Male academics value quick PhD completion more than women
Increasing number of female evaluators on committees could put more emphasis on long-term outcomes, says researcher
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Cyberattacks Mar Start of Academic Year
Two universities suffered devastating cyberattacks just before students returned to campus. Is the timing a coincidence?
Contending with college cheaters
How higher ed institutions are addressing plagiarism and other academic offenses
Facial recognition: School ID checks lead to GDPR fine
A watchdog has penalised a local authority for trialling facial recognition on high-school students in Sweden to keep track of attendance.
British university banned beef, but this Ohio school is standing strong against push to ban lamb
Dr. David Nibert, an abolitionist vegan, has been opposing the Antioch College Farm in order to “keep these nine [lamb] souls out of the slaughterhouse."
Study finds more than half of colleges ‘facially violate’ Title IX with women-only scholarships
Arizona has more scholarships for women than 36 states combined have for men
Questionable Rejection
Sociologist says journal dismissed her paper because she'd shared it elsewhere as a preprint -- even though the publication had a pro-preprint policy. How often does this happen?
Harvard Law School launches animal rights advocacy clinic
Harvard Law School has launched an Animal Law and Policy Clinic as it seeks to teach law students how to advocate for and defend animals in a variety of ways.
Ten of 12 top news outlets preferred by college students have left-leaning bias, survey finds
A new survey found that 10 out of the top 12 preferred news outlets for college students have a left-leaning bias.
Big universities pay more as Germany strikes Springer Nature deal
‘Publish and read’ pact leaves Elsevier as last of three big publishers yet to reach agreement with country’s negotiators
