This year’s academic newsmakers shook up higher education by organizing, by speaking out, by pushing limits, and sometimes just by doing their jobs. Here are nine who made a mark—for better or worse—in 2014.
ENFORCER
She made it clear colleges would pay a price for sexual assault on campus
Catherine E. Lhamon
ATHLETES' ADVOCATE
He sparked a movement to recognize college players as employees
Kain Colter
BOYCOTTERS
They changed the debate about sanctions against Israel
American Studies Association
MUCKRAKER
He put higher education on notice about athletics programs run amok
Dan Kane
ZEALOUS REGENT
In a year when trustees were pressed to get tough, he was the toughest
Wallace L. Hall Jr.
MESSENGER
She showed thousands of students college is a possibility
Nicole Hurd
TWITTER CASUALTY
He raised new questions about the limits of academic freedom
Steven G. Salaita
TENNESSEE'S PITCHMAN
His offer to pay community-college tuition got policymakers talking nationwide
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