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The Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure is arguably the most important body of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). Over its storied history, it has do ...

Putting together a portfolio can feel like a big task, right? You want it to show off your best work, but also make people ...

Have you ever poured hours into an academic paper only to lose marks over simple mistakes or unclear feedback? You’re not alone. Academic writing is full of pitfalls—plagiarism, weak arguments, poor ...

Stavros Papakonstantinidis, associate professor of communication studies at Central College, has co-authored new research on the use of large language models in academic writing feedback. The study ap ...

Generative AI can assist researchers with tasks like summarizing sources, organizing arguments and refining drafts. This online session demonstrates how to use AI tools effectively throughout the ...

Scholars at Risk’s new report warns of a global crisis in academic freedom, with both authoritarian and democratic governments undermining universities through violent crackdowns, forced ...

This workshop will help you to write better academic English by discussing when and why you might need to be formal and cautious in your writing. In the workshop there will be opportunities to explore ...

I vividly recall when an editor in chief invited me to publish in a well-known journal. Fresh from defending my dissertation, I still grappled with understanding how publishing worked in academia—like ...

Josiah has been very busy for the past week and pushed off a ten-page paper due at midnight. He texts his friend who took the class last semester for his old paper. Josiah promptly changes his name at ...

T here is no end to denunciations of academic writing. You’ve likely read one recently. They usually deride jargon and theory and despair over turgid and impenetrable prose. Most recently the British ...

Writing assignments at the university level often require an academic voice. There are certain aspects of academic voice that are more formal than every day, conversational speech. Typically, academic ...