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Should we have a 50 percent content / discussion formula for academic presentations? Meaning that the time allotted for content delivery should not exceed 50 percent, and the time reserved for ...
Nearly a year after controversy began over a class taught by tenured sociology professor Patti Adler, tensions ran high at a campus discussion on academic freedom. Roughly 40 faculty members ...
Language experts based at Stanford University are expanding their offerings of free courses for educators looking for resources on supporting English-language learners in the move to more rigorous ...
While academic freedom supports classroom discussions of topics related to abortion, these should be limited to discussions and topics relevant to the class subject.
Cornell University's president and provost responded to a Student Assembly resolution Monday, rejecting a proposal to add trigger warnings before traumatic discussions.
The ongoing threat to programs like this one hampers Harvard’s academic mission. Rather than inhibit academic discourse, the University should actively uplift spaces for discussion around this ...
The discussion will focus on the ethical decisions academic administrators make in the everyday leadership of an institution. Issues surrounding resource allocation, personnel, student conduct and ...
Academic freedom is a foundational value of any university. Defined by a scholar’s fundamental right to express his or her ideas without fear of retaliation and punishment, freedom of expression in ...
Spurred by a Mathematical and Physical Sciences faculty recommendation to turn their division into a college, the provost’s office and the Academic Senate announced this week that they are forming a ...
I fear apathy. I truly do. Last week, I was walking to White-Gravenor Hall, and in typical springtime fashion, the campus was alive with an abundance of activity. GUGS was out grilling, student grou ...
The CU Boulder campus will begin a yearlong campus dialogue on academic freedom with a Feb. 19 panel discussion titled “Faculty and Academic Freedom: Exploring meaning and application.” A follow-up ...
U.S. Army Forces Command hosted 17 Massachusetts Institute of Technology doctorate students and military fellows for an academic discussion and command overview--connecting students' academic ...