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Volume 62, Issue 15: December 11, 2015

December 6, 2015

This week’s highlights.

The Week

By Lee Gardner

What you need to know about the past seven days.

Executive Compensation at Private and Public Colleges

By Sandhya Kambhampati and Brian O’Leary

View compensation data on chief executives at public and private nonprofit colleges in the United States as far back as 2008.

32 Leaders of Private Colleges Earned More Than $1 Million in 2013

By Sandhya Kambhampati

The presidents of Columbia and Penn had the largest paydays, reaching $4.6 million and $3.06 million per year, respectively.

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This week’s highlights.

The Week

By Lee Gardner

What you need to know about the past seven days.

Executive Compensation at Private and Public Colleges

By Sandhya Kambhampati and Brian O’Leary

View compensation data on chief executives at public and private nonprofit colleges in the United States as far back as 2008.

32 Leaders of Private Colleges Earned More Than $1 Million in 2013

By Sandhya Kambhampati

The presidents of Columbia and Penn had the largest paydays, reaching $4.6 million and $3.06 million per year, respectively.

For Researchers, Risk Is a Vanishing Luxury

By Paul Voosen

A basic mission of the American research university is eroding, with predictability prized over boldness at almost every level — hiring, promotion, publishing, and grant making.

Celebrating a Half-Century of The Chronicle

When Recruiting Minority Faculty Members Isn’t Enough

By Audrey Williams June

Hanging on to the people who agree to come aboard is a major challenge for many colleges.

Wisconsin Grad Students Want Pay Parity Across Disciplines

By Vimal Patel

The institution wants to allow departments to set the upper limit on stipends. But critics say the move violates a long-held principle at Madison of “equal pay for equal work.”

In Fight Over Academic Publishing House, Fear of Corporate Values

By Steve Kolowich

The takeover of a family-run press by an industry giant has its authors worried anew about consolidation in scholarly publishing.

As Academia.edu Grows, Some Scholars Voice Concerns

By Ellen Wexler

Critics say the for-profit company benefits from universities without giving back, but its chief executive points to Google as his role model.

How a President Is Fighting Online Harassment of Minority Students

By Peter Schmidt

Bruce Shepard of Western Washington University speaks out about his efforts to calm racial tensions following an anonymous threat on Yik Yak to lynch the student body’s black leader.

How a Prominent Legal Group Could Change the Way Colleges Handle Rape

By Sarah Brown

A team of experts organized by the American Law Institute is writing guidelines for college officials on responding to sexual misconduct.

How Much Can Campus-Crime Reports Tell Us About Sexual Assault?

By Kelly Field

Nine out of 10 colleges reported no rapes on their campuses in 2014 under the law known as the Clery Act. What that means depends on who’s weighing in.

New Department Chair Seeks to Unlock Reasons for Racial Health Disparities

Thomas A. LaVeist, who will join George Washington University, explores poor outcomes for blacks in his research and film.

What I’m Reading: ‘Middlemarch’

A college president sees, in George Eliot’s famous novel, a guide for students on how to choose the best way to live.

What Can Campus Leaders Do to Make Protests Unnecessary?

By Ricardo Azziz

For starters, they must understand that change takes time and that open dialogue is tough to create in the middle of a crisis.

4 Ways to Ease Strife on Campuses

By Mark B. Rotenberg

College leaders should engage their students and respond to their legitimate concerns with the respect they deserve.

The Alt-Ac Job Search: A Case Study

By Leonard Cassuto

How to prepare a Ph.D. for faculty and nonfaculty jobs.

How to Interview for a Joint Appointment

By Karen Kelsky

Be aware of which department would be your “tenure home,” and balance your approach accordingly.

The Value of Teaching Religious Literacy

By Ulrich Rosenhagen
For the good of students and society itself, colleges should create interreligious learning communities on campus.

What Makes a Good Teacher?

By A.C. Grayling

No one has invented a better educational tool than a superb teacher.

The Gutting of Gen Ed

By Michael W. Clune

Defanged distribution requirements, faux interdisciplinarity, and applied AP credits are denying students the curricula they deserve.

Lived Philosophy

By Robert Zaretsky

Scholarship doesn’t usually change our lives — but why shouldn’t it?

Focus Fracas

By Frank Furedi

Rather than resigning ourselves to our students’ digitally frayed attention, let’s figure out how to win it back.

Video-Game Heroines Can Kick Sexism’s Butt

By Christopher Ferguson

But don’t distort research results in a quest to tame the misogyny of gaming.

Lincoln the Political Operator

By John Herron

He put Washington savvy in the service of his utilitarian ethics.

Out of Style: A Lament

By Jenell Paris

An anthropologist mourns the loss of her discipline’s citation customs.

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