Tag: Poynter Institute

A new global study has found male authors are more likely than women to have their scholarly articles retracted. While there was no gender difference in retractions attributed to mistakes, men were more likely to have their articles retracted because of plagiarism, authorship disputes, ethical issues, duplication, and fabrication or falsification.

"I am inspired daily by our students’ passion, our faculty’s wisdom, our staff’s dedication, and the entire campus community’s commitment to the College’s values," said Dr. Whitaker. "I look forward to working together to build on our strengths and shape an even brighter future for Colorado College."

A new study regarding 2 million children has found no evidence of a math gender gap prior to formal schooling. However, within the first four months of first grade, a small gap favoring boys emerged. By second grade, the gap had quadrupled.

Lori Gonko has been named interim president of Henry Ford College in Michigan, Lena Tran has been appointed interim chancellor of Yosemite Community College District in California, and Laura Treanor is the new president of Virginia Western Community College.