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From the Archives
Being Melissa Click
Is the former Missouri professor an out-of-control activist? A poster child for academic freedom? Or something else? -
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The Review
Bring Back Military History
Its exclusion from curricula is an abdication of colleges’ mission. -
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News
1986: A Tour of South Africa’s Campuses
In a major report on higher education under apartheid, The Chronicle examined a regime that proved to be in its last years. -
The Review
For More Economic Diversity, Fix Income Inequality
The widening gap is making it more difficult for colleges to recruit students from disadvantaged families. -
News
Guggenheim Fellows for 2016
See which academics were among the 178 scholars, artists, and scientists named as John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation 2016 Fellows. -
News
How Colleges Help Foreign Grad Students With Their Teaching
Language apps, cultural lessons, and theater skills are enlisted in getting international grad students more comfortable in front of the classroom. -
News
Selected New Books on Higher Education
Among the latest titles are books on conservative professors, the risks of study abroad, and the culture of speed in academe. -
News
What I’m Reading: ‘Crazy Brave’
Through Joy Harjo’s memoir, a professor sees a way for academics to tap into the literature that connects us all. -
News
Provost Pins Hopes on a One-Stop Academic-Support Strategy
Thomas Sudkamp had an idea that led Wright State University to name a new building the Student Success Center. -
News
The Week: What You Need to Know About the Past 7 Days
Questions for philosophers on slavery — and bathrooms. Plus Hamlet, bounded in a nutshell. -
News
Appointments, Resignations, Deaths (4/29/2016)
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… -
News
Deadlines (4/29/2016)
Awards and prizes May 1: Health/medicine. Southside Health Education Foundation is accepting applications for its three competitive scholarship programs. The Special Gifts Scholarship is open to students who will graduate or have recently graduated from an accredited secondary school and who intend… -
Government and Science
Zika Virus Complicates Crusade Against Research on Fetal Tissue
Many, but not all, medical researchers say the material is vital for investigating how the virus affects infants’ brains while still in the womb. -
Campus Climate
One University’s Response to Students’ Demands on Race: Radical Transparency
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. -
Marketing
UC-Davis Was Ridiculed for Trying to Sway Search Results. Many Other Colleges Do the Same.
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. -
News
Facing Pressure on Many Fronts, an Accreditor Promises Reform
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. -
The Review
The Repression of Religious Studies
Scholars must find the courage to defend the field and preserve its independence. -
Confronting History
Many Colleges Profited From Slavery. What Can They Do About It Now?
Institutions like Georgetown University are going beyond markers and memorials in acknowledging their historical ties to slavery, even weighing reparations to descendants. -
Admissions
7 Questions About a New Test-Prep Venture
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. -
Campus Safety
A Sex-Assault Case at Brigham Young Puts Honor Codes in the Spotlight
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. -
News
This Former College President Spent 2 Years in Prison. Here’s What He Learned.
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. -
Commentary
It’s Time for Colleges to Take a Stand on Immigration Reform
Higher-education institutions have a lot at stake as the Supreme Court hears arguments over two key programs created by the Obama administration. -
Advice
Rumors of Its Death Are Greatly Exaggerated
Is the model of the nontraditional president doomed because of the Mount St. Mary’s debacle?