberals?


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Job Opportunities


Assistant Professor - Tenure Track, Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts, United States

Executive Director of Institutional Research & Assessment, Aims Community College
Colorado, United States

President, Martin University
Indiana, United States

Associate/Full Professor College of Public Health, University of South Florida
Florida, United States

Director, Office of Financial Aid, Loyola University New Orleans
Louisiana, United States

Provost and Senior Vice President, Western University of Health Sciences
California, United States

Vice President of Academic Affairs, Aims Community College
Colorado, United States

Multiple Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science Positions, University of Illinois at Chicago
Illinois, United States

Assistant Professor, Cultural, Cross-Cultural, or Ethnic Minority Psychology, Swarthmore College
Pennsylvania, United States

Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track), Environmental Studies, Department of Environmental Studies, New York University Arts and Science
New York, United States

Assistant Professor, Department of Security Studies, Sam Houston State University
Texas, United States

Assistant Professor - Illustration, University of Utah Department of Art and Art History
Utah, United States

Executive Director, National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships
North Carolina, United States

Administrative and Faculty Positions 2019-2020, Tennessee State University
Tennessee, United States

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