How important is the overhead that we bring in?
We are trained to see nuance and complexity. Academics are skeptical of overly simplistic theories, and we are methodical and
How about funding programs for PUIs that aren’t deficit-based?
There are a bunch of federally-funded programs that are designed to support students and faculty who are at teaching-focused institutions.
Recommended reads #208
Socioeconomic roots of academic faculty: “We show that faculty are up to 25 times more likely to have a parent
When to use the terms PUI, SLAC, MSI, HSI, RPU, etc.?
We’ve got an acronym problem when it comes to classifying colleges and universities. No, it’s not that we
Why it is icky to offer free conference registration for student volunteers
Some academic societies do this thing where they offer free conference registration to a limited number of students, and in
Why doesn’t NSF redact horrible GRFP reviews that demonstrate overt bias?
The ongoing conversation about inequitable outcomes in the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP) is scaffolded
Recommended reads #207
Higher education’s other diversity crisis (the article is about Oxford, but really, it’s about everywhere)
Insect decline gets
Undergraduate research: course credit vs. getting paid
Undergraduate labor powers many university laboratories. Many of us faculty in primarily undergraduate institutions simply would not be shipping much
Recommended reads #206
The loss of bodily autonomy is making prospective college students rethink where they’ll go off to college.
The great
Good, bad, and worst dates for academic conferences
Looking at social media today, I have developed an unambiguous case of FOMO because I’m not at the SICB
