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Top Choice
Santa Clara University goes to great lengths to evaluate — and win over — its most accomplished applicants. -
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1988: Stretching the Curriculum at Stanford
The university replaced its traditional program in Western culture with one that also takes up issues of race, gender, and class. -
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The Week: What You Need to Know About the Past 7 Days
The Education Department publishes church-related colleges’ appeals for Title IX exemptions, while the Justice Department says North Carolina’s bathroom law stinks. -
The Review
Why Law Students Need the Humanities
In revamping legal education, don’t sacrifice narrative, rhetoric, and the humanities. -
The Review
Getting Religious Studies Right
Readers respond to Wendy Doniger’s “The Repression of Religious Studies,” and the author replies. -
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The Review
Two Spirits of Liberty
The world could use more of Christopher Hitchens’s courage and Isaiah Berlin’s tolerance. -
The Review
John Cage in the Classroom
His New School sessions in the 1950s were noisy free-for-alls, and a model of how to teach. -
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For a Personal Touch in Admissions, the President Takes Up Pen and Paper
Zach Messitte pitches in on his college’s recruitment efforts by handwriting 100 letters to prospective students a year. -
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What I’m Reading: ‘In Defense of a Liberal Education’
The book by Fareed Zakaria reinvigorates a president’s hopes for what his college can do for students. -
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Appointments, Resignations, Deaths (5/13/2016)
Top Chief Executives City University of New York Brooklyn College, Michelle Anderson College of DuPage, Ann Rondeau East Carolina University, Cecil Staton Eastern Mennonite University, Susan Schultz Huxman Truckee Meadows Community College, Karin Hilgersom Warner University, David Hoag Washington… -
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Deadlines (5/13/2016)
Awards and prizes May 15: Humanities. Call for nominations: The American Historical Association recognizes a wide variety of distinguished historical work, which can take the form of an exceptional book in the field, distinguished teaching and mentoring in the classroom, and even on film. The… -
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The Review
Free the Public Universities
A swirl of forces has drawn public and private universities into convergence. But onerous regulatory obstacles leave public institutions unable to compete. -
Race on Campus
Timing of U. of Iowa’s Alert to Students of a Possible Hate Crime Fuels Racial Tensions
The university was under no obligation to disclose a student’s report that he was attacked off-campus. But some students say they should have learned about it from their institution, not TV coverage. -
Global
Colleges Help the Faculty Adapt Teaching for Foreign Students
Even taking small steps, like posting lecture slides online, can help an instructor better connect with international students, say experts. -
Finance
George Mason Faculty Demands Review of University’s Agreements With Donors
Criticizing plans to rename the university’s law school for Justice Antonin Scalia, the Faculty Senate called for the suspension of a pact between the school and the Charles Koch Foundation. -
Admissions
How the U. of Maine Attracted More Students From Out of State
This year, the university told students from six states they could pay the same tuition and fees charged by their in-state flagship university. That led to a boost in enrollment from those states. -
The Review
The Risk of Digital Oblivion
We must decide what knowledge to save for future generations — and how to save it. -
Campus Safety
Governor’s Veto Won’t End Fight Over Concealed Guns at Georgia’s Public Colleges
Nathan Deal, a Republican, had supported expanding gun rights to bars and churches. But he said the legislation failed to give campuses flexibility to set their own rules. -
Finance
The Mark Cuban Effect: How a Vocal Billionaire Is Betting on Higher Ed’s Disruption
The celebrity businessman and ed-tech mentor says education “is a mess.” He hopes to help turn it around with investments in start-ups and sharp criticism of bloated administration, glitzy facilities, and “easy money” in student loans. -
Government
What Can the U.S. Learn From Switzerland, a World Leader in Apprenticeships?
Ambassador Martin Dahinden explains why two-thirds of his nation’s high-school graduates serve as apprentices and describes how America could import elements of the Swiss plan. -
Teaching
How Colleges Are Turning Their Racist Pasts Into Teaching Opportunities
In keeping John C. Calhoun’s name on a college, Yale University says it welcomes the chance to teach American history. Here’s how that has worked out on three other campuses. -
Race on Campus
Students Vent Frustrations as Yale Leaves a Slavery Champion’s Name Intact
The decision to retain the name of Calhoun College has touched off a passionate reaction at a university that has faced months of racial unrest. -
Leadership
In Fight Over UC-Davis Chancellor’s Future, Where Does the Faculty Stand?
Despite her mounting controversies, many faculty members say Linda P.B. Katehi should stay on as the campus leader, while others are using the opportunity to voice different concerns. -
Career Confidential
Academic Job Hunts From Hell: The Multiple-Offer Blues
Sure, it’s wonderful to get more than one offer, but it’s not stress-free. -
On Leadership
A School Focuses on Moving Students Into the Work Force
Dennis Di Lorenzo, dean of New York University’s School of Professional Studies, describes how recent changes at his institution aim to help more students get jobs.