Jan. 20, 2017
The Chronicle of Higher Education Volume 63, Issue 20-
Blue Bubble in a Red State
Like many flagships, the University of Kansas is a liberal enclave, separated from many of the communities it was created to serve. What responsibility do those campuses have to make the bubble more porous? -
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The Review
The Plots Against America
Conspiracy theories have gone from the margins to the heart of public life. -
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The Review
Facebook and Falsehood
Why the fake-news problem means the social-network giant can no longer run away from politics. -
The Review
Google and the Misinformed Public
The truth suffers when search algorithms become our educators. -
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The Review
Our Graduates Are Rubes
We are churning out entitled students with paltry knowledge and inflated egos, easy prey for propagandists. -
The Review
When Truth Becomes a Commodity
What becomes of the public when truth becomes just another consumer preference? -
News
What 4 Colleges Are Doing to Groom New Leaders
Rutgers, for example, runs a leadership-development institute — for graduate students. -
News
One Professor Looks to Lead as a Way to Push Change
Through a University of Georgia program, Sheneka Williams hopes to enter higher-education administration. -
How to Cultivate Faculty Leaders
To build pools of potential leaders, colleges are trying to change the negative ways administrative roles are viewed, and give faculty members structured opportunities to learn behind the scenes. -
The Review
The 3 Qualities That Make a Good Dean
A veteran professor-turned-dean who wanted to bring light to “the dark side” explains what worked for him. -
The Review
How to Responsibly Close a College
When failure is inevitable, planning becomes crucial: How much cash is available, and how long will it last? -
The Review
Envisioning the Fully Integrated Library
No academic department is an island, and that’s doubly true for the university library of the future. -
Chronicle List
Yield Rates at the Most-Selective 4-Year Colleges, Fall 2014
The 25 most-selective private nonprofit institutions all had much higher yield rates than did such institutions over all. -
Government
‘Uncharted Waters’ for Higher Education in the Trump Era
As the president-elect prepares to take office, many questions remain about his education policies. But his rhetoric is already having an impact on campuses. -
News
Appointments, Resignations, Deaths (1/20/2017)
The University of Miami’s provost was appointed George Washington University’s president, and Harvard’s Title IX officer will direct the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. -
The Chronicle Interview
The Far Right’s ‘New Offensive Against Academia’
George Ciccariello-Maher, the Drexel University professor who caused a furor by tweeting “All I Want for Christmas is White Genocide,” says academe must brace for the fight of its life. -
The States
Despite Risk of Backlash, Texas Politicians Advance a ‘Bathroom Bill’ Like North Carolina’s
The state is one of several where legislation has been introduced that would restrict transgender people’s bathroom choice. -
Research
A Racial-Equity Scholar Describes His ‘Painful Gratitude’ for Donald Trump
Shaun Harper says Mr. Trump’s victory in the presidential election means college officials can no longer doubt that racism still exists and can appear on their campuses. -
News
DeVos Moves From Wealthy Outsider to Cabinet Insider
Trump’s nominee for education secretary has a long history of wielding influence outside of government and behind the scenes.
