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Senior reporter @chronicle who covers people and politics. Send tips! emma.pettit@chronicle.com; on Signal at emmapettit.31
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Higher Ed Has a Trust Problem. Yale Thinks It Has Solutions.

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By Emma Pettit Verified
| The Chronicle of Higher Education Verified
Too often, academics have “resisted calls to critically examine our own institutions, professions, and modes of thought.” But that modus operandi no longer suits: “As we move forward, we must be willing to admit where we have been wrong.” That’s a key takeaway from a Yale University committee that spent the past year examining why public trust in academe has declined and what should be done about it.
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New Research Shows Many Social-Science Papers Lean Left. Does That Mean Bias?

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By Emma Pettit Verified
| The Chronicle of Higher Education Verified
College professors, in general, skew to the political left. But does their research? That’s the question animating a recent paper, “The ideological orientation of academic social science research 1960–2024,” published in the peer-reviewd journal Theory and Society.
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Lots of Social Science Didn’t Replicate. Does That Mean It’s Bunk?

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By Emma Pettit Verified
| The Chronicle of Higher Education Verified
Hundreds of scholars spent years prying open social-science research, asking versions of the same question: How much can we trust what’s under the hood?
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