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The Review
What Rankings Have Wrought
Sociologists describe a field under the tyranny of U.S. News surveys. -
News
A Wordless Way to Teach Math
Tim Chartier, a professor at Davidson College, uses mime to teach math at college and on the performance circuit. -
News
What I’m Reading: ‘A Tale for the Time Being’
A president finds a world filled with possibilities in Ruth Ozeki’s novel about an adolescent girl in Japan. -
The Week: What You Need to Know About the Past Seven Days
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? -
News
Selected New Books on Higher Education
The latest topics include barriers to STEM degrees and evidence-based models for teaching. -
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News
2000: Stanley Fish, Recruiter Extraordinaire
The well-known literary theorist tested his contrarian reputation to see what he could do as a dean at a regional public university. -
News
Appointments, Resignations, Deaths (8/5/2016)
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… -
News
Deadlines (8/5/2016)
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… -
The Review
The Vanishing Big Thinker
Scholars have come to value academic progress over public benefit. -
Students
The Enrollment Manager as Bogeyman
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. -
Tuition
How Clinton’s ‘Free College’ Could Cause a Cascade of Problems
The Democratic nominee’s proposal might sound great, but it could close many colleges, pressure some flagships, and disappoint students. -
News
One Idea to Ease Faculty Into Retirement: the ‘Terminal Sabbatical’
At Widener University, administrators hope that a year of research and service will help professors make the transition. -
News
Leaving the Reservation
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. -
News
For Native Students, Education’s Promise Has Long Been Broken
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. -
News
For Native Students, a Deepening Divide
Data show that the achievement gap between Native American students and their peers starts young and persists through college. -
Campus Safety
‘I Want to Get This Right’: Scenes From a Conference on Campus Sex Assault
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. -
Faculty
How Much Can Unions Lift Adjuncts? CUNY Contract Fight Hinges on What’s Good Enough
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 Review
Why Social Science Risks Irrelevance
The privilege to pursue knowledge carries a responsibility to share it with the world. -
Students
What a University Can Learn From Wegmans
American University hopes to translate the customer-service ethos developed by the successful grocery chain into better student-service policies. -
The Review
The Nazi Rorschach Tests
What did the researchers who interviewed Nazi leaders in prison, after World War II, conclude? -
The Review
The False Promise of a ‘Conversation’ About Race
It’s time to give up on the idea that words alone will make a real difference. -
Curriculum
As Dual Enrollments Swell, So Do Worries About Academic Rigor
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. -
Student Aid
Behind the Shake-Up at Temple U.: A Merit Scholarship That Grew Too Fast
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. -
Commentary
Why I’m Not Joining ‘Historians Against Trump’
A statement by the new group repudiates the discipline’s own values. -
Commentary
The Lessons of Brexit for the Humanities
Professors may think they can no longer live within their universities. But they certainly cannot live outside them. -
First Person
Why Most Academics Will Always Be Bad Writers
No one should be surprised if much scholarly writing continues to be mediocre and confused. -
Students
When Does a Student-Affairs Official Cross the Line?
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 Review
I Read It at the Movies
The film Genius offers a peek into the bruising relationship between editors and authors.