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Commentary
A ‘Tour of Duty’ Before College Would Serve Students and the Nation
To improve civic literacy and ease student-loan debt, a voluntary national-service program for high-school graduates, leading to two years of a free college education, is an idea worth considering. -
Teaching
U. of Georgia Bets $4.4 Million That Small Classes Can Bolster Learning
The university will hire more teaching-focused faculty members and cut enrollments in hundreds of courses. -
News
‘Freaks of Fortune’ Author Leaves Princeton for U. of Chicago
Jonathan I. Levy, who earned his Ph.D. in history at Chicago, says the university offers attractive opportunities for collaboration. -
News
What I’m Reading: ‘Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town’
Steven Bahls, president of Augustana College, in Illinois, says the book reminded him of the importance of listening. -
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Faculty
Higher Education’s Internet Outrage Machine
Two online publications, Campus Reform and The College Fix, have found ways to make conservative anger at colleges go viral. -
From the Archives
The Path to Change Runs Through the Provost’s Office
With external concerns preoccupying presidents, colleges look to chief academic officers to lead innovation and build consensus. -
The Chronicle Review
New Ivy League, Same Old Elitism
Top colleges have become more diverse, but they’re still bastions of elitism. -
The Chronicle Review
How Art Reveals the Limits of Neuroscience
Neuroscience doesn’t even begin to explain aesthetic understanding and response. -
The Chronicle Review
The Hidden Code of Creation
Is mathematical symmetry the key to unlocking nature’s mysteries? -
Point of View
My Love-Hate Relationship With TurnItIn
The plagiarism-detection tool efficiently dispenses with a laborious task. But is it fair to students? -
Administration
What to Do When the Outrage Is Aimed at Your Campus
Instructions on handling a social-media firestorm, from colleges that should know. -
Graduate Education
How the U. of Missouri Became a Hotbed for Graduate-Student Activism
A growing protest movement on the Columbia campus shows how quickly and easily tensions can flare up over their issues. -
Students
What ‘Yes Means Yes’ Means for Colleges’ Sex-Assault Investigations
Affirmative-consent rules set clear standards for what’s required of students. They’re also changing how colleges adjudicate alleged assaults. -
Governance
Cooper Union’s Leadership Crisis, in 5 Damning Allegations
A court filing by New York’s attorney general paints a deeply unflattering — if disputed — portrait of the institution’s leaders. -
Government
Where Scott Walker Got His Utilitarian View of Higher Education — and Why It Matters
The Wisconsin governor has taken an aggressive stance on the role of college. It’s one that has left professors troubled. -
Leadership
From Corporate Leader to Flagship President? A Finalist at the U. of Iowa Sparks Faculty Worries
J. Bruce Harreld, a career businessman, visited the campus on Tuesday. While openness to nonacademic leaders has grown, it’s still an idea that makes some uneasy. -
Research
Is Nuance Overrated?
A scholar took an irreverent stand against a common academic criticism and watched his paper go viral. But there’s a serious point in the paper’s vulgar title. -
The Chronicle Review
Sexual Healing
The disabled professor who wrote a censored essay for Northwestern University’s medical journal speaks out. -
Research
The Results of the Reproducibility Project Are In. They’re Not Good.
The project tried to replicate the results of 100 psychology studies. Only 39 percent withstood scrutiny. -
First Person
Give Us a Voice in Our Own Future
How academe can open up debate about the future of doctoral education to graduate students. -
The Chronicle Review
Why We Need to Resurrect Our Souls
We no longer seek perfection in thought or art, war or faith — but we can do better.