AMERICANTHINKER - From Columbia to UCLA, faculty activists remain in the classroom
By Anna Miller Professors who supported campus encampments and defended disruptive anti-Israel activism continue to hold positions of authority over students.
AMERICANTHINKER - When tenure becomes a shield for reckless faculty conduct
By Anna Miller Tenure is supposed to protect academic freedom; it is not supposed to create a sense of immunity from professional consequences.
NYTIMES (Alan Blinder and Michael S. Schmidt) - Yale Law School Fights to Stop Trump Deal
The university has been in talks to resolve investigations into its admissions practices. The law school’s dean and some faculty have argued a deal could compromise its independence.
REDSTATE (Becky Noble) - Faculty Members Might Get Their Way As Standardized Testing at CA Universities Could Make a Comeback
NPR (Lee V. Gaines) - This big university system is embracing AI. Students and faculty aren't all on board
The California State University system offers an early look at what happens when an administration commits to a technology that its own community isn't convinced will improve education.
JUSTTHENEWS (Kevin Killough) - Harvard College faculty votes in favor of capping percentage of A's to address grade inflation
A report found that A grades accounted for 40% of all grades in 2015, up from 24% in 2005.
DAILYCALLER (Lucy Spence) - Harvard Faculty Approve Grade Cap As University Faces Soaring Grade Inflation
An “important step”
NYTIMES (Mark Arsenault) - Harvard Caps A’s as Selective Colleges Attack Grade Inflation
Faculty members overwhelmingly approved a limit on the number of top grades they can give to about a fifth of their undergraduate classes.
NYTIMES (Mark Arsenault and Debra Kamin) - Epstein Wanted Connections at Harvard. Files Show Many Faculty Members Were Happy to Help.
New documents reveal what professors did to help Jeffrey Epstein get inside Harvard’s gates.
NYTIMES (Troy Closson and Kaja Andric) - N.Y.U. Professors Reach a Deal on a Contract to End Strike After 2 Days
A union for about 950 full-time faculty members who are not on the tenure track said that 95 percent of its instructors would earn more than $100,000.