Academe Today: Harvard Medical School Will Stop Cooperating With ‘U.S. News’ Rankings

Faculty strike at U. of Illinois at Chicago puts student mental health in the foreground; blasphemy and DEI; nursing ed's diversity problem; and more. ADVERTISEMENT [Academe Today Logo]( Did someone forward you this newsletter? [Sign up free]( to receive your own copy. You can now read The Chronicle on [Flipboard]( and [Google News](. SPREADING RESISTANCE [After Law-School Revolt, Harvard Medical School Will Stop Cooperating With ‘U.S. News’ Rankings]( By Francie Diep [STORY IMAGE]( Like the law-school leaders before him, the Harvard dean George Q. Daley said rankings create perverse incentives. ADVERTISEMENT BACKGROUNDER [Is This the Beginning of the End of the ‘U.S. News’ Rankings’ Dominance?]( By Francie Diep [STORY IMAGE]( High-ranking law schools have taken the abrupt step of disavowing the much-cited list. But don’t expect the magazine’s influence to wane anytime soon. 'EMOTIONAL WORKLOAD' [As Students’ Mental-Health Concerns Grow, One University’s Professors Say They Should Get a Raise]( By Julian Roberts-Grmela [STORY IMAGE]( University of Illinois at Chicago faculty went on strike Tuesday, in part because they say students’ mental-health needs have become so severe, while administrators have failed to adequately respond. SPONSOR CONTENT | New Jersey Institute of Technology [Can a generational infrastructure investment take us from a C- to an A?]( THE REVIEW | OPINION [Blasphemy Is Not a DEI Issue]( By Joan W. Scott [STORY IMAGE]( The Hamline case does not illustrate a tension between diversity and academic freedom. RACE ON CAMPUS [A High-Demand Major With a Diversity Problem]( By Sarah Brown [STORY IMAGE]( Nursing faculty members and students are predominantly white. Some say they need better preparation to care for an increasingly diverse population. 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