Academia

What's behind academia's revolving door?

A new study questions the place of meritocracy in higher education.

To relegate academic projects that seek to untangle the complexities of human systems to the realm of grievances is a farce—one that misses the point of the academic project in the first place.

New research predicts that audits would reduce the number of false positive results from 30.2 per 100 papers to 12.3 per 100.

As #MeToo comes to college campuses, Kelly Baker's work shows just how deeply sexism is embedded in academia.

It's true that much of the scholarship that professors in the humanities produce is micro-focused and barely relevant to larger social concerns. But those academics would also be best served by ignoring that critique.

Trump is forcing academics to re-evaluate their roles as beacons of information.

Over the past few decades, some ex-convicts have turned to academia, aiming to put their experience "inside" to good use.

For academics looking to play a larger public role, publishing online can be a useful counter to some of the downsides of scholarly writing.

Lessons from five years running a political science department that could apply to almost any job in management.

Introducing the March/April 2016 print issue of Pacific Standard.

Former adjunct Monica Brannon talks to Noah Davis about low pay, the difficulties of finishing a dissertation, and why she didn't just get a job in a restaurant.

Behind the scenes at the only recurring academic event devoted to J.K. Rowling's beloved novels.

We asked an expert.

Researchers find much less bias in the grant process compared with other sciences, but highlight the need to break down institutions that hinder women's careers.

Adjuncts on the edge resort to helping each other.

Noah Davis talks to Freddie deBoer about making a living in the world of academia, why grad school worked for him (but probably not for you), and why you should get a job before you start writing about politics.

The majority of physicists who leave the academic world are well-paid and happy with their jobs, according to a new report.

The government only allocates funds to researchers that mistakenly conflate sex work with sex trafficking. As an academic and a sex worker, Juniper Fitzgerald knows just how warped this thinking is.

Academic publishing has been slow to make use of social media, but new experiments could push the industry—and science—forward.

Late-blooming research turns out to be common, according to ... new research.

Traditional colleges and universities have become unlikely allies of the beleaguered for-profit industry as each group tries to fend off the government’s push for more accountability.

Current and former sex workers are taking a stand against their portrayal as victims and conducting studies of their own.

The demography of academic fields, and why women are more likely to participate in areas that are associated with hard work over any kind of luck.