Aug. 5, 2016

Sociologists describe a field under the tyranny of U.S. News surveys.

Tim Chartier, a professor at Davidson College, uses mime to teach math at college and on the performance circuit.

A president finds a world filled with possibilities in Ruth Ozeki’s novel about an adolescent girl in Japan.

Her college-affordability plan was a favorite topic as Democrats nominated Hillary Clinton, while Donald Trump said his own plan for colleges was on the way. Plus: What if craft beers were your research topic?

The latest topics include barriers to STEM degrees and evidence-based models for teaching.

An audience of inmates reads William Burroughs’s dark novel.

Descriptions of the latest titles, divided by category.

The well-known literary theorist tested his contrarian reputation to see what he could do as a dean at a regional public university.

Top Chief Executives Eloy Ortiz, Oakley California Community Colleges Richard Gallot Jr., Grambling State University Erma Vizenor, Leech Lake Tribal College Stephen Wells, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Mark Mitsui, Portland Community College Robert Jones, University of Illinois at…

Awards and prizes October 10: Humanities. The Austrian Cultural Forum New York is accepting submissions for the 2017 Translation Prize. A $5,000 award will be given for outstanding translations of contemporary Austrian literature (both poetry and prose). Selected texts from a living author have to…

Scholars have come to value academic progress over public benefit.

In the eyes of their many critics, they are faceless, pragmatic technocrats with too much power. But it’s worth imagining what higher education would look like without enrollment managers playing a critical role.

The Democratic nominee’s proposal might sound great, but it could close many colleges, pressure some flagships, and disappoint students.

President Obama wants more American Indian students to graduate from college. But look at the challenges these high schoolers face, and it becomes clear why that is a tall order.

As she prepares to graduate from high school, Charnelle Bear Medicine contemplates her future at the University of Montana. A photo essay details the final weeks of her senior year.

At Widener University, administrators hope that a year of research and service will help professors make the transition.

Data show that the achievement gap between Native American students and their peers starts young and persists through college.

When officials from 33 colleges met in Washington to discuss a new curriculum for assault investigations, conducting fair interviews and making sense of consent emerged as key themes.

Many of the City University of New York’s part-time faculty members oppose a new labor agreement that their union heralds as offering them big gains.

The privilege to pursue knowledge carries a responsibility to share it with the world.

American University hopes to translate the customer-service ethos developed by the successful grocery chain into better student-service policies.

What did the researchers who interviewed Nazi leaders in prison, after World War II, conclude?

It’s time to give up on the idea that words alone will make a real difference.

Courses that give high-school students college credit before they graduate are expanding rapidly. In Texas, where the idea is especially popular, many educators are watching the trend warily.

Though no administrators have taken the blame for the $22-million deficit that led to the president’s resignation, it’s clear that a financial-aid program had become too successful for its own good.

A statement by the new group repudiates the discipline’s own values.

Professors may think they can no longer live within their universities. But they certainly cannot live outside them.

No one should be surprised if much scholarly writing continues to be mediocre and confused.

In a time of protest and recrimination, balancing the goals of students and an institution can be perilous. The University of Missouri found that out when a student-life administrator turned up in a viral video.

The film Genius offers a peek into the bruising relationship between editors and authors.