Nov. 6, 2015
The Chronicle of Higher Education Volume 62, Issue 10-
The Chronicle ReviewHistory That Makes Us Stupid
The American Century is not what most Americans think it is. Historians need to set them straight. -
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The Review
Unprincipled on Principle
Stanley Fish claims not to have a viewpoint. But that’s just his point of view. -
The Review
Dissents’ Afterlives
John Harlan’s minority opinion in Plessy has informed court rulings for more than a century. We might see it cited again in Fisher revisited. -
The Review
Silly Robots!
They’re coming for our jobs, our money, our culture. Will they take our humanity as well? -
News
Leader Committed to Reducing Risky Behavior Takes Helm at Wells College
Jonathan C. Gibralter, known for his battle against student alcohol abuse, moves to the small liberal-arts college as president. -
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News
How to Help Researchers’ Discoveries Go Viral
Using the social-media site Tumblr, the University of California system has brought attention to everyday breakthroughs in its labs. -
News
Why the Debate Over a New Admissions Process Matters
Will a hidebound profession embrace real innovation? How can colleges best reach a diverse cohort of teenagers? -
News
What I’m Reading: ‘Becoming Steve Jobs’
A chancellor draws lessons on focus, innovation, and vision from a biography of the electronics entrepreneur and businessman. -
Graduate Education
$3-Million Grant Puts Ph.D. Candidates in 2-Year-College Classrooms
Doctoral students from CUNY will teach humanities classes at a local community college, a move meant to prepare them for the country’s changing student population. -
The Review
The Looming Gamification of Higher Ed
What do we stand to lose by transforming learning into a quest for points? -
The Review
Academe’s Outcast Prophet
Laurence R. Veysey was an eccentric, a hermit, and an ardent nudist — and author of one of the foundational texts on the history of higher education. -
Curriculum
How a 40-Year-Old Idea Became Higher Education’s Next Big Thing
Hundreds of colleges are exploring the competency-based approach to learning in hopes that it can fix one of their most-pressing ailments. -
Technology
4 Problems That Can Sour Colleges’ Partnerships With Online-Education Enablers
Colleges that want to put degree programs online often turn to the companies for help. But success eludes some. The recent breakup of a partnership involving the University of Florida illustrates some of the problems that can crop up. -
Administration
The University Wants Back the Honorary Degree, Please
When universities deem recipients of such degrees to no longer be worthy of the honor, the next question involves how to handle the situation. -
Religion
At Public Universities, Muslim Students Search for a Place to Pray
Many of them face the same challenge: how to ask for a quiet spot to pray in private. College officials aren’t always sure how to respond. -
Commentary
Ban ‘Guarantee’ Games in College Football, or Else
The games are a perverse form of exploitation that places players — often students at historically black colleges — in the role of sacrificial lambs and their colleges in legal peril. -
Leadership and Governance
Feud at Florida A&M Has Echoes of Governance Issues at Other Black Colleges
Experts are divided on whether tensions at the university reflect problems specific to HBCUs or might have cropped up at any college with severe financial challenges. -
News
Questions Linger Over How UNC Chose Spellings
Faculty leaders continued to criticize a presidential search that they said left them sidelined, as some others scrutinized the former education secretary’s fitness to lead the university system. -
Admissions
ACT Tells Colleges They Will Receive Some Test Scores Later Than Expected
The new writing portion of the college-entrance test has slowed down the scoring process, so some students applying early may not be able to use their results. -
Students
When Students Become Patients, Privacy Suffers
Weak laws and the competing interests of students, parents, and colleges combine to throw back the curtain on confidentiality. But some argue for even greater transparency. -
On Leadership
Mitch Daniels Finds Good Food and a Willingness to Change at Purdue
Purdue University’s president began his job in January 2013 with no academic-leadership experience. He’s learned since then that small but meaningful changes can lead to big savings for students. -
Advice
Me and My Shadow CV
What would my CV look like if it recorded not just the successes of my professional life but also the many, many rejections? -
The States
What a Margaret Spellings Presidency Might Mean for North Carolina
The former education secretary has emerged as the top candidate in a bitterly disputed and politically charged search to lead the university system. Here’s what she could bring to the table.
