Nov. 13, 2015
The Chronicle of Higher Education Volume 62, Issue 11-
NewsThe Invisible Labor of Minority Professors
The hands-on attention that minority faculty members willingly provide to a diversifying population of students is an unheralded linchpin in helping them succeed. -
Town-Gown
Using Its City as a Teaching Lab, a School Helps Rebuild It, Too
Faculty members and students at the University at Buffalo’s School of Architecture and Planning find plenty to do, on scales from citywide to highly personal. -
News
Universities Set Up Legal Clinics to Help Student Innovators
Ideas that push the status quo can sometimes run afoul of the law. More institutions are stepping up to help their entrepreneurs defend their work. -
News
What I’m Reading: ‘China’s Examination Hell’
A book about the use of tests in China persuades a physics professor that inequality cannot be remedied that way. -
News
Professor Is Honored for Bringing Philosophy to His Community-College Students
Scott Samuelson, winner of the Hiett Prize in the Humanities, draws connections between the hardships of his students and Plato. -
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The Review
There Is No ‘Balance of Nature’
The “balance of nature” is a concept that’s hopelessly vague if not meaningless. -
The Review
Has Mother’s Milk Gone Sour?
Breastfeeding’s benefits are exaggerated, a new book argues. Researchers beg to differ. -
The Review
Why People Kill
Social-learning and instinctivist views still vie to explain human violence. -
The Review
Targeting Assumptions
A philosopher questions scholars’ ethical guidelines for drone warfare. -
Admissions
Coalition Sheds (a Little) More Light on New Application System
Speakers sought to demystify the group of selective colleges’ plan for improving the admissions process. But details of how the system would actually work remained in short supply. -
Academic Hiring
Now Yale Faces the Hard Part: Turning $50 Million Into Faculty Diversity
“This plan is not simply, Here’s a bunch of money; go find faculty,” said a university official. Diversity efforts can require broad collaboration and careful planning. -
Publishing
What a Mass Exodus at a Linguistics Journal Means for Scholarly Publishing
All the editors and their entire editorial board resigned after Elsevier refused to make Lingua fully open access and to transfer ownership of the 66-year-old journal to them. -
Students
High-School, Community-College, or For-Profit Degree? Employers May Not Have a Preference
Recent graduates of for-profit colleges were no more likely to generate hiring interest than their community-college peers, or even those who had completed only high school, a new study found. -
News
How to Talk to Regular People About What’s Happening to College Prices
The latest data on college costs show that they continue to climb. But what’s an ordinary person to make of that news? Here are four experts’ views. -
Administration
Another Commission Will Take On the Future of Higher Education
In an arena already crowded with opinions, a panel organized by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences will try to produce a document that doesn’t die on the shelf. -
The Review
Bring Muslims, Evangelicals, and Atheists Together on Campus
Research shows that they share a feeling of marginalization. Colleges can make that work toward a community of understanding. -
Campus Life
How Many College Students Are Going Hungry?
The more researchers study “food insecurity” on campuses, the more serious the problem appears to be. -
Leadership
On His First Day as U. of Iowa President, Bruce Harreld Starts in the Hole
Professors and students have fiercely criticized the former executive and the process that brought him to Iowa City. Campus critics say it won’t be easy for their new chief to prove that he’s his own man. -
Students
One State’s Big Shift Away From Remedial Courses Leaves Questions for Colleges Everywhere
Tennessee’s embrace of a “corequisite” approach put it at the forefront of a national movement. But some experts worry that the state moved too fast and might leave some students behind. -
Research
Subscription Scare Fuels Worries Over Who Controls Data That Scholars Need
When a group of Renaissance scholars said that ProQuest had canceled its members’ access to a key database, academics raised questions about whether private companies have too much power over scholarly research. -
Students
What Colleges Need to Know About Lead Generation
A Federal Trade Commission event will explore the practice, including its murky but significant role in higher education. We take stock of the industry. -
On Leadership
Video: For the U. of Washington’s New President, Fighting Racism on Campus Is a Personal Mission
Ana Mari Cauce’s own life has been touched by prejudice and racial violence. At Washington, she’s pushing for a frank dialogue about diversity and inequality. -
Publishing
Google’s Court Victory Is Good for Scholarly Authors. Here’s Why.
The mass digitization involved in Google Book Search rescues countless books from the obscurity of print library collections. -
