Sept. 28, 2018
The Chronicle of Higher Education Volume 64, Issue 5-
NewsHow Diverse are Student Populations on College Campuses in the U.S.?
Explore new data on the race, ethnicity, and gender of students at more than 3,900 colleges and universities. -
News
The Author of ‘Dear Committee Members’ Takes On the Corporate University
Julie Schumacher, whose new novel is The Shakespeare Requirement, has earned acclaim as an academic satirist. But she won’t be pigeonholed. -
News
At the World’s Only University-Owned Rocket Range, Wild Blueberries and Stunning Launches
Volcanoes, permafrost, and a lengthy coastline with sea ice are a few of the natural wonders that scientists flock to Alaska to study. -
Admissions
How an Admissions Debacle Tested an Entire Profession’s Ideals
The University of Texas at Tyler infamously revoked the full-ride scholarships it had promised to scores of applicants from Nepal. But that’s not the end of the story. -
Backgrounder
How Colleges Confront Their Racist Pasts
Many institutions have examined their exploitation of slaves. Now they are also looking at their complicity in segregation and other bigotries even as they fight off new white-supremacist threats. -
News
We Asked: What’s Important About Your College’s Location?
Some scholars’ expectations were confirmed. Others found that their regions defied stereotypes. -
Chronicle List
2 Universities in Colorado Are Among the Latest Recipients of Large Gifts
Together the two gifts are worth $200 million. They will support health sciences, and computer science and engineering. -
News
At This Rural Vermont College, Students and Staff Members Get a Vote
Consensus-style government is a “powerful magnet,” says the president. -
News
How Do Rural Colleges Attract Students? Safety and Scenery, to Begin With
They make the most of their “off the beaten path” locations to draw students and faculty members. -
News
‘A Little Slice of Paradise’ to Study
At Northland College, 90 percent of courses deal with sustainability. -
News
Hard Questions About Diversity, Honest Answers
Why we embrace the messy art of authentic conversations at Southern Methodist University. -
News
Diversity Fatigue Is Real
It’s debilitating to be asked constantly to give free lessons in cultural competency, while negotiating resistance from other corners. -
News
How You Can Help Low-Income Students With Culture Shock
Students from poor and working-class backgrounds can struggle even after making it to your elite campus. -
News
A Gay, African-American Urbanite Finds a Home in Rural Iowa
A college president, once a city dweller, sees his rural post as an opportunity to live at a cultural intersection, among neighbors. -
News
How I Built a Life for Myself at a White College
Had I known the cascading effects of taking a position in Colorado Springs, I probably would have declined the job offer. -
News
Silicon Valley Must Help Rural America. Here’s How.
The wealth created in new digital spaces should be used on cybereducation programs for people and places being left behind — programs that would also enhance our national security. -
News
What I’m Reading: ‘Daring Greatly’
To gain the confidence to help their institutions thrive, leaders might start by identifying their insecurities. -
News
Selected New Books on Higher Education
Topics include best practices in grading students’ creative work and the ethical lessons about consent to sex that campuses may be overlooking. -
News
The Stress of Being a Minority Faculty Member
An author examines the ways in which elite colleges can be toxic to the minority faculty members they hire, and what might be done to improve the situation. -
News
Transitions: Shaw U. Makes Interim President Permanent, New Chief of Staff Named at American International College
Paulette Dillard has served as the interim leader of of Shaw since July 2017. Nicolle Cestero moves from Title IX coordinator to chief of staff at American International. -
The Review
There’s No One-Size-Fits-All Model for Student Success
A good higher education enables a person to come to grips with the world more deeply, broadly, and richly, and thereby to contribute to what the world has to offer. -
Faculty Rights
‘We Are the Most At-Risk People on Campus.’ Non-Tenured Instructors Can Now Serve in U. of Mississippi’s Faculty Senate.
At many colleges, non-tenure-track professors can advocate as faculty senators for issues that affect them. But not at the University of Mississippi, until now. -
Leadership
Women Say Her Husband Harassed. Now She’s Under Fire.
As sexual-harassment allegations mount against the husband of the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater’s chancellor, women are saying the chancellor failed them and must resign. A former graduate student makes new accusations. -
Faculty
Are Colleges Failing ‘Haidt’s Choice’? Betsy DeVos Says Yes. Jonathan Haidt Isn’t So Sure.
The scholar and free-speech advocate was surprised that the education secretary cited him in a speech on Monday. He says she oversimplified his stance on the state of campus discourse. -
News
Why More Colleges Are Trying Restorative Justice in Sex-Assault Cases
Campuses have used the approach to deal with a wide range of incidents of minor wrongdoing. But until recently, they’ve been reluctant to use it for sexual misconduct. -
Backgrounder
How the Great Recession Reshaped American Higher Education
Pressure from state governments and prospective students pushed public research universities, private colleges, and other institutions to promote their job-ready graduates and their impact on the local economy. -
Admissions
Will Students Testify in the Case Against Harvard’s Race-Conscious Admissions Procedures?
Some students and alumni are worried that their voices will be left out of the high-profile trial. -
Politics
Hurricane Trump Bears Down on Science
Saying research on Maria’s death toll in Puerto Rico is bogus, the president makes a pointed challenge to higher-ed standards and values. -
From the Archives
U. of Nebraska Wondered Whether Conservative Students Were Being Silenced. Here’s What It Found Out.
The university system commissioned a Gallup survey after a liberal graduate student berated a conservative undergrad. Among other things, Gallup found that some students — and faculty members — were anxious about speaking their minds. -
Campus Symbols
‘Exhaustion, Confusion, and Anger’: U. of Illinois Finds a Community at Odds Over Old Mascot
A new report on the Urbana-Champaign campus’s controversial Chief Illiniwek mascot, which was retired in 2007, acknowledges more than regret that “we are not further along in the process.” -
BACKGROUNDER
U. of South Florida’s President Reflects on Long Tenure and Why She’s Stepping Down Now
During Judy Genshaft’s years at the university’s helm, both it and American higher education have changed drastically. -
News
Would the Education Dept.’s New Title IX Rules Really Save Colleges Money?
The department said colleges and schools could save hundreds of millions of dollars under its forthcoming sexual-misconduct regulations. But experts on the gender-equity law doubt that claim. -
Commentary
At Commencement, How Much Celebration Is Too Much?
To avoid disappointment and conflict later, now is the time for colleges to develop guidelines and boundaries for students at commencement. -
Advice
Administration 101: How Do You Decide Which ‘Great Idea’ to Back?
Emotion, ego, and ideology jumble with finances, and the solutions are never simple and self-evident.
