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Tuesday, March 21, 2017


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Campus Politics

In a Polarized Climate, Free-Speech Warriors Seize the Spotlight premium

By Sarah Brown

The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, a champion of First Amendment rights, has gained new prominence as campus controversies spread. Yet FIRE has also found itself in the cross hairs of increasingly fraught debates.

Science

In Age of Trump, Scientists See Reproducibility as Risky Business premium

By Paul Basken

Attempts to replicate high-profile scientific studies can be a valuable way to hold scholarly feet to the fire. But some scientists worry that those efforts could be exploited by skeptical lawmakers.

Students

U. of Texas at El Paso Watches Warily as Trump’s Budget Threatens Its Needy Students premium

By Katherine Mangan

The main obstacle is not the 30-foot-tall wall that the president wants to build on the Mexican border. It’s his plan to scale back a host of programs that help the university’s impoverished enrollment.

Research

Meet the Professor Who Looks Up ‘Top Chef’ Spoilers — and Studies Them

By Fernanda Zamudio-Suaréz

A professor at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville has examined whether spoilers enhance or diminish readers’ or viewers’ enjoyment. Spoiler alert: The research is inconclusive.


Views


The Chronicle Review

The Academy’s Assault on Intellectual Diversity premium

By Robert Boyers

Open society ends at the campus gates. Watch what you say — and what you think.

Lingua Franca

OK, Okay, Happy 178th Birthday!

Allan Metcalf calls for a celebration this Thursday of the American linguistic invention heard round the world.


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A 'Soft Landing' for International Students
How James Madison University’s plan to retain international students is resulting in higher GPAs and graduation rates.


Advice


First Person

Why I Teach Online

By Devoney Looser

It turns out that online instruction is a feminist issue.

Vitae

When ‘Academia or Else’ Goes From Unfortunate to Unthinkable

By Rebecca Schuman

Revisiting a 2009 murder to grasp why graduate students understood the killer’s motivations.


Job Opportunities


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