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Fed Up With Low Pay and Job Instability, Some Adjunct Professors Walk Out
It didn’t bring higher education to its knees. But an effort to raise awareness about the disparity in conditions for full- and part-time faculty, “National Adjunct Walkout Day,” did make its point Wednesday — more often by word of mouth than by people actually refusing to teach a class. Many colleges rely on part-time, temporary professors to lead classes.
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A Climate Crusader Melts, Exposing a Profitable Link to Harvard’s Name
Years of using a Harvard nameplate to flog his insistence that polar bears are doing fine, and that sunspots might
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Video: Crate Controversy: Pig Farmers Face Growing Pressure
Thomas Parsons of the School of Veterinary Medicine says, “One of the challenges we face is we don’t have an accepted single measure of animal welfare. [There are] many different competing agendas.”
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Me, Myself, and Authenticity
Mark Liberman of the School of Arts & Sciences comments on the rise of pronouns such as “I” and “we.”
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Lea School Receives Big Donation From Office Depot
Mark Mills of Purchasing Services, Vice President Marie Witt of Business Services and Caroline Watts of the Graduate School of Education are highlighted for arranging a donation of supplies from Office
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Adjunct Professor: This is Why Part-time Professors Are Walking Out Today
Adjunct faculty across the country are calling for a walk-out today to protest their working conditions, including uncertain course loads semester to semester, and low or stagnant pay. Here Karen Hildebrand, an adjunct professor at the State University of New York at Plattsburgh, take on this issue:
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Your Embarrassing Online Searches About Health Problems Aren’t Private
Doctoral student Timothy Libert of the Annenberg School for Communication is highlighted for analyzing online searches about health problems.
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Audio & Video: Most Health Information Web Pages Are Tracked, Penn Study Finds
Doctoral student Tim Libert of the Annenberg School for Communication says, “Tracking is much more endemic than I even anticipated.”
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As High-tech Teaching Catches On, Students With Disabilities Can Be Left Behind
Educational innovations like the flipped classroom, clickers, and online discussions can present difficulties for students with disabilities.
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How Twitter Is Changing the National Common Core Debate
Jonathan Supovitz of the Graduate School of Education is mentioned for analyzing tweets about the Common Core State Standards.