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Exodus

Penn State Offered Buyouts. At This Campus, 40 Percent of Staff Raised Their Hands.

Faculty and staff members at Pennsylvania State University at New Kensington kicked off the fall semester with a sense of dread.

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Academic-Program Cuts Piled Up This Summer. Here’s a Rundown.

How One University’s Cost Cutting Became Mired in Confusion and Distrust

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Cash-Strapped Wittenberg U. Envisions a Future With Far Fewer Faculty and Staff

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Leadership

Why Notre Dame’s New President Thinks Going Need-Blind Will Expand Its Global Reach

The Review | Essay

Gazing Into the Mirror of History

Leadership

What Makes You Ready to Be a College President?

Newly Updated

Tracking Higher Ed’s Dismantling of DEI

Updated policy

Colleges Get More Leeway to Handle Research Misconduct

Advice

Department Culture: Learning to Play Well With Others

Campus Activism

We Looked at Dozens of Colleges’ New Protest Policies. Here’s What We Found.

Diversity Dilemmas

Diversity Dilemmas

Can colleges build their reputation as a place where everyone, no matter their identity, can flourish?

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Diversity Statements Were All the Rage. Now They’re in Danger.

Are they a victim of politics, conceptually flawed, or here to stay?

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Does Diversity Training Work?

Scant evidence, and mixed results, suggest it doesn’t.

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Don’t Scrap Standardized Tests. Make Them Fairer.

Testing can do more than help elite colleges select a small handful of students.

Podcast: College Matters from The Chronicle

College Matters

What the FAFSA Just Happened?

The disastrous rollout of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid leaves many students vulnerable at a crucial time.

College Matters

Is Reading Over for Gen Z Students?

Students are arriving at college woefully unprepared, professors say. In the first episode of College Matters from The Chronicle, we explore why this is happening, and what can be done about it.

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The Review

Does the AAUP Know What It Means?

Teaching

Connecting With Gen Z Through Course Design

Latitudes

Latitudes: Another American College Says Zàijiàn to a Chinese Partnership

Special Report

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Always Right?

College Feels Transactional to Many Students. Who — or What — Is to Blame?

Students increasingly see themselves as customers and college as a means to an end. Faculty members are wrestling with the consequences.

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Supportive Strategies

Why Students Can’t Work on Their Own

Many struggle to complete coursework independently. How can professors adjust?

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The Review | Essay

Elite Colleges Are More Diverse Than Ever. They’re Still Unequal.

Living in the university’s blind spots.

Virtual Events

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Where the Humanities Are Thriving

UPCOMING: October 2, 2024 |Headlines about the state of the humanities make dire predictions. But some colleges are seeing enrollment increases in these disciplines. Join us to explore the future of the humanities.With Support From Teagle. Register here.

The Changing Futures of Community Colleges

UPCOMING: September 24, 2024 | The Covid-19 pandemic permanently transformed the role of community colleges. Join us to explore strategies and insights that can prepare institutions for this new era — and beyond. With Support From Ascendium. Register here.

Professional-Development Resources

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Professional-Development Programs

Visit The Chronicle’s professional-development resources page to stay up-to-date on our career advancement workshop opportunities for higher-ed professionals.

The Chair’s Role in the Continuing Pandemic

George Justice discusses how department chairs are continuing to deal with Covid on campus, and how they’re dealing with the added pressures of leading through the pandemic. Video provided by Dever Justice LLC.

Managing Up

Carolyn Dever tackles how managing up is a challenge for all department chairs, and how to navigate these difficulties, providing pro tips on how to approach your dean or provost. Video provided by Dever Justice LLC.

Seven Practices for Building Community and Student Belonging Virtually

Most colleges have traditionally provided in-person programming and supports to strengthen bonds between students and build community. This research brief was originally published by Ithaka S+R.

The Review

Why Scholars Should Stop Studying ‘Misinformation’

By Jacob N. Shapiro, Sean Norton

The term caught on in the COVID era, but it makes good research impossible.

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Conservatives Are Rare in Academe. Is There Anything Wrong With That?

Eleven scholars on politics, partisanship, and the professoriate.

Lucy Freeman Sandler, Samuel Jay Keyser, and Jean Baker

‘I’m a Retired Scholar. I’m Not Retired From Scholarship.’

By Heidi Landecker

These 90-something professors are still publishing. Is scholarship their fountain of youth?

Letters to the Editor

Read the latest letters to the editor about our articles and about topics we have covered.

Data

About One in Four Faculty Members Are Unionized, Study Finds

The new report is based on data collected from 902 higher-education collective-bargaining units.

How Well Do You Know Higher Ed? Take Our Quiz.

Answers are drawn from The Chronicle’s newly released Almanac, our annual data-driven portrait of academe.

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What Would Higher Ed Look Like Distilled Into 100 Institutions?

America has nearly 4,000 degree-granting colleges, which can make it difficult to fully understand the sweep and diversity of the sector.

Advice

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How to Get the Most Out of a Job Fair as a Ph.D.

By Jennifer S. Furlong, Stacy M. Hartman

Campus employment fairs aren’t just for undergraduates. Here’s what to expect if you’re a graduate student exploring your options.

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Admin 101: How to Lead Your Campus on AI

By David D. Perlmutter

Generative AI is just one more crisis for administrators, but it may very well be the one with the most long-term effects on institutions and careers.