Academia Archives

Economics

How Do You Make a Living, Freddie deBoer?

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.

Noah Davis

Education

Life After Academia

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

Nathan Collins

News in Brief

How the Government and the Christian Lobby Quash Real Research on Sex Workers

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.

Juniper Fitzgerald

Environment

How to Change the Centuries-Old Model of Academic Publishing

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

Michael White

Education

The Disturbing Reason Higher Education Lobbying Groups Are Supporting For-Profit Colleges

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.

Alec MacGillis