Feb. 10, 2017
The Chronicle of Higher Education Volume 63, Issue 23-
News
4 Parent-Education Programs and Their Lessons for Colleges
Don’t lecture to parents, and offer them scholarships as attendance incentives. -
The Review
Let Parents Be Parents
First-generation parents don’t need more instruction on the college process. Colleges need to require less of it. -
News
To Help Latinas Get to College, Strengthen the Mother-Daughter Bond
For Con Mi Madre, a college-prep group in Texas, the “parent cannot be secondary.” -
NewsBattle-Hardened Climate Scientist Braces for Trump Era
Michael Mann has been fighting climate-change deniers since the late 1990s. Now he’s telling his fellow scientists to warm up for a new round of attacks. -
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The Review
Your Students Crave Moral Simplicity. Resist.
Colleges should reveal to students the world’s rich ethical complexities. -
Appointments, Resignations, Deaths (2/10/2017)
The former U.S. secretary of health and human services was appointed American University’s president, and the University of California has hired a systemwide Title IX coordinator. -
The Review
The NAS Responds to Stanley Fish’s Critique
The National Association of Scholars defends its report on the New Civics. -
The Review
Devout Atheists
In the 19th century, they generally lived in cowed silence. But a new book recalls a few who spoke out. -
News
4-Year Colleges With the Highest Numbers of Exclusively Distance-Education Students, by Student Residency, Fall 2014
In all three sectors, business and health professions were among the most popular majors for distance-education students. -
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The Review
How Robots Will Save Liberal Education
They can’t take the jobs that require “relationship workers,” who exhibit the valuable skills that a liberal education provides. -
The Review
The Changing Landscape of Peer Review
University presses must adapt to the rise of digital publishing and the greater reliance on nontenured faculty members. -
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International
Trump’s Order for a ‘Big, Beautiful’ Wall Renews Fears at a Border Campus
At the University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley, some students commute daily from northern Mexican cities. People there say the president’s action threatens the university’s reputation as a welcoming place. -
News
Sensing New Threats, Scientists Entertain Political Ambitions
As the White House signals that it may clamp down on communications between federal agencies and the public, some scientists feel pressure to become more politically engaged and even run for office themselves. -
The Review
What Tames Inequality? Violence and Mayhem
Well-meaning policy adjustments won’t do the trick, history shows. -
News
An ‘America First’ Presidency Clashes With Higher Ed’s Worldview
Colleges that have prided themselves on working across borders now confront a president who has pledged to build a wall. -
Legal
What Trump’s Supreme Court Choice Might Mean for Higher Ed
Neil M. Gorsuch, a federal appellate judge who teaches at the University of Colorado Law School, could help shape academe for decades to come. -
Government
Jerry Falwell Jr. Says He Will Lead Federal Task Force on Higher-Ed Policy
The focus of the group, the Liberty University president says, will be to respond to “overreaching regulation” and micromanagement by the U.S. Department of Education. -
Voices
Here Are 7 People Whose Lives Were Changed by the Travel Ban
“I felt like, that could not happen in a country like America,” an undergraduate told us. Another said, “It’s kind of humiliating.” -
News
Why the Travel Ban Probably Hits Iranian Professors and Students the Hardest
The Iranian and U.S. governments have long been at odds, but the academic relationship between the two countries runs deep. -
The Review
Why the Academy Must Protect America’s Democratic Soul
Four months in an Iranian prison taught me that academics can save lives and transform societies. -
News
Post-Election, Some Professors Feel They Must Play Mediator
As a new semester and a new presidential administration begin, the fraught political climate has some professors grappling with how, or if, to talk policy and politics in class. -
News
The New Financial-Aid Timeline: How Colleges Are Adjusting
The “early Fafsa” could help students make better college decisions, but admissions officials are still sorting out what the change means for them. -
Sexual Assault
An Uncertain Future for Title IX-Compliance Consultants
Hundreds of colleges are paying for help responding to campus sexual assault. Will the trend persist under the Trump administration? -
First Person
The Diversity Question and the Administrative-Job Interview
What are the best ways to ask and answer questions about race, ethnicity, and inclusion? -
News
An Attempt to Replicate Top Cancer Studies Casts Doubt on Reproducibility Itself
Studies organized by Brian Nosek’s Center for Open Science have once again sounded an alarm about whether research can be replicated. But the authors of those studies take issue with the approach.
