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Friday, January 5, 2018


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Faculty

How Sexual-Assault Accusations Against a Professor Brought Paranoia to His Campus premium

By Katherine Mangan

The case of Gopal Balakrishnan, who is accused of serial harassment, has divided faculty at the University of California at Santa Cruz. Where is the line between aggressive action and vigilante justice?

Research

Some Real Data on Fake News

By Steve Kolowich

Who clicked on all those phony news articles during the 2016 presidential election, and what does it means for the future of politics? Researchers begin to rummage through the ruins of a dumpster fire.

Findings

A Yale Psychiatrist Evaluates the Mental Health of Trump — and the Nation premium

By Paul Basken

Bandy X. Lee says that America is in “a very poor state of public health” but that there are opportunities to “turn this around.”

Teaching

Don’t Run From Emotions in the Classroom

Learning is often thought to be dry and bloodless. What if professors tried to engage students’ feelings?

Scholars on Ice

Crippling Winter Storm Came at the Worst Possible Time for Conference-Going Academics

By Chris Quintana

A vast “bomb cyclone” smacked the East Coast during several large academic conferences, disrupting travel plans and prompting calls for refunds.


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Best Ideas for Teaching

Professors are trying new strategies to liven up their classrooms and help students master the material. Here are some of their innovative teaching ideas.

Alcohol’s Influence on Campus

It’s forbidden to underage students, but alcohol is a pervasive part of campus life. Here’s why the problem of student drinking is so difficult to resolve.


Views


Advice

Carrot Versus Stick Teaching

By Rob Jenkins

Students try harder, and learn more, when your grading includes rewards, not just punishments.

Lingua Franca

Of Malteds, Dungarees, and Suntan Lotion

Attention, latter-day fogies: Your grandmother called the refrigerator the icebox. Are you, perhaps, still carrying a valise rather than a suitcase?


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Job Opportunities


Director of Enrollment Management , Jarvis Christian College
Texas, United States

PRESIDENT, Tacoma Community College
Washington, United States

Dean, Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies and Vice Provost for Academic Affairs-Graduate Studies, University of Michigan
Michigan, United States

Project Manager, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Illinois, United States

Faculty Positions at the Dougherty Family College, University of St. Thomas
Minnesota, United States

Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Augustana University
South Dakota, United States

Assistant Dean for Teacher Education, Wayne State University
Michigan, United States

Faculty Opportunities in the School of Architecture, University of Minnesota
Minnesota, United States

Dean, Arts and Sciences, South Florida State College
Florida, United States

Dean, College of Science, Weber State University
Utah, United States

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