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A scientist at UC San Diego didn't turn in required reports for two NIH grants. Now NIH and two other agencies are withholding awards to the entire university, according to a message sent Tuesday. I got the details: www.chronicle.com/article/one-...

Responses to The Chronicle’s questions suggest that professors’ worries have dissipated about the severity of students' cheating with generative AI. They were more likely to point to how little students use generative AI than to how many of them use it to cheat.

ChatGPT Has Changed Teaching. Our Readers Tell Us How.www.chronicle.com One year after its launch, this new tech has professors rethinking assignments and students experimenting in the classroom.

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Emma Pettit and I dug into the plagiarism allegations against Claudine Gay @chronicle.com. How severe are they? Opinions ran the gamut.

How Bad Are the Plagiarism Allegations Against the Harvard President? It Depends on Whom You Ask.www.chronicle.com Claudine Gay, under fire for comments at a congressional hearing last week, has also been accused of plagiarism. But several scholars she allegedly copied from dispute the charges.

For the first time, the Department of Education asked colleges to report their use of legacy admissions. The practice is more widespread than you may think.

Which Colleges Consider Legacies in Their Admissions? Not Just the Ones You’re Thinking.www.chronicle.com Nearly 600 institutions weigh applicants’ legacy status, but most of them are not very selective.

The arrest of a Pomona College faculty member demonstrating in solidarity with a pro-Palestinian protest comes as colleges increasingly rush to react to speech about the Israel-Hamas war, which has led free-speech watchdogs to worry about campuses' tolerance and policies.

A Professor Started His Class at a Pro-Palestinian Demonstration. It Ended With Him in a Police Car.www.chronicle.com Pomona College officials say the faculty member was arrested after refusing to turn down loud music and identify himself. He says he was targeted.

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My story on Liz Magill's decision to step down, @chronicle.com.

Penn’s President Resigns After Remarks at Congressional Hearing Prompted a Backlashwww.chronicle.com M. Elizabeth Magill’s much-scrutinized public statement about antisemitism — that calling for the genocide of Jewish people may not break the University of Pennsylvania’s code of conduct — l...

The brain drain is happening: In interviews with 40 faculty members from various academic disciplines who have left Florida colleges in recent years, 33 said the state’s political climate was a direct factor in their decision.

Why Faculty Members Are Fleeing Floridawww.chronicle.com Dismay over the academic climate has led to a wave of resignations.

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After yesterday's hearings, new from me @chronicle.com www.chronicle.com/article/coll...

Opinion | Colleges Can Recommit to Free Speech or Double Down on Sensitivitywww.chronicle.com The congressional hearing on antisemitism presents a stark choice.

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Despite info from top SACS folks, there was NO motion today to create a DEI standard Pres. of colleges and the SACS board unanimously approved minor changes to standards - there was NO discussion on updates to a 'position statement' on DEI www.chronicle.com/article/accr...

Accreditor Could Require Diversity Efforts Despite Political Hostilitywww.chronicle.com By mandating a review of how colleges reach underserved students, SACSCOC would defend hundreds of institutions from pressure by state lawmakers to get rid of DEI offices.

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New: Leading misinformation scholar Joan Donovan is going public about why she believes she was recently forced out of Harvard: because her research threatened the school’s financial ties to the social-media behemoth Meta. www.chronicle.com/article/a-st...

A Star Misinformation Scholar Says Harvard Pushed Her Out for Criticizing Metawww.chronicle.com In a new declaration, Joan Donovan says her controversial departure from the Kennedy School this year stemmed from “the possibility my work could upset Facebook.”

Can you be both a mother and an academic? This academic doula believes it’s possible — and she’s offering a new, one-of-a-kind of support for academics at her institution who are feeling overwhelmed with the demands of their work-life balance.

This ‘Academic Doula’ Calms the Panic of Faculty Parentswww.chronicle.com A unusual program supports professors once they’ve come back from leave.

A telecommunications company is pitching a robotic dog to improve security on college campuses. Many students and academics aren't sold.

A Tech Giant Is Pitching a Robot Dog for Campus Security. It’s a Hard Sell.www.chronicle.com It can run up to seven miles per hour, and climb stairs. Would you want it guarding your campus?

Opinion: Publishers say they want more diverse voices — but then they silence them. www.chronicle.com/article/slou...

After years of e-scooter-related frustrations, injuries, and deaths, many colleges are fed up with the vehicles. In an attempt to shift the narrative, one company organized a study to prove they were safe enough for campuses.

Can This University Make Scooters Safer?www.chronicle.com They’re annoying and sometimes deadly — yet highly useful. Spin and Virginia Tech conducted a $400,000 study to find a middle ground.

Students from non-Christian faiths are questioning which holidays are, or aren’t, worked into the academic calendar. Here’s a look at how different institutions approach their demands.

Should the Academic Calendar Include More Religious Holidays?www.chronicle.com Colleges are facing pressure to acknowledge non-Christian faiths and adopt more flexible, accessible policies for attendance and coursework.

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Any changes to the Carnegie classifications are a big deal for higher education. I talked with @chronicle.com about changes that broaden the Research I designation, although there are still lots of questions about the rest of the framework.

Carnegie Is Changing How It Classifies R1 Institutions. Will Your University Make the Cut?www.chronicle.com The metrics that determine who gets the long coveted R1 status will be overhauled starting in 2025. Here’s how.

These economics professors were dinged on their annual evaluations for having "too many D's and F's." Now, several are leaving the university. Their department is a "microcosm" of national issues at play.

A Spat Over Teaching Evaluations Roils a Departmentwww.chronicle.com Economics professors at James Madison University say they were reprimanded for giving too many low grades.

For the first time since the pandemic began, an early look at enrollment data shows that undergraduate attendance this fall was up.

For the First Time Since the Pandemic Began, Colleges Saw Undergraduate-Enrollment Gains This Fallwww.chronicle.com The sector added 160,000 students, with the most significant growth coming at community colleges, according to initial data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.

Five years after meeting for drinks, one scholar’s been banished from campus and the other says he fears for his safety. How did things spiral into accusations of cyberstalking and harassment?

The Harassment Case That Has Berkeley at a Boilwww.chronicle.com Early on, both professors felt “uncomfortable.” Then things went rapidly downhill.

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