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Ocean sciences must incorporate DEI, scholars argue

Maria Thomas - Indiana University Bloomington — Fri, 12 Jan 2024 05:05:27 +0000

Researchers should embrace DEI, ‘anti-racist’ training Ocean science researchers must work “towards equity and justice” in their field, according to a group of scholars. Their academic paper includes a call for scholars to “[a]dvocate for and actively create opportunities for your BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, disabled, and female colleagues, even when this means personally stepping aside/

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Former Stanford president retracts ‘groundbreaking’ Alzheimer’s paper

Maggie Kelly - Assistant Editor — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 23:01:37 +0000

Retraction is his fourth in four months Former Stanford University President Marc Tessier-Lavigne, who resigned in July of last year after an investigation found flaws in his research, retracted a 2009 science paper formerly described as “groundbreaking.” The prestigious science journal Nature announced the retraction in a December 18 article signed by Tessier-Lavigne (pictured)…

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‘Grave concern’: Soviet-educated professor resigns association membership over DEI statements

Maggie Kelly - Assistant Editor — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 19:45:11 +0000

‘Only true conformists excel in this game,’ mathematics professor said A professor who grew up under the Soviet Union resigned his membership in the American Mathematical Society due to the group’s failure to oppose DEI statements as a requirement for job applications. Alexander Barvinok, a Russian emigrant and tenured mathematics professor at the University of Michigan, told The Atlantic in a…

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Elon Musk plans new university, invests $100M

Maggie Kelly - Assistant Editor — Sat, 16 Dec 2023 16:00:11 +0000

The IRS approved Musk’s funding application in March Elon Musk plans to launch a STEM-focused primary and secondary school and a new university in Austin and has allocated $100 million to the effort. The tech billionaire and owner of X filed an application with the Internal Revenue Service to establish an elementary and high school dedicated to science, technology, engineering…

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Scholars worry about humans’ environmental impact on moon: report

Micaiah Bilger - Assistant Editor — Fri, 15 Dec 2023 18:36:53 +0000

‘Future missions must consider mitigating deleterious effects on lunar environments’ University of Kansas researchers want academics to declare a new historic era to better study the “deleterious effects” of human exploration on the moon, according to a new journal article. The article, published Dec. 8 in the journal Nature Geoscience, calls for the designation of a “Lunar Anthropocene”…

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Young men just more interested in STEM fields, poll finds

Micaiah Bilger - Assistant Editor — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 05:18:43 +0000

Gender gap exists despite equal opportunities, encouragement, Gallup says Young men are more interested in science and technology careers than young women even though both equally report receiving opportunities and encouragement to enter STEM fields, a new Gallup survey found. The poll by Gallup and the Walton Family Foundation found that 85 percent of young men ages 12 to 26 are interested in…

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Nearly 200,000 foreign workers classified as ‘students’: State Department

Hudson Crozier - University of North Texas — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 05:05:43 +0000

UPDATED Republican and Democratic presidents have made it easier for foreign students to work here for years after graduation American universities hosted more than 1 million international students in the 2022-23 academic year – but that figure includes students who had already graduated and are essentially foreign workers, according to a State Department report. In reality, nearly 200,000…

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Mississippi auditor calls for universities to invest in career-ready degrees

Caleb Nunes - Northwestern University — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 05:04:51 +0000

University president disagrees with the findings Mississippi public universities should reorient degree programs to focus on career-readiness and the legislature should study the issue further, according to a report from the state’s auditor. “Plugging the Brain Drain: Investing in College Majors That Actually Work,” highlights job stats for majors like women’s studies, African/black studies…

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MIT debaters clash over whether STEM is ‘systemically racist’

David Glasser - Florida State University — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 05:04:09 +0000

Science, Technology, Engineering and Math are either exclusive fields difficult for people of color to break into or opportunities available to all Americans regardless of skin color, according to a panel of scholars who recently debated the proposition that STEM is systemically racist. Panelists Chad Womack of the United Negro College Fund and Jaret Riddick, senior fellow at the Center for…

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Penn State hiring ‘Professor in Climate Justice and Youth Movements’

College Fix Staff — Fri, 27 Oct 2023 18:51:14 +0000

Candidate will also be expected to advance DEI, per the job description Pennsylvania State University’s Department of Geography announced an open tenure-track faculty job in “Climate Justice and Youth Movements.” The successful candidate will have “expertise in qualitative research with a focus on transnational youth movements, the intergenerational dimensions of climate change [and]…

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