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Friday, July 8, 2016


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Faculty

To Avoid More Scandals, Cautious Departments Swap Drinking for Hiking premium

By Robin Wilson

After sex-harassment scandals, increased vigilance has prompted new rules for interactions between professors and graduate students.

Research

‘One Trigger Finger for Whites and Another for Blacks’: What the Research Says

By Emma Pettit

Scholars have been studying the role of race in fatal police shootings for decades. Here’s a survey of what they’ve learned.

Leadership

When a Chancellor Blocks a Student on Twitter

By Arielle Martinez

The blocking, then unblocking, of a student by the chancellor at East Carolina University demonstrates how quickly college leaders can find themselves taking heat online.

Research Policy

Why Don't Young Scientists Get More Grants? Often They Don't Apply

By Paul Basken

Experts have long bemoaned the fact that older researchers earn disproportionate funding. A new study suggests they're more likely than their younger colleagues to ask the NIH for money.


Views


Commentary

Building on the Success of the ‘Fisher’ Decision

By Marvin Krislov

Colleges need to expand the pipeline of talented individuals, and to provide opportunities for diverse groups of young people to work together long before they reach college age.

Lingua Franca

Being an Auxiliary

Geoff Pullum uncovers evidence that some 19th-century grammarians had completely lost their marbles.


Advice


Vitae

The Hiring Process at Teaching Colleges

By Kevin Gannon

We're not a research university, and we don't interview like one.

ProfHacker

Against Helplessness

What you can do to foster police accountability, further police reform, and end police violence.


Job Opportunities


Provost & Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
Texas, United States

Writing Center Director, Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Texas, United States

Assistant Professor of International Relations, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
District of Columbia, United States

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