Academic Scientists Are Fleeing Universities for the Private Sector
What's behind academia's revolving door?
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How Ideas Spread Through the Academy
A new study questions the place of meritocracy in higher education.
What Good Is an Academic Hoax in the Age of Post-Truth?
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.
Can Auditing Scientific Research Help Fix Its Reproducibility Crisis?
New research predicts that audits would reduce the number of false positive results from 30.2 per 100 papers to 12.3 per 100.
‘Sexism Is a Feature of the System’: An Interview With Kelly Baker
As #MeToo comes to college campuses, Kelly Baker's work shows just how deeply sexism is embedded in academia.
The Humanities Are Dead. Long Live the Humanities.
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 Unraveling the Foundational Stitchings of American Scholarship
Trump is forcing academics to re-evaluate their roles as beacons of information.
Can Former Inmates Become Effective Criminologists?
Over the past few decades, some ex-convicts have turned to academia, aiming to put their experience "inside" to good use.
Letters to a Young Blogger
For academics looking to play a larger public role, publishing online can be a useful counter to some of the downsides of scholarly writing.
How to Chair a University Department and Not Be Terrible at It
Lessons from five years running a political science department that could apply to almost any job in management.