Graduate Students: In Higher Ed, Adjuncts May Have Most to Lose if Obamacare Is Repealed

[THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION] #subscribelink [Subscribe Today]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Subscribe to The Chronicle today to get access to premium content and more.]( Graduate Students Wednesday, May 10, 2017 --------------------------------------------------------------- [Sign up for this newsletter]( This Week’s Highlights --------------------------------------------------------------- [In Higher Ed, Adjuncts May Have Most to Lose if Obamacare Is Repealed]( By Lee Gardner The U.S. House has approved a bill to replace the current law. If it succeeds, many adjuncts dread a return to the days when individual health plans were unaffordable. [Called to the White House, Business Leaders Attest to NIH’s Value]( By Paul Basken Biomedical industry chiefs and leaders of the National Institutes of Health met with Trump administration officials on Monday to explain why they view federal spending on research as critical. [A Journal Article Provoked a Schism in Philosophy. Now the Rifts Are Deepening.]( By Lindsay McKenzie, Adam Harris, and Fernanda Zamudio-Suaréz Critics blasted an article in Hypatia as harmful and insensitive to issues of race and gender, and its associate editors apologized. But the journal’s leaders say the statement doesn’t speak for them. [Zap! Can Electrical Stimulation Help Us Learn?]( [premium] By Shannon Najmabadi Researchers are looking into whether administering an electrical pulse to nerves around the head and neck can improve cognitive function. [It’s Been a Messy Semester for Free Speech on Campus. What's Next?]( [premium] By Chris Quintana From Milo Yiannopoulos to Ann Coulter, UC-Berkeley has found itself at the center of the free-speech maelstrom. Here’s what other colleges can learn from the California flagship’s experience. [Can Universities Foster a Culture of Ethics? Some Are Trying]( [premium] By Nell Gluckman Penn State, Rutgers, and others are taking a cue from the corporate world by making a concerted effort to establish campuswide ethical standards. [As Robots Displace Workers, Higher Ed ‘Will Change a Great Deal,’ Researcher Says]( [premium] By Steve Kolowich A co-founder of MIT’s Initiative on the Digital Economy warns artificial-intelligence luminaries that if technological-unemployment trends continue, "the people will rise up before the machines do." [Scholar Finds That Academe’s ‘Chilly Climate’ for Single Mothers Persists]( [premium] By Kelly Field An academic who wrote a book on single mothers in college describes the struggles such women face and recalls her own experience getting a Ph.D. as an unmarried mom. [At American U., a Week of Racial Turmoil Ends With Accord on Students’ Demands]( By Sarah Brown Protesters shut down traffic in a show of frustration over what they felt was a sluggish response by administrators. 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