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Commentary: The Uncertain Future of University Governance
A veteran president bases his predictions on recent events in North Carolina’s public higher-education system. -
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In Case of Emergency: Advice From Campus Leaders
Five tips from leaders and lawyers about how to prepare for and what to do in times of crisis. -
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The Reactive Leader
In the age of social media, college leaders must be accessible and honest — and fast. -
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How One University Measured Faculty Productivity — and Nobody Got Hurt
When measuring scholarly output, it helps to ask faculty to develop their own yardsticks. -
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One University Prepares Students to Intervene
“Bringing in the Bystander” and “Know Your Power” are two campaigns that aim to teach people how to prevent sexual violence. -
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Commentary: Academic Analytics: Buyer Beware
The company’s work represents a danger to higher education everywhere, says a Rutgers professor. -
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Culture of Consent
While public scrutiny centers on how colleges handle sex-assault complaints, institutions are focusing more of their own efforts on preventing assaults before they happen. -
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For Assault Victims, Help Is Never Too Late
The University of Central Missouri works to keep them from dropping out. -
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Speaker Beware
As college instructors hear calls to use “trigger warnings” and avoid “microaggressions” to avoid upsetting students, many suspect the real goal is limiting campus debate. -
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Colleges Draw Hard Lines Against Calls to Restrict Speech
The University of Chicago inspires other institutions with a strong statement in favor of open debate. -
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Instructional Design
The job is as multifaceted as it is hard to define. But some qualities are crucial: technical ability, design skills, pedagogical knowledge, and a deft interpersonal touch. -
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Commentary: A Dispute Over Trigger Warnings
Should a college debater have to warn an opponent that the chosen subject is a sensitive one? -
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Marketing Finds Its Place on the Campus
It’s a necessary partner to admissions, experts say, even if some colleges still don’t want to admit it. -
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An Executive Summary
Welcome to our second annual Trends Report. The past year has seen plenty of upheaval in higher education — student protests over racial inequality, controversies over free speech and so-called trigger warnings, rising complaints over the handling of campus sexual-assault cases, scandals involving… -
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Voices From a Credentials ‘Summit’
An emerging credential ecosystem offers new roles for colleges and employers. -
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HotChalk: the Starbucks Experience in Online Education
NYU is using this ed-tech company to create a master’s-degree program for teachers. -
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Doubts About Research Make Headlines
Along with the Coca-Cola funding scandal, several other cases of alleged impropriety have put research credibility in the spotlight. -
Race
Sustaining a Fight Against Racism
A year after an infamous video, a former student leader nurtures diversity at the University of Oklahoma. -
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Public-Affairs Dean Wants Research to Reach Policy Makers Faster
Angela Evans, who leads the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas, is working to strengthen its ties to Washington. -
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What I’m Reading: ‘In Defense of a Liberal Education’
Fareed Zakaria’s book, a president says, has one shortcoming: It doesn’t say enough about less-selective nonprofit colleges. -
Graduate Students
Ph.D.s Embrace Alternative Dissertations. The Job Market May Not.
More colleges are allowing dissertations to take digital or other nontraditional forms, but students need to prepare for the career consequences. -
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The Review
Students Shouldn’t Have to Choose Between Books and Food
Low-income students know that education is vital to improving their lives. Colleges must provide the support services they need. -
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1978: Affirmative Action Barely Survives an Early Challenge
In 1978, the Supreme Court’s “Bakke” decision limited the purposes to which colleges could put such policies. -
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Appointments, Resignations, Deaths (3/4/2016)
Top Chief Executives Alverno College, Andrea Lee Bishop State Community College, Reginald Sykes Delaware Valley University, Maria Gallo Elmhurst College, Troy VanAken Harrison College at Fort Wayne, Luke Knoke Lesley University, Jeff Weiss Miami University (Ohio), Greg Crawford Rockford University,… -
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Deadlines (3/4/2016)
Awards and prizes March 31: Professional fields. Nominations for Global Legal Skills Awards to recognize outstanding achievement in international legal skills education. Nominees are invited for individual achievement, institutional vision, and outstanding publications. Awards will be presented at… -
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Teaching
The Case Against Mandating Math for Students
Algebra and other theoretical-math courses are barriers to college and prevent students from graduating while offering little tangible benefit, a political scientist argues in a new book. -
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Melissa Click, U. of Missouri Professor Who Riled Free-Speech Advocates, Is Fired
The assistant professor of communication, who was caught on camera in November trying to prevent a student journalist from covering a protest, had been vilified by state lawmakers. -
Small Colleges
Small Colleges Risk a Turn to Private Capital to Build Housing
For cash-strapped institutions that want to increase enrollment, such deals can be a boon. But if done poorly they could leave colleges “stuck with an albatross.” -
Faculty
Rosemary Feal to Step Down as Executive Director of Modern Language Association
She leaves an organization that is in strong financial shape as a result of its digital publishing but continues to struggle to serve a changing academic work force. -
Guns on Campus
A PowerPoint Slide Advises Professors to Alter Teaching to Pacify Armed Students
The Faculty Senate president at the University of Houston suggests that his colleagues “drop certain topics” from their curricula after a campus-carry law takes effect in Texas. -
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As Big-Data Companies Come to Teaching, a Pioneer Issues a Warning
Candace Thille says colleges shouldn’t let proprietary “black boxes” control the future of personalized learning. -
Students
‘Completion Grants’ Are Just One Part of the Student-Success Puzzle
Small grants, coupled with other strategies, can help keep low-income students on track to a degree. An official at Georgia State University describes how the approach is working on his campus.