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Inequality
On the Path to Graduation, Life Intervenes
Student poverty, homelessness, and hunger didn’t used to be colleges’ problem. Now they are grappling with how much to help. -
News
A College’s First Chief Diversity Officer Sees Cultural Differences as Assets
Saint Mary’s College of California has had a few smirches on its reputation for inclusiveness, but Tomas Gomez-Arias is leading it forward. -
News
What I’m Reading: ‘How to Raise an Adult’
A former dean’s book describes how students at elite universities are overparented. Adult students elsewhere may not have that burden. -
Research
The Subtle Ways Gender Gaps Persist in Science
Recent studies, many of them by early-career scientists, are teasing out a more nuanced story than the one in the headlines. -
News
The Week: What You Need to Know About the Past 7 Days
Donald Trump speaks to college students, or at least those whom his campaign lets stay in the audience. -
News
1979: Climate Change, in Librarians’ Terms
Books shelved at Winthrop College’s library were threatened by an effort to save energy. -
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The Review
The Novel as a Tool for Survival
It helps us grapple with the evolution of our consciousness. -
The Review
Abolitionism and the World It Made
It was an interracial movement from the outset, and slave resistance was crucial to it, a new book argues. -
The Review
How Not to Write a History of the Holocaust
Timothy Snyder’s ambition outreaches his reasoning. -
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News
Appointments, Resignations, Deaths (3/11/2016)
Top Chief Executives Andrews University, Andrea Luxton Hardin-Simmons, University Eric Bruntmyer Hodges University, Donald Wortham Mills College, Elizabeth Hillman Mount St. Joseph University, James Williams Muskingum University, Susan Schneider Hasseler University of Puget Sound, Isiaah Crawford… -
News
Deadlines (3/11/2016)
Awards and prizes March 31: International. Nominations for the 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… -
Legal
What It Took to Resolve a Federal Sexual-Assault Investigation at UVa
A trove of nearly 2,000 pages of communication obtained under the Freedom of Information Act shows increasingly difficult negotiations, with UVa ratcheting up the pressure on the Education Department to soften its findings. -
Legal
‘Trump U.’ Draws Unflattering Spotlight to the Candidate as Fraud Cases Move Forward
The now-defunct university, which promised to “turn anyone into a successful real-estate investor,” is the subject of lawsuits filed by the New York attorney general and former students in California. -
Admissions
Theories Abound to Explain College Board’s Abrupt Ban on Certain SAT Takers
The sudden announcement that nonstudents would not be permitted to sit for the test on Saturday has provoked a raft of speculation. FairTest’s Robert Schaeffer offers his views. -
Academic Culture
The Mount St. Mary’s Presidency Was a Corporate Test Case. It Failed Miserably.
Simon Newman’s “drown the bunnies” comment triggered the crisis that led to his resignation as the college’s president. But it was his temperament as a hard-nosed private-equity executive that may well have doomed his tenure from the start. -
The States
A Grim Budget Picture Means Even More Pain for Louisiana’s Colleges
The state’s fiscal problems are once again putting the squeeze on higher education, leaving colleges bracing for another round of sharp cuts. -
Students
College Board Bars Registrants Who Aren’t Taking New SAT for ‘Intended Purpose’
The company says it is trying to thwart fraud, but test-prep tutors say it is blocking their access to the SAT because it wants to limit scrutiny of the test’s revamp. -
In the States
On Her First Day at UNC, Margaret Spellings Prepares to Face Her Critics
The former education secretary has been the target of loud protests and questions about her background, but some faculty members are wary of alienating her. -
Leadership
Retired HBCU Presidents Start Search Firm for Black-College Leaders
As presidential turnover roils historically black colleges, a new executive-search firm hopes to help solve their leadership woes. -
News
Why Do Colleges Still Use Grades?
Pretty much everybody agrees that grades are not an effective measure of learning. So what are they good for, and what might be better? -
The Review
The Irrepressible Lightness of Umberto Eco
His scholarship was as impressive as his fiction, and he pursued both with a good-natured humility. -
Faculty
Why 2 U. of Houston Professors Won’t Change Their Teaching for Campus Carry
A PowerPoint slide that circulated last week stirred fears that the presence of guns in Texas classrooms could cause professors to avoid sensitive subjects. -
Commentary
HBCUs: an Unheralded Role in STEM Majors and a Model for Other Colleges
A recent study found that black students are underrepresented in majors that lead to high-paying jobs. But the progress being made is coming from historically black institutions. -
Research
The Great Expectations of Matthew Desmond
A young sociologist lands a big book deal, wins a MacArthur Fellowship, and seeks to avoid the controversy that engulfed Alice Goffman. -
Page Proof
Scholars Talk Writing: James M. McPherson
To be called a “popularizer” is the kiss of death for an academic only if the actual writing is sloppy and sensationalized. -
The Review
‘Academic Boycott’ Is an Oxymoron
With the BDS movement, we have unwittingly embraced the same form of bullying of which Israel is often accused.