Oct. 9, 2015
The Chronicle of Higher Education Volume 62, Issue 6-
The ReviewGo East, Evangelicals
American 19th-century missionaries to the Middle East came home with a complicated view of Islam. -
The Review
Prozac Ph.D.
A professor shares his anxious past to make troubled students feel less alone. -
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The Review
Philip Tetlock’s Tomorrows
He’s teaching superforecasters to predict the future. Crazy, right? Except when it works. -
News
English Professor Directs NYU Center to Make Education More Equitable
David Kirkland, who has studied the literacy of urban youth, would like to bring results of the center’s research directly to instructors. -
News
What I’m Reading: ‘A Mathematician’s Lament’
What if music were taught without ever having students listen to it, an English instructor wonders after reading a math teacher’s lament. -
News
When New Professors Need Housing, Colleges Are No Help
Even as rising real-estate prices make house hunting more of a challenge, only a few colleges offer real assistance. -
Students
College Admissions Isn’t Fair … Whatever That Means
When applicants and institutions push for “fairness,” they aren’t even talking about the same thing. -
The Chronicle Review
How to Teach in an Age of Distraction
Human interaction and sustained introspection? There are no apps for those. -
Athletics
O’Bannon Ruling Heightens Debate Over Pay for College Players
A federal appeals court finds the NCAA violated antitrust laws, but strikes down a prior ruling that would allow for annual $5,000 payments to athletes. -
End of the Line
Perkins Loan Program, a Federal Stalwart Since 1958, Meets Its Demise
The program extended aid to students with “exceptional financial need.” Sen. Lamar Alexander blocked a bill that would have kept it alive. -
Repayment Pains
In Falling Default Rates, an Incomplete Picture of Borrower Distress
The default rates on federal student loans fell at all types of colleges, but thousands of borrowers still struggle to repay their loans. -
Teaching
Should a Syllabus Ever Tell Students What Not to Say?
A handful of instructors have recently drawn fire for issuing guidelines on the use of certain words. The debate is a critical one, scholars say. -
Admissions
80 Selective Colleges Unveil Plans for a New Application — and Inspire Some Skepticism
The group hopes its innovations will put more young people on the path to college earlier. But some experts question whether the effort will really expand access. -
Students
Evangelical Group’s Taunts Reopen Dialogue on Racial Tensions on One Campus
A confrontational preacher’s group stirred up students at DePauw University last week. After the clash, the real issue for some became how police officers had interacted with the counterprotesters. -
Public Opinion
Just Half of Graduates Strongly Agree Their College Education Was Worth the Cost
And among young alumni, only 38 percent viewed their college experience positively, according to national survey results in the 2015 Gallup-Purdue Index. -
Students
Amid Debate on Free Speech and Safe Space, Wesleyan Students Seek to Hear More Voices
Students are questioning where to draw the line between freedom of speech and ensuring that minority students do not feel devalued. -
Research
Meet Retraction Watch, the Blog That Points Out the Human Stains on the Scientific Record
The founders of Retraction Watch have made themselves impossible to ignore. -
Teaching
Faculty Members See Promise in Unified Way to Measure Student Learning
The findings of a nine-state study will help policy makers and colleges compare academic quality across institutions, say researchers. -
Commentary
The Painful Lessons of Sweet Briar and Cooper Union
Hard decisions are getting even harder for boards to make, thanks to interference from donors, alumni, and local politicians. -
The Chronicle Review
Economics Is Too Important to Be Left to Economists
Inequality and other pressing issues are fundamentally political, and political scientists must take up the gauntlet. -
First Person
Why Conference Book Exhibits Persist
In an online marketplace, don’t overlook the old-fashioned book exhibit.
