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How Many Casualties Would a Plagiarism War Produce?
If conservatives and liberals start scouring their opponents’ academic publications for stolen ideas or phrases, nobody—even plagiarism experts—knows how much grist they will find.
Washington State U Student Workers Strike, Get Deal
A union representing Washington State University student academic employees announced Wednesday—on the first day of its strike—that it had reached...
Louisiana Lawmaker Requests Info on Foreign Faculty Members
A Louisiana state legislator asked his state for information on faculty members at Louisiana public institutions who hold green cards...
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The Boom in Campus Strikes Is Likely to Continue in 2024. Just Look at California.
From the University of California in late 2022 to Rutgers, Temple, the University of Michigan and now Cal State, the strike wave on campuses isn’t ending.
Anthropologist in MOVE Bombing Bones Scandal Leaves Penn Museum
The associate curator at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, who was publicly accused of mishandling human...
Icahn School of Medicine Postdoctoral Researchers Strike
Postdoctoral researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai started striking Wednesday, following what their union said has...
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Opinion
Measuring Censorship Is Hard, and Stopping It May Be Harder
Censorship often comes from scientists themselves, driven by laudable motives, Musa al-Gharbi and Nicole Barbaro write.
Misinformation Research Plows Ahead—but So Do Political Detractors
Republicans’ ongoing lawsuits and House probes have buffeted those who study online falsehoods. Researchers say there’s been a “chilling effect,” but the work goes on.