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Historians Face New Pressure to Track Where Their Ph.D.'s Work
Accurate data are important for persuading potential donors that a department merits support, but faculty often resist questions about whether what they do is worthwhile.
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Where Research Keeps the Peace
American researchers are brought to the vast continent as part of a geopolitical strategy that dates to the 1940s.
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Antarctic Researchers Find Memorable Experiences and Daunting Logistics
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Penguins Put Long-Term Perspective on Shifts in Climate
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At the Cold End of the Earth, Scientists Seek the Hot Beginning of the Universe
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Antarctica's Dry Valleys Give Scientists a Window Into Life on Mars
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Climate-Change Studies in Antarctica Are Crucial, if Not Straightforward
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Antarctic Researchers Find Memorable Experiences and Daunting Logistics
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Charles Murray, Author of 'The Bell Curve,' Steps Back Into the Ring
The author's newest work calls on the wealthy to come out of their gated communities and show the debauched working class how to live. Sociologists respond.
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After Navigating the MLA Gantlet, a Graduate Student Decides on a Job
Javier Jiménez said this final leg of his graduate-student journey had taught him about being astute in the outside world, something not taught in the classroom.
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U. of Texas Regents Adopt Plan to Strengthen Post-Tenure Reviews
The policy, which emphasizes remediation, requires tenured faculty to receive annual reviews and comprehensive post-tenure evaluations no less than once every six years.
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Widener U. and Professor Who Clashed With Dean Settle Defamation Suit
The law professor, who will leave the university, was at odds with administrators over references he made in classroom discussions about the law school's dean being shot at.
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Scholar Known for His Studies of Women in the Work Force Is Convicted of Sexual Abuse
Robert W. Drago, former research director of the Institute for Women's Policy Research, was sentenced to 18 months' probation for the misdemeanor.
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Instructor Will Highlight Best and Worst Colleges for Adjuncts With Crowdsourced Data
Even as the adjunct ranks grow, comprehensive national data about their salaries and benefits remain scarce. One instructor aims to remedy the problem.
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Harvard Seeks to Jolt University Teaching
A conference kicks off a $40-million project dedicated to improving student learning, but old habits die hard, participants say.
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A Professor From the Big City Scrutinizes His Iowa Home
Stephen Bloom, who teaches journalism at the University of Iowa, gave his students a real-life lesson in how not to improve town-gown relations.
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Recreating Mars as a Watery World
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Kinsey Scholar's Rx for Good Sex: Cuddling and Cookies
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Chambers of Dissent at U. at Buffalo
- As Journal Boycott Grows, Elsevier Defends Its Practices
- Summit on Adjuncts Yields Tentative Framework for Campaign to Improve Their Conditions
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Interactive Database: Faculty Salary Explorer
What do professors near you make? Use a Chronicle tool to track salaries in 2009-10, from a survey conducted by the American Association of University Professors.
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Faculty Experience Doesn't Always Pay
Tight finances have led to another year in which average pay barely increased, eroding professors' buying power and exacerbating inequities facing seasoned faculty members.
