Leadership & Governance
How Missouri’s Deans Plotted to Get Rid of Their Chancellor
R. Bowen Loftin’s resignation as chief of the flagship campus at Columbia has been cast as fallout from racial discord there. That’s not even the half of it.
R. Bowen Loftin’s resignation as chief of the flagship campus at Columbia has been cast as fallout from racial discord there. That’s not even the half of it.
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Students
Diversity-hiring strategies, cultural-competence training, curricular changes, and a busy student-heritage calendar are among the efforts at MiraCosta College, in Southern California. But these practices are controversial and difficult, with setbacks and resistance at every step.
The Chronicle Review
Higher education has historically been a bulwark against authoritarianism. Or its pawn. What’ll it be this time?
A professor schemed to get a raise and win his department’s respect. Instead he wrecked his career.