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The Chronicle Review
Corporal Thinking
Recent research suggests that the body is the brain. The part between our ears is not in charge. -
The Review
A Broader Notion of African Literature
Wendy Laura Belcher traces how the continent’s literature has influenced, and not just been influenced by, Western narratives. -
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The Chronicle Review
The Digital Apocalypse Is Now
Sven Birkerts seeks the fleeting human spirit in our pixelated wasteland. -
The Chronicle Review
What’s Your Pronoun?
When gender identity collides with subject-verb agreement, something’s gotta give. -
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Teaching
The Unwritten Rules of College
To help students learn, one university tries to make teaching transparent. -
Facilities
For Small Colleges, Some Maintenance Can No Longer Be Deferred
The costs can be high, but, as one president puts it, repairing campus facilities says a lot to parents and prospective students about how much a college cares about itself. -
News
Selected New Books on Higher Education
The Best Kind of College: An Insiders’ Guide to America’s Small Liberal Arts Colleges, edited by Susan McWilliams and John E. Seery (State University of New York Press; 303 pages; $80). Writings by 30 award-winning professors on the virtues of teaching, learning, career, and community at small… -
Commentary
A Better Plan for Debt-Free College: Give Money Straight to Students
If federal subsidies go mostly to state institutions, as presidential candidates have proposed, many small private colleges will have to close their doors. -
Commentary
Endowments Are Financial Pillars, Not Piggy Banks
Recent attacks on colleges’ endowments betray a fundamental misunderstanding about their purpose and function. -
Graduate Education
Enrollment in Humanities Ph.D. Programs Declines as More Graduate Schools Slim Down
The number of doctoral students in the arts and humanities fell from 2009 to 2014, says a new report. For some, the change is long overdue. -
First Amendment
U. of California’s Proposed Statement on Intolerance Is Widely Found Intolerable
In seeking to take a stand against statements that offend, the California system’s leaders have managed to pick a fight with free-speech advocates and many others. -
Proof
New Fafsa Changes Will Bring Unintended Consequences for Colleges
For parents and students, a great deal of the current uncertainty about selecting a college may vanish overnight. Not so for colleges. -
In the States
Free Community College Jolts Enrollments as Questions Persist for 4-Year Campuses
The jury is out on whether Tennessee’s two-year colleges are siphoning off students from elsewhere. But some four-year institutions are working harder to attract them. -
Students
‘How Much Will I Make After Graduating?’ College Scorecard Offers Only Clues
The revamped tool includes some new numbers on graduates’ earnings. But it has limits — as do state websites that collect wage data. -
Politics
At a Christian University, a Socialist Candidate Takes the Pulpit
Sen. Bernie Sanders delivered a speech at Liberty University — a sign of how far the presidential hopeful and the institution have come in expanding their profiles. -
Lost Campuses
Websites Tracking America’s Failed Colleges Show That Struggles Are Nothing New
From the clamor surrounding Sweet Briar’s planned shutdown, you’d think that a college had never closed before. The work of two self-appointed archivists says otherwise. -
Research
Embrace of Deception in Experiments Puts Social Scientists in an Ethical Bind
When research projects broadcast candidates’ party affiliation in nonpartisan campaigns or ask drivers to break traffic laws, are they stepping over the line? -
Leadership
Burning Question at U. of Iowa: Who Threw Bruce Harreld’s Hat in the Ring?
Critics of the businessman’s selection as president say they’re skeptical that the process played out fairly. -
Simplifying the Fafsa
Obama Takes Steps to Make Applying for Federal Student Aid Easier
Students will be able file a key form earlier, using tax data from two years earlier. The payoff: quicker information about their eligibility for aid. -
Close Reading
Ever Wondered What Thomas Pynchon Thinks About Accreditation?
Of course you haven’t. But Cow Country — a newish novel that one critic thought was secretly written by the famous author — takes on the subject. -
The Chronicle Review
Why College Is Not a Commodity
Current thinking views higher education as job training. That’s a mistake. -
Online Education
Facing Online Enrollment Challenges, Florida Rethinks Pearson Partnership
The university’s online bachelor’s degree program has not attracted as many out-of-state students as officials had hoped it would. -
The Graduate Adviser
Why We Need to Remember the Doctor-of-Arts Degree
Any doctoral reform has to happen under the Ph.D. banner to avoid being demeaned as a second-class substitute.