Feb. 5, 2016

The sector has long struggled to reconcile tradition and diversity.

Students of color often say they are tired of explaining their situation to others. But dialogue is the only way forward.

Academics are a wandering tribe, and may be the better for it.

The flawed metaphor reflects a misunderstanding of history and a lack of economic imagination.

Maybe, but a new book may mischaracterize its causes.

How a Duke imam became a lightning rod in the campus Israel wars.

An understanding of intellectual disability can transform how we read.

Our students have grown up with the toxic free-for-all of social media. We need to provide examples of civilized discourse.

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, in all its complexity, has become part of the fabric of campus operations.

It seems 2015 was a good year for raising money, and for raising hackles, but not a good year for Jeffery Amherst or John C. Calhoun.

When the goals at a religious college get especially challenging, a campus executive turns to a book on prayer.

Jorge Gonzalez says their admissions officers have more time to consider how applicants “have risen” from their circumstances.

Top Chief Executives Westminster College (Pa.), Kathy Brittain Richardson Sonoma State University, Judy Sakaki Taylor University, Lowell Haines Appointments Paul Alivisatos, director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, to vice chancellor for research at the University of California at…

Awards and prizes February 16: Academic affairs. Active Minds invites applications for the 2016 Active Minds Healthy Campus Award, which celebrates leadership, innovation, collaboration, and excellence in campus health. The award recognizes U.S. colleges and universities that are prioritizing…

Academic Freedom in an Age of Conformity: Confronting the Fear of Knowledge, by Joanna Williams (Palgrave Macmillan; 224 pages; $30). Focuses on British and American higher education in a defense of the fundamental importance of academic freedom to the pursuit of knowledge; topics include the…

Stanford University sees such integration as a way to bring in students who are drawn to the arts but feel that they need computing skills for their careers.

Many of the recent protests over campus diversity have focused on the concerns of black students. But Latino and Asian students are raising their voices, too, and their interests can differ.

The University of Oregon grabbed headlines by ending a multimillion-dollar branding campaign. But such efforts to build a national brand are far from over at Oregon and elsewhere.

Facing a dire budget situation, Western Illinois University had proposed to lay off more than 40 professors. It has taken a dozen tenured faculty members off the list, but that hasn’t allayed concerns about its process or goals.

The author of a new book on Christian colleges and academic freedom says the institutions could uphold their faith without unnecessary clashes with instructors.

A push for new facilities and increased aid for athletes has fueled a boom in gifts. But some donors are growing weary of the appeals.

The Chronicle spoke with three experts about ways colleges can use technology to reduce instructional costs.

Heated debates about terrorism and immigration are making many Muslims wary. The charged climate is a challenging backdrop for a course meant to introduce undergraduates to the religion.

“Ideally you want to be an id on the first draft and a superego on the second.”

Talking to student activists often tempers their outrage, and can make for progress on campus issues, say presidents who have been there.

Mary Lyn Hammer, who runs a default-management company, argues that the agency massaged data to make for-profit institutions look bad and direct lending look better. That’s not the case, critics say. But Republican lawmakers are listening.

Student-acquisition costs are lower and retention rates are higher for institutions that team up with companies to give tuition discounts to workers.

A post that attacks feminism and paints men as victims has been widely condemned in the field as an unwelcome window back to a time when it was less open to women.