April 29, 2016

Is the former Missouri professor an out-of-control activist? A poster child for academic freedom? Or something else?

Potty training a cat tests John Dewey’s theory of learning.

A noted sociologist explores a loaded term.

Its exclusion from curricula is an abdication of colleges’ mission.

Descriptions of the latest titles, divided by category.

In a major report on higher education under apartheid, The Chronicle examined a regime that proved to be in its last years.

The widening gap is making it more difficult for colleges to recruit students from disadvantaged families.

See which academics were among the 178 scholars, artists, and scientists named as John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation 2016 Fellows.

Language apps, cultural lessons, and theater skills are enlisted in getting international grad students more comfortable in front of the classroom.

Among the latest titles are books on conservative professors, the risks of study abroad, and the culture of speed in academe.

Through Joy Harjo’s memoir, a professor sees a way for academics to tap into the literature that connects us all.

Thomas Sudkamp had an idea that led Wright State University to name a new building the Student Success Center.

Questions for philosophers on slavery — and bathrooms. Plus Hamlet, bounded in a nutshell.

Top Chief Executives Converse College, Krista Newkirk Green Mountain College, Robert Allen Johnson & Wales University at Denver, Richard Wiscott Seattle Colleges, Shouan Pan Umpqua Community College, Debra Thatcher Appointments Fouad Abd-El-Khalick, associate dean of academic affairs and research…

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Many, but not all, medical researchers say the material is vital for investigating how the virus affects infants’ brains while still in the womb.

Last fall activists at Emory University listed 13 steps they felt were needed to improve the campus’s racial climate. Officials formed working groups to tackle each one. Here’s how the process is playing out.

The university’s leaders have come under fire for revelations that they hired consultants to bury online references to its infamous pepper-spray incident. The controversy is a case study in the hazards of such tactics.

The head of the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools resigned this week amid mounting scrutiny of his group’s actions. His successor is outlining steps to restore the public’s confidence.

Scholars must find the courage to defend the field and preserve its independence.

Institutions like Georgetown University are going beyond markers and memorials in acknowledging their historical ties to slavery, even weighing reparations to descendants.

ACT Inc. and Kaplan Test Prep say their new online instructional service will help democratize the college-preparation process. Here’s how it will work.

Do codes of conduct, especially those at faith-based institutions, discourage students from speaking up about sexual assault? The university is wrestling with that question as it investigates one student who reported a rape.

Four years ago, Peter F. Burnham pleaded guilty to misconduct and theft. He says many of his fellow inmates deserved a second chance — and he’s now looking for one himself.

Higher-education institutions have a lot at stake as the Supreme Court hears arguments over two key programs created by the Obama administration.

Is the model of the nontraditional president doomed because of the Mount St. Mary’s debacle?