Tag: Academia
The Right’s Playbook: Taking Down Academics with ‘War on Woke’
Professor Jo Boaler of Stanford University has been at the center of a storm of controversy surrounding her innovative work in mathematics education. Boaler, originally from Britain, faced harsh criticism upon moving to the...
Oxford University’s Reliance on Contract Tutorials Raises Concerns and Shifts Teaching Dynamics
Oxford University has been under scrutiny for its heavy reliance on academics working on precarious fixed-term contracts to conduct the majority of tutorials, as revealed by recent research. Only about a third of lessons...