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 […]
Study Highlights Policy Options For Monitoring Academic Freedom Across The European Union
A study published this month, “How Academic Freedom Is Monitored,” aims to assist STOA in the creation of its monitoring platform. The study, authored by Gergely Kováts and Zoltán Rónay of the European Parliamentary Research Service, reviews the existing approaches used to monitor academic freedom and presents new policy options.
Is There a Strategic Organization in the Behavioral Theory of the Firm? Looking Back and Looking Forward
Can the behavioral theory of the firm explain the origins and changes of firm strategy?
Five Key Moments in the Struggle for Trans Rights
Just as trans people are not a new population, backlashes against trans rights have a long history.
John Hattie on the Factors That Influence Learning In Schools
In 2008, I published my book Visible Learning, which aimed to explain what works best to help student learning. At the time, others claimed it was the world’s largest evidence-based study into the factors that improve learning.
Federal Health and Human Services Department Names Research Integrity Head
After a two-year vacancy, the United States Office of Research Integrity has named a permanent director. Sheila Garrity.
The Rollercoaster of Eco-anxiety: Acknowledging Both Hope and Despair in the Classroom
These sustainability business instructors discuss the “rollercoaster” of emotions business students encounter when discussing sustainability content.
Do Conferences Still Matter? Yes, Yes They Do
Drawing on a study of physicists, Harry Collins and Will Mason-Wilkes argue in-person meetings are still vital in creating and sustaining academic communities.
Survey Explores How College Students Feel About Using AI To Complete Coursework
Artificial intelligence tools like OpenAI’s ChatGPT language model could make completing college coursework as simple as asking a computer questions and getting answers at the click of a button (to the prospective horror of some professors). In fact, 61 percent of college students say using AI tools will become the new normal, but does that new normal involve students learning or machines learning?
