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Freedom fears after outspoken lecturer’s appeal fails

Cherian George, an outspoken academic at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU) who was denied full professorship earlier this year – sparking an international outcry – has failed in his appeal against the university’s decision to deny him tenure, it has emerged.

Does Not Compute

A new report out from the National Council of Teachers of English criticizes the practice of using machine scoring for writing assessments.