Colleen Flaherty
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UW Madison Scholar Resigns Amid Ancestry Scandal
Kay LeClaire, a Wisconsin artist and activist accused of faking various Native American identities, resigned as the University of Wisconsin at Madison’s first ever community leader in residence at the School of Human Ecology and the Center for Design and Material Culture. Critics say LeClaire is white with no Native American ancestry. → Read More
Stanford academic freedom event proceeds amid controversy
Controversial event on academic freedom at Stanford University goes forward amid controversy. Speakers include Amy Wax, Jordan Peterson, Scott Atlas, Joshua Katz and more. → Read More
Pepperdine law dean talks openly about his stutter
Pepperdine law school dean is now speaking openly about his lifelong stutter. → Read More
Survey: Most Faculty ‘Happy,’ Those Who Aren’t May Leave
A new survey of 1,024 faculty members at 581 colleges and universities by education technology provider Cengage finds that 64 percent are happy in their current roles, but those who are not happy are considering leaving: some 26 percent are dissatisfied, and 70 percent of those not satisfied have considered changing jobs in the past six months. The top driver of → Read More
White nationalist enters historians' debate on presentism
History column leads to lockdown of American Historical Association’s Twitter account. What happened? → Read More
UC Santa Cruz grad student targeted for trans activism
U of California, Santa Cruz, faces online mobbing over a trans student’s controversial activism. → Read More
Why did U of Florida suddenly fire its honors director?
Why did the University of Florida suddenly fire its honors program director? → Read More
Survey: Half of Higher Ed Employees Would Consider New Job
A recent survey of 559 faculty and staff members by Grant Thornton, an accounting firm, found that nearly 60 percent of respondents feel their voice is not heard at work, that just 34 percent feel their institution understands their needs as an employee and that 49 percent would consider a new job if an opportunity came along. Some 41 percent say their institutional leadership → Read More
54 Findings of Misconduct Across 12 Cal State Campuses
Fifty-four faculty members, coaches and staff members across 12 California State University campuses were found responsible for sexual misconduct or discrimination between 2017 and 2021, according to recently released case summaries requested and reviewed by EdSource. Violations included unwanted sexual advances, including requests for sex, unwanted touching and kissing, and → Read More
Following TA Strike, IU Bloomington Announces Pay Increase
Indiana University at Bloomington said Tuesday that it will increase the minimum stipend amount and cut mandatory fees for graduate student assistants. Student academic appointees, as graduate assistants are known at IU, went on strike during the spring semester seeking union recognition and collective bargaining powers. At the time, minimum stipends hovered at about $18,000. → Read More
George Washington U Defends Employing Justice Thomas
Thousands of people have signed a petition asking George Washington University to end the employment of U.S. Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas as an adjunct instructor of law based on his position in last week’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision that overturned the court’s 1973 Roe vs. Wade ruling legalizing abortion nationwide. → Read More
Rutgers Adopts Flexible Work Arrangements
Rutgers University plans to adopt flexible work arrangements for employees, it announced Thursday. President Jonathan Holloway said in a statement that “Managing the university throughout the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us to be more flexible, resourceful and resilient while staying focused on what matters most to our students, faculty, staff and the communities we serve.” → Read More
AAUP: Inflation underlines years of stagnant faculty pay
AAUP report says inflation has underscored the problem of stagnant wage growth for professors. → Read More
AAUP Delegates Approve Partnership With AFT
Delegates at the American Association of University Professors’ biennial meeting voted to affiliate with the American Federation of Teachers Saturday, forming an alliance of 300,000 college and university faculty members, the largest such network in the U.S. The groups say their partnership comes at time of increased legislative attacks on teaching and academic freedom, and → Read More
Study: Retractions take too long to curb misinformation
New paper says retractions take too long to meaningfully influence public debates about important topics. → Read More
U of Washington Researchers Form Union
Research scientists and engineers at the University of Washington voted to form a union affiliated with the United Auto Workers, they announced Thursday. The vote was 606 in favor and 104 opposed, according to the union, beyond some 200 uncounted votes that are contested based on eligibility. The new unit includes 1,458 researchers total. The union expects the Washington State → Read More
Penn State Won’t Fire Professor Involved in Vaccine Tussle
Pennsylvania State University will not fire a professor who scuffled with a student counterprotester at a COVID-19 vaccine rally on campus last year, the Centre Daily Times reported. Oliver Baker, an assistant professor of English and African American studies, was originally charged with simple assault, disorderly conduct and harassment following the August incident. The first → Read More
UMass Boston faces questions about its commitment to DEI
The University of Massachusetts at Boston aspires to be an antiracist institution. Some faculty members disagree with this, saying it’s limiting for a university. But others raise major concerns about the institution’s ongoing treatment of its Africana studies faculty. → Read More
Georgetown Won’t Punish Ilya Shapiro for High Court Comment
Ilya Shapiro, executive director of Georgetown University’s Center for the Constitution, said Thursday that he’ll be allowed to begin working following a months-long suspension and investigation into his comments criticizing President Joe Biden’s intention to nominate a Black woman to replace Justice Stephen Breyer on the U.S. Supreme Court. → Read More
‘African Studies Review’ Won’t Retract Autoethnography Essay
The editors of African Studies Review won’t retract a recent article by two white scholars promoting autoethnography, a research method that infuses personal experience into one’s work. That’s despite a petition drafted by seven scholars of African heritage asking that it do so, on the grounds that centering researchers’ experiences is harmful to local communities and → Read More