Scholarship & Research
News, opinion and advice for those involved in scholarship and research at colleges and universities.
Drawn Out
An award-winning scientist was accused by her colleagues two years ago of violating the faculty code of conduct. The university’s inability to make a ruling, she says, cost her a federal grant.
The Review | Essay
Academic journals are not immune from ideological bias.
Advice
Peer reviewers for book manuscripts are often more helpful than they’re given credit for (even the mean ones).
The Review | Essay
Revisiting a debate about the role of the critic, two decades on.
Data
See the percentage of bachelor’s and associate degree-seeking students graduating, transferring, still enrolled, or no longer enrolled at over 2,100 colleges.
The Review | Essay
Norman Holmes Pearson was a pioneer of American studies — and American espionage.
A Muted Celebration
Princeton Touted a Professor’s MacArthur Award While Also Investigating Her Pro-Palestinian Advocacy
Ruha Benjamin says the university wouldn’t use the quotes she gave for an announcement about the award, so she posted them on social media.
Changeup
For decades, the achievements of baseball’s earliest Black stars were kept out of the record books. Then some “geeks” changed the score.
Research Integrity
A paper that shows how far the reproducibility movement has come may also show how far it has to go.
The Review | Opinion
Ideological grandstanding and corporate malfeasance threaten science.