Trailing spouse academics ‘face pay discrimination’
US study suggests hiring panels may offer worse terms to female scientists seeking jobs at their partner’s institution than to equally qualified solo candidates
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Dons revolt against Oxford’s new ‘university-run’ college
Plans for Park College seen as a power grab by central management
Early Departures
A new study shows that Latinx and black students leave STEM majors at far higher rates than their white peers.
What we talk about when we talk about the circular economy
Roughly a year and a half ago, when the Dutch materials company DSM examined where its businesses stood in terms of circular practices, the company’s leadership wasn’t particularly happy with the process for doing so.
Michael Cohen ‘to accuse Trump of racism and lies’
President Donald Trump's convicted former lawyer Michael Cohen is expected to accuse him of criminal conduct during a hearing on Capitol Hill.
How climate change is revealing, and threatening, thawing relics
Since the scorching hot summer of 2006, almost 3,000 archaeological artifacts have appeared from the melting ice in Oppland, Northern Norway. Among them, an Iron Age tunic, a 1,500-year-old arrow and a 3,400-year-old shoe.
UNLV hosts feminist ‘edit-a-thon’ on Wikipedia
University of Nevada At Las Vegas’ “Art + Feminism” group hosts a “Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon”
The Chinese students who hire ghostwriters to get them through college
In Hong Kong, 24-year-old entrepreneur “Jay” was brainstorming ideas to make some cash.
The week of no wi-fi: how technical trauma hit one university
Amherst students incredulous about going for days without services they consider absolute necessities
Study of American Democracy on Cal State Chopping Block
Faculty proposal would split a U.S. history and ideals required sequence across the CSU system. Historians aren't happy with the idea.
