March 24, 2017
The Chronicle of Higher Education Volume 63, Issue 29-
Campus PoliticsIn a Polarized Climate, Free-Speech Warriors Seize the Spotlight
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, a champion of First Amendment rights, has gained new prominence as campus controversies spread. Yet FIRE has also found itself in the cross hairs of increasingly fraught debates. -
News
Spreading the Word About Philosophy’s Value
The American Philosophical Association’s executive director says the discipline has to be proactive in defending itself. -
News
3 Ways to Support Philosophy on Your Campus
Find out what departments are doing to help secure their futures. -
The Review
The Academy’s Assault on Intellectual Diversity
Open society ends at the campus gates. Watch what you say — and what you think. -
The Review
How to Nurture Student Leaders
Even when they’re working against you, they deserve your guidance. -
The Chronicle Interview
A Christian Conservative Professor Accuses Colleges of Indoctrinating Students
Carol Swain, a political scientist and a Christian conservative, is retiring early from teaching a year after Vanderbilt students called her a bigot and petitioned for her suspension. -
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The Review
Thoreau’s Cynicism, and Our Own
The sage of Walden distrusted government but disdained materialism and provincialism even more. -
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News
How to Help Your Department Avoid the Ax
What philosophy departments can teach their peers in the humanities about surviving cuts and staying relevant. -
The Review
Speak for My University? It’s Complicated
When impassioned advocates request your institution’s support for their cause, consider these three questions. -
News
Colleges With the Highest Instructional Spending per Full-Time-Equivalent Student, 2014-15
Almost all of the four-year public and private nonprofit institutions that spent the most on instructional spending per full-time-equivalent student in 2014-15 are medical schools or include medical schools. -
News
Appointments, Resignations, Deaths (3/24/2017)
The University of California at Berkeley appointed its first female chancellor, and a former U.S. secretary of education will be a senior fellow in the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy. -
The Review
The Academic Home of Trumpism
This little circle of SoCal Straussians became the intellectual hub of Trumpism. -
The Review
Talking Past Each Other on Free Speech
Censorship’s a demon. Still, we can all recognize that ostensibly free speech carries unequal emotional costs. -
Administration
Diversity Officers Under Trump: Rattled but Voicing Resolve
College administrators whose task is making campuses inclusive say recent political trends have made their jobs both much more difficult and much more important. -
Fund Raising
Universities Face New Scrutiny Over Spending by Private Foundations
The nonprofit entities often operate with little or no public oversight, but state legislators are starting to pay attention. -
Medical Schools
Teaching Hospitals in Particular Will Suffer Under Plan to Repeal ‘Obamacare,’ Critics Say
The hospitals handle a disproportionate share of indigent patients, and those uncompensated costs would hurt their missions of teaching and research, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. -
News
What DeVos’s Singular Focus on School Choice Could Mean for Higher-Ed Policy
The education secretary often frames issues in terms of school choice — sometimes controversially. That may mean more flexibility in student aid and new opportunity for nontraditional educators. -
Forward to the Past?
Disclosing HIV Status, Adler U. Chief Strikes Empathic Chord With Marginalized Groups
Today’s political discourse reminds Raymond Crossman of the 1980s, when gay men like himself felt Washington was indifferent to their survival. -
News
Prospective International Students Show New Reluctance to Study in the U.S.
Nearly one in three potential applicants say they are less interested because of the current political climate, a survey finds. -
News
At Baylor, a Scandal’s Constant Drip Means a Relentless Spotlight
Some students and alumni are wearied by a parade of headlines about the university’s handling of sexual assault. But others say the focus should remain until problems are fully acknowledged and fixed. -
The States
Republican State Lawmakers Seek to Ban ‘Sanctuary’ Campuses
At least seven states’ legislatures have taken up measures intended to force colleges to cooperate with immigration authorities. Critics say the bills tackle a nonexistent problem. -
Career Confidential
Administration 101: Working With Executive Search Firms
Like it or not, consultants are part of the process, so set aside your antipathy and learn from them.
