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Critics say campus free speech bill actually restricts professors
A bill intended to protect campus free speech for students and guests could end up restricting free speech for professors.
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Stealing Innovation
FBI director addresses efforts by China to steal academic research and technology. Higher ed groups say they're taking the issue seriously.
Net widens on fishy research misconduct probe
Marine biologist Oona Lönnstedt has gone to ground in Sweden after being found to have fabricated data
UK stands by hybrid journals in ‘read and publish’ Springer deal
Three-year agreement, valued at £9.6 million, excludes Springer Nature's prestigious Nature-branded titles
Scrutiny of Financial Ties
When an Arizona State professor accused the university of an unethical partnership with Cengage, the university denied it received grants from the company.
College Credit Plus gains popularity in colleges
College students are becoming increasingly younger, according to a study from the Ohio Department of Higher Education, thanks to College Credit Plus.
Berkeley hosts Conference on Right Wing Studies…but it doesn’t seem so right-wing
UC-Berkeley has a Center for Right Wing Studies, which one employee said is nonpolitical.
UIC partnering with an investment firm to create more drugs
The University of Illinois at Chicago will receive up to $65 million from an investment management firm to help it develop and bring new medications to market.
Politics, Education and Letters of Recommendation
After controversy over professor who turned down student request for a recommendation because she planned to study in Israel, Michigan says faculty members should base such decisions "solely on educational and professional reasons," not on politics.
‘Fat Sex Therapist’ compares fitness trainers to Nazis, children’s dieting to sexual assault
A "Fat Sex Therapist" recently gave a talk at St. Olaf College in Minnesota, in which she compared personal trainers to Nazis.
