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Ensuring the Pandemic Doesn't Negatively Impact Women in STEM, Especially Those of Color
Ensuring the Pandemic Doesn't Negatively Impact Women in STEM, Especially Those of Color
The pandemic will negatively impact the careers of women in STEM, particularly those of color, and failure to respond could jeopardize years of progress toward faculty equity.
No Room of One's Own
Early journal submission data suggest COVID-19 is tanking women's research productivity.
College Librarians Prepare for Looming Budget Cuts, and Journal Subscriptions Could Be in for a Trim
College Librarians Prepare for Looming Budget Cuts, and Journal Subscriptions Could Be in for a Trim
University librarians are preparing for tough times ahead, even though the fiscal impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is yet to be fully understood. Could big deals with publishers be on the chopping block?
Graduate Students Seek Time-to-degree and Funding Extensions During COVID-19
Graduate Students Seek Time-to-degree and Funding Extensions During COVID-19
Graduate students face many of the same challenges as faculty members during COVID-19 but have received fewer assurances. Top on their wish list are extended funding and time-to-degree extensions.
#COLA4ALL Shuts Down UC Santa Cruz
Graduate students at the University of California, Santa Cruz, shut down campus Thursday as part of their ongoing strike for a cost of living adjustment, and all other system campuses saw their own one-day protests. Santa Cruz graduate assistants went on a grade strike in December, then a full labor strike this month. Tensions mounted last week when the university fired or disqualified 80-some grads from spring assistantships for continuing to withhold undergraduate grades. Graduate assistants blocked all entrances to the Santa Cruz campus before dawn, forcing the university to cancel classes, except those offered online. Many faculty and undergraduate supporters joined the picket lines on that campus and across the UC system starting midmorning. As of last week, graduate assistants at the Santa Barbara campus are also on a labor strike for a COLA, and assistants at the Davis campus are on a grade strike. Systemwide, graduate instructors make about $2,400 pre-tax, per month, for nine months out of the year. Strikers say that they need between $1,400 and $1,800 extra per month to be able to secure housing in California's expensive rental markets and have anything left over for utilities and food. The United Auto Workers, with which UC's graduate workers are affiliated, has urged the university to reopen their contract to bargain for a COLA. This week it authorized a systemwide strike vote for April on the grounds that the university has committed unfair labor practices. The university has filed a similar claim against graduate workers. The system said in a statement that it "values all our graduate students, including academic student employees (ASEs) who are essential to UC's teaching mission, supporting the university as teaching assistants, readers and tutors. However, that mission is in jeopardy when ASEs refuse to fulfill their teaching obligations." The system noted that these assistants are striking in violation of their union contract, negotiated in 2018, and said it's "unfortunate that the UAW has resorted to announcing a strike authorization vote as the university continues pursuing opportunities to engage productively with graduate students on housing affordability and other issues."
Underrepresented Faculty Members Share the Real Reasons They Have Left Various Academic Institutions
Underrepresented Faculty Members Share the Real Reasons They Have Left Various Academic Institutions
When Reshmi Dutt-Ballerstadt asked a large group of underrepresented faculty members why they left their higher education institutions, they told her the real reasons for their departures -- those that climate surveys don't capture.
Students, Professors and Politics
Some students do feel political pressure from their professors, but few change their views.
Student Evaluations of Teaching Are Deeply Flawed
New study says student evaluations of teaching are still deeply flawed measures of teaching effectiveness, even when we assume they are unbiased and reliable.
Study: Male Students Ask for Grade Changes Far More Frequently Than Female Students
Avoiding Disgruntlement and Burnout from Too Much Service Work
People who do too much service can take longer to advance in their careers, are often unhappy with how service is distributed in the department and are more likely to burn out or leave the academy, write Rachel McLaren and Anthony Ocampo, who offer tips for avoiding that.
New System Will Measure Journals' Research Transparency
A new ranking system for academic journals measuring their commitment to research transparency will be launched next month - providing what many believe will be a useful alternative to journal impact scores.
The 2020 Inside Higher Ed Survey of Chief Academic Officers
The 2020 Inside Higher Ed Survey of Chief Academic Officers
What chief academic officers think about the academic health of their institutions, the role of tenure, general education and much more.
Universities Ignore Growing Concern over Sci-Hub Cyber Risk
Warnings that Sci-Hub poses a cybersecurity threat to universities have intensified. But few institutions appear to be acting on them.
Why New Strategies for Developing the Future's Knowledge Infrastructures Are Needed
Why New Strategies for Developing the Future's Knowledge Infrastructures Are Needed
The many bottlenecks that the commercial monopoly on research information has imposed are stimulating new strategies.
How to Set Boundaries That Support Your Personal Life and Career
Tamara Yakaboski describes ways you can set boundaries that support your personal life and professional needs.
Tenured and Tenure-track Faculty Must Combat an Incremental Erosion of Faculty Governance
Tenured and Tenure-track Faculty Must Combat an Incremental Erosion of Faculty Governance
Tenured and tenure-track faculty are called upon to combat an incremental erosion of faculty governance.
Graduate Student's Death at UW Madison is a Devastating Cautionary Tale
Graduate Student's Death at UW Madison is a Devastating Cautionary Tale
A graduate student's suicide at UW Madison is a devastating cautionary tale about abusive lab environments.
What Happened when a Professor Was Accused of Sharing His Own Work on His Website
What Happened when a Professor Was Accused of Sharing His Own Work on His Website
Recent allegations of copyright violations against a professor who shared his own work on his website spark debate about ownership and whether peer reviewers should be paid.
MIT Reaffirms Commitment to Open Access
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has published its final recommendations on how to increase the open sharing of MIT publications, data, software and educational materials.
Racial Inequality, at College and in the Workplace
White Americans still disproportionately outnumber their African American and Latino counterparts when it comes to obtaining good jobs, regardless of education they have obtained.
The Grad Activist: Why I'm Striking for Climate | GradHacker
One graduate student explains the importance of the global climate strike.
Academe Should Avoid Politicizing Educational Attainment
A warning of the dangers of politicizing educational attainment.
Sociologist Says Journal Rejected Her Paper Because She's Shared It Elsewhere As a Preprint, Against Its Own Pro-preprint Policy
Sociologist Says Journal Rejected Her Paper Because She's Shared It Elsewhere As a Preprint, Against Its Own Pro-preprint Policy
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?
Ph.D. Students Resent Expectation That They Bring Food and Drinks to Their Thesis Defenses
Ph.D. Students Resent Expectation That They Bring Food and Drinks to Their Thesis Defenses
As it turns out, many Ph.D. students resent the expectation that they bring food and drinks to their thesis defenses. UCLA's psychology department just said they shouldn't do it.
Council of Graduate Schools Data Show There's No One Way to Use a Doctorate
New data shows that many Ph.D.s switch jobs and employment sectors in their early careers and even into midcareer. So Ph.D. programs should help students navigate job opportunities and understand the value of their degrees across sectors.
California Bills Targeting For-Profits and Bundled Services Exception Advance
California moves toward creating the strictest regulatory landscape for for-profit colleges in the U.S., but proposed legislation has already been weakened.
When It Comes to Research Output, Where Ph.D.s Get Hired Matters More Than Where They Trained
When It Comes to Research Output, Where Ph.D.s Get Hired Matters More Than Where They Trained
New study of computer scientists says that when it comes to research output, where Ph.D.s get hired matters more than where they trained.
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