Could Distributed Peer Review Better Decide Grant Funding?
The landscape of academic grant funding is notoriously competitive and plagued by lengthy, bureaucratic processes, exacerbated by difficulties in finding willing reviewers. Distributed […]
Campus Free Speech, Online?
Should student social media posts be punishable, even if they are made off-campus?
Online Teaching, Campus Design Upgrades and Institutional Changes
The times they are a-changin’ for higher education. Or so say a growing number of commentators. They see COVID-19 disruptions as a […]
Report: Putting the Academic Freedom Index into Action
“Free Universities: Putting the Academic Freedom Index Into Action,” a report released by the Global Public Policy Institute in March, works as part of an effort to put the Academic Freedom Index (AFi) into action.
How Will COVID-19 Affect Academic Freedom?
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacted a toll on academic freedom is several ways, in particular by restricting mobility and allowing for greater surveillance.
A Primer on Academic Tenure (and Its Tenuous Future)
In the following Q&A, George Justice, an English professor and author of “How to Be a Dean,” explains the origin of tenure and the waning protections that it affords professors in the United States who have it.
Would a Weary People Take a Virtual Course on the Pandemic? Yes, They Would
An anthropologist, a biologist and a historian at the University of Guelph jointly held a summer online course on all aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was a hit
Watch the Forum: Understanding Diversity in STEM
While strides have been made for women, minorities, and persons with disabilities in seeking careers in science and engineering, as a recent […]
Watch the Webinar: Deconstructing Neoliberalism in Higher Education
Higher education is striving to address problems such as access, inclusion, and elitism, but is a neoliberalist foundation undermining these efforts—or even the system itself? An online forum held on April 21, “Deconstructing Neoliberalism in Higher Education: How can we promote greater equity and re-professionalize the professoriate?” addressed this quandary.
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