Adjunct Teaching Fuels Grade Inflation and Distorts Student Choices
Since the mid-1970s, higher education has increasingly relied on part-time, adjunct faculty. By 2015, 40% of classroom instructors were hired
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Are Professors Worth It? Who Should Teach College Students in Their Small Group Classes?
Many universities offer tutorials, also called teaching-assistant sessions, discussion sections, or lab sessions, depending on where you live. These small
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Do Conferences Contribute to Academic Impact?
Academics invest significant resources in attending and organizing conferences, and yet—until now—there has been strikingly little empirical analysis that tests
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Tracking the Effects of a Diaspora on Knowledge Production
Many economists have shown that ethnic diasporas are important for foreign direct investment, technology transfer, and international trade, but little
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