Alexander C. Kafka is a senior editor who has been with The Chronicle since 1998. Previously he worked for Newsday and other daily newspapers and was senior press officer at the Brookings Institution. He has also written about books and the arts for The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune, The American Prospect, and many other publications. Email him at alexander.kafka@chronicle.com.
Stories by This Author
A Spectrum of Wellness
Do young people misunderstand everyday stress?
Mental Health
Are college students’ mental-health apps helping them? There’s surprisingly little evidence one way or the other. A team of researchers is trying to change that.
The Review | Essay
On page and stage, the modern-dance pioneer returns for an encore.
Advice
Colleges have many tools to create an inclusive campus culture, among them equity audits and job-specific, anti-bias education. Shaming and blaming don’t help.
Student Health
More students are asking for help; their suffering is more acute; and the pandemic has made it harder for centers to recruit counselors and even directors.
Faculty
Yes, some scholars say, but they have ideas on how to fix that.
Campus Safety
College leaders should be ready for protests, provocations, and lone attacks, experts say.
The Faculty
Academics are caught in a pincer grip from the political right and left.
Reopening Campus
Should colleges mandate Covid-19 shots? Encourage? Incentivize? All of the above?