Academe Today Wednesday, August 8, 2018 Sign up for this newsletter | Todayâs News | Sexual Misconduct By Lindsay Ellis Fallout from incidents at Michigan State, the University of Southern California, and Ohio State has driven institutions to add new protective measures — both to safeguard students and to minimize their own liability. |
| A Resignation By Brock Read C.L. Max Nikias, plagued by a string of sexual-misconduct scandals at the university, had announced in May that he would leave his post. By this month, the faculty was becoming restive. |
| Teaching By Teghan Simonton Professors find they must navigate political minefields with every lesson. |
| Politics By Michael Vasquez Policies and laws that hinder open dialogue, like those being pushed by some conservative groups, will prevent students from learning from one another, says the institute's director of free expression. |
| Re:Learning By Goldie Blumenstyk One out of three college students takes at least one class online. But we still get a lot wrong about the medium, according to professionals who work in the trenches. |
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Views | Advice By Gary Laderman The importance of encouraging students who are weighed down by preprofessional courses to take a class for — dare I say it? — pleasure. |
| Lingua Franca Anne Curzan finds herself curious about a healthy past participle whose verb may be gasping its last breaths. |
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