Academe Today Thursday, November 3, 2016 Sign up for this newsletter | Today's News Administration By Katherine Mangan This week, the university unveiled a website that it has used to challenge critics. Its actions have riled some alumni and upset campus activists. | Faculty By Fernanda Zamudio-Suaréz After a student’s blog post on a perceived microaggression went viral, her university announced new training for faculty. Here is what such trainings might accomplish. |
Leadership By Eric Kelderman Mun Y. Choi, now the University of Connecticut’s provost, says his first task in his new role will be to listen. He’ll also have to balance sometimes competing demands from lawmakers, students, and others. |
In Brief Views Commentary By Eric Johnson In his book Hillbilly Elegy, J.D. Vance demonstrates how relatively tiny differences in culture can make an enormous difference in access. | The Chronicle Review By Christina M. Greer Navigating class discussions during a chaotic election season. |
Lingua Franca Lucy Ferriss, analyzing researchersâ conclusions about masculine and feminine speech, finds two surprising results: Donald Trump talks like a female, and doing so may have helped him. |
Advice First Person By Carrie J. Preston Why I began to rethink my views on classroom decorum. |
Vitae By David Gooblar It’s possible to care about your students and make allowances for them without fear that they’ll walk all over you. |
Job Opportunities Visiting Assistant Professor of European History, St. Lawrence University New York, United States Assistant Professor of Physics, United States Air Force Academy Colorado, United States Assistant Professor in Regional Climate Science, Washington State University, Vancouver Washington, United States Program Advisor, University of Nevada, Reno School of Social Work Nevada, United States Associate Dean for Research Associate/Full Professor of School of Nursing, Auburn University School of Nursing Alabama, United States Tenure Track, Open Rank Faculty Positions in Exercise Physiology, Neuroscience, and Biomechanics, University of Michigan Michigan, United States Multiple Faculty Positions, Drury University Missouri, United States Assistant Professor in Industrial & Systems Engineering (Human Factors), University of Washington Washington, United States
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