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Teaching
The Making of a Teaching Evangelist
How Eric Mazur came to realize that the traditional classroom lecture had to go. -
News
Even for ‘Mad Men’ Obsessives, Higher-Ed Marketing Inspires Unease
As universities struggle to affirm their value and stand out from competitors, faculty members feel pressure to sell themselves and the institutions they represent. -
News
MOOCs, Money, and the Untold Story of a Professor Who ‘Bought the Hype’
Richard McKenzie thought that free, online courses could change higher education, and maybe his life. That was before his own class fell apart. -
The Review
That’s Edutainment!
We’re educators, not cast members at Disney World. But hey, a little pizazz wouldn’t kill us. -
The Chronicle Review
Ancient Chinese Wisdom on Modern Western Dilemmas
A popular Harvard philosophy course makes its way from the stage to the page. -
The Review
The Decline of American Studies
The field has lost the stirring intellectual and cultural ambition of its founders. -
The Review
The Consolations of an Occupied Mind
A successful liberal-arts education should enable us to be alone with our thoughts. -
News
What I’m Reading: Articles on the ‘Equity Imperative’
A special issue on diversity realigns an interim provost’s perspective on how to help diverse students succeed. -
News
The Week: What You Need to Know About the Past 7 Days
A UCLA Ph.D. kills his professor and then himself, two presidents are out, and three colleges close. -
News
Historian Joins Group That Aims to Advocate for the Humanities Nationally
“If the humanities need defenders, they won’t find it at universities,” says Anthony Kaye. -
News
Deadlines (6/10/2016)
Awards and prizes June 10: Arts. The Vilcek Foundation is accepting applications for its fine arts prizes. Three prizes of $50,000 each will be awarded to young artists who demonstrate outstanding early achievement. Artists practicing in a variety of media such as painting, drawing, printmaking,… -
News
Appointments, Resignations, Deaths (6/10/2016)
Top Chief Executives Bethany College (Kan.), William Jones Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute, Mark Poarch California State University-Stanislaus, Ellen Junn Carrington College, Donna Loraine Cleveland Institute of Music, Paul Hogle Clovis Community College, Lori Bennett Edinboro… -
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Faculty
Emeritus Professors Make a Case for Campuses to Tap Their Talents
Often there’s no measure of what retired faculty members contribute, but in the University of California system, they’re taking stock. -
Global
A Trump Presidency Could Keep Some International Students Away
In a survey of prospective students in 118 countries, 60 percent said they’d be less likely to seek an American degree if the presumptive Republican nominee won election. Only about 5 percent said the same of Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders. -
The Review
A Historian’s Day in Court
Caroline Elkins stirred up controversy with her study of British colonial atrocities, putting her own reputation on trial. -
Leadership
U. of Akron Chief’s Resignation Ends a Rocky Presidency
Scott L. Scarborough’s critics saw his short tenure as a rejection of the idea that a corporate philosophy could help higher education. Others, however, faulted Mr. Scarborough’s particular leadership style. -
News
Is It Time for Universities to Get Out of the Hospital Business?
The health-care industry is turning inside out, forcing some elite institutions to consider whether their once-lucrative medical centers are becoming liabilities. -
The Review
Racism Is Not a Teaching Tool
Defending the naming of buildings after racists is odious, not educational. -
Faculty
What Colleges Can Do to Diversify Their Curricula
Student protesters at Seattle University want fewer “dead white dudes” in their curriculum. Is that possible? -
Leadership
‘Fundamental Failure’ on Sexual Assaults Brings Sweeping Change at Baylor
The university’s leaders face a steep challenge in enacting the reforms that they promised after Baylor’s response to sexual violence, especially involving its football team, was found to be riddled with problems. -
The Review
Let Accreditors Do What Does the Most Good for Students
Accrediting agencies need to resist the Education Department’s efforts to misuse the data they collect. -
The Review
10 Questions for Yale’s President
Peter Salovey has decided that a residential college should continue to be named for John C. Calhoun, a leading proponent of slavery. -
Race on Campus
A ‘Devastating Account’ of Diversity at Yale
Ambitious plans and a repeated failure to execute them characterize the university’s record of confronting race, a faculty panel concludes. -
Race on Campus
At the End of a Watershed Year, Can Student Activists Sustain Momentum?
The protesters who made race on campus a nationwide issue certainly intend to keep up the pressure. They’re recruiting a new generation of leaders, placing students on campus committees, and boning up on administrative bureaucracy. -
Commentary
Academic Publishing: Toward a New Model
To make research more accessible, separate the review and dissemination processes. -
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On Leadership
Video: Listening to Today’s Students, Not Pandering
James A. Troha, president of Juniata College, discusses how he draws on his background in student affairs to meet students “where they are” about their college experience, and to improve diversity on the Pennsylvania campus.