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New Study: The Rise of the Temporary Workforce in Science Research
The time over which half of the cohort has left the field has shortened from 35 years in the 1960s to only 5 years in the 2010s. In addition, researchers found a rapid rise (from 25 to 60% since the 1960s) of a group of scientists who spend…
New Research—Stop Thinking Student-Athletes Have Time For Your Class
On average, the players spend more than 25 hours on sports-related activities other than games, such as practice, workouts, general team meetings, film sessions and travel. On the other hand, the player spend less than eight hours on…
New Study: Adjuncts’ Students More Likely to Drop Courses & Get Lower Grades
Understanding the relative impacts of part-time adjuncts in community colleges is highly policy-relevant, partly because community colleges rely on part-time faculty heavily and partly because community colleges assume a critical role in…
Here’s Why Your College Students are Less Able to Think Critically
Most of us spend much more time with digital media than we did a decade ago. But today’s teens have come of age with smartphones in their pockets. Compared to teens a couple of decades ago, the way they interact with traditional media like…
New Study: Most Americans Say Higher Ed is Heading in the Wrong Direction
About six-in-ten Americans (61%) say the higher education system in the United States is going in the wrong direction, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. But Republicans and Democrats differ over why they think this is the case.
New Study: Republicans, Democrats Disagree About the Point of Higher Education
On many issues, Republicans and Democrats are in agreement. But on at least one point—how and why higher education should be funded—a big gulf exists between the two parties.
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Supreme Court Decision Could End Unions' Right to Force Adjunct Non-Members to Pay Dues
Janus vs. AFSCME could end rule that adjuncts must pay dues to unions they've chosen not to join.
Janus v. AFSCME—Adjuncts Could Be No Longer Required to Pay Union Agency Fees
by David Savage The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to deal a sharp blow to the unions that represent millions of teachers and other public employees, announcing Thursday it will consider striking down the mandatory fees that support…
ABA Considers Rule Change That Would Open Door to More Adjunct-Taught Classes in Law Schools
by Karen Sloan | Law.com The American Bar Association is considering deep-sixing a rule requiring full-time faculty to teach at least half of every law school’s upper-level courses—a proposal likely to ruffle the feathers of professors who…
10th Circuit Rules Profs. Decide Free-Speech Limits in College Papers
by Victoria Prieskop The 10th Circuit ruled March 28, 2017 that the University of New Mexico had the right to reject an academic paper which called a lesbian-themed film “entirely perverse in its desire and attempt to reverse the natural…
