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What readers said about teaching evaluations; where academic freedom goes to die; Hopkins honors an antisemite; academic-failure stories; and more. ADVERTISEMENT [Afternoon Update Logo]( You can also [read this newsletter on the web](. Or, if you no longer want to receive this newsletter, [unsubscribe](. RESEARCH INTEGRITY [Wanted: Scientific Errors. Cash Reward.]( By Stephanie M. Lee [STORY IMAGE]( At a time when scientific misconduct is making headlines, a new program hopes to encourage the detection of mistakes with cold, hard cash. ADVERTISEMENT JUDGMENT DAYS [‘A Culture of Fear and of Pandering’: What Readers Told Us About Teaching Evaluations]( By Beth McMurtrie [STORY IMAGE]( Instructors find them marginally useful at best. Administrators say they help identify outliers. THE REVIEW | OPINION [Indiana University Is Where Academic Freedom Goes to Die]( By Alex Lichtenstein [STORY IMAGE]( Hypocritical admins tout free speech even as they censor a Palestinian artist. THE REVIEW | ESSAY [Why Is Johns Hopkins Still Honoring an Antisemite?]( By Laurel Leff and Sanford Jacoby [STORY IMAGE]( Isaiah Bowman was one of the worst college presidents in American history. TEACHING [How — and Why — to Tell Students Your Academic-Failure Story]( By Beckie Supiano [STORY IMAGE]( An instructional designer aims to help students by “making failure visible in lives that are also full of success.” CAMPUS SPEECH [San Jose State U. Places Professor on Leave After Clash With Pro-Palestine Students]( The scuffle occurred during a guest speaker’s presentation on Monday about finding “a peaceful resolution” of the Israel-Hamas war. Police officers broke up the incident, and the speech was cut short. No one was injured or arrested. One critic of the speaker and the professor said the students were exercising their right to protest “a Gaza genocide denier.” (KRON) FACULTY [Community College Reinstates Adjunct Professor It Fired After Student Complaints]( St. Philip’s College, part of Texas’ Alamo Community College District, settled with Johnson Varkey, a longtime instructor whom it had fired over complaints about his Christian preaching in class, biased comments about gay and transgender people, and misogynistic and anti-abortion rhetoric, according to his lawyers, who denied the accusations. Several members of Congress supported him. (Fox News) GAMING THE SYSTEM [Iowa Western Community College Warns of ‘Ghost Student’ Fraud]( The college said it had foiled 109 cases in which people tried to get financial aid through nonexistent students — a scheme to which [two-year colleges are particularly vulnerable](. The college said a new refund-processing company was helping to identify such scammers. (KETV, The Chronicle) COLLEGE IN TROUBLE [Eastern Gateway Community College Stops Registering Students and May Cut More Jobs]( The Ohio college’s board cited a financial crisis stemming from its restricted access to federal student aid as the reason for the moves. The college, which drew attention from its [accreditor]( and the [U.S. Education Department]( over a [controversial free-college program]( for union members, has suffered a sharp decline in enrollment. It [cut 28 jobs]( in January. (WTRF, The Chronicle, WFMJ) THE NAME GAME [Mississippi U. for Women’s Proposed Name Change Stalls Again]( The university, coed since 1982, is seeking a name that reflects that status but that preserves its nickname, the W. The first idea, Mississippi Brightwell University, was dropped amid alumni opposition. The second, Wynbridge State University of Mississippi, stalled in the Legislature. 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