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THE PROFS THEY ARE A-CHANGIN'
Will the retirement of aging baby boomers usher in an era of moderate politics on campuses? (Illustration by James Yang)
Students in Pa. Complain About Classroom Bias
Penn State and Temple Universities, using new policies, responded to students' complaints about what they said was left-wing ideology in their classes. Access to Online Journals Is Found to Reduce Breadth of Citations Dispute Over the Economics of File Sharing Intensifies After Terror Charges, an Artist Exhibits Academic Freedom National Research Council Backs Professional Master's Degrees U. of Toronto Kicks Astronomers Out of Historic Observatory Syllabus Art students at Mississippi University for Women learn how to design and paint murals. Notes PEER REVIEW: The new law school at the University of California at Irvine gets some high-profile hires. ... Indiana State University picks a new president.
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The Brown Bag: Alan Contreras, a higher-education official in Oregon and longtime critic of the ease with which diploma mills operate in the United States, returns to discuss whether much has changed in the four years since The Chronicle published a long report on the booming industry in spurious degrees, and what, if anything, is to be done. Join us for a live online chat, on Thursday, July 24, at 12 noon, U.S. Eastern time.
The Brown Bag: Barbara A. Lee, an expert in higher-education law and a professor at Rutgers University at New Brunswick, will answer questions and share strategies for navigating difficult classroom conversations and controversial topics while teaching, without landing yourself — or your institution — in a lawsuit. Join us for a live online chat, on Thursday, August 21, at 12 noon, U.S. Eastern time.
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