April 28, 2017
The Chronicle of Higher Education Volume 63, Issue 34-
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News
Even in Limbo, Trump’s Travel Ban Reverberates
After the president tried to bar travelers from six countries, the personal effects are still being felt. -
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The Chronicle Interview
A Liberal Student Questions the Suppression of Conservative Campus Speakers
Zachary Wood wants to ensure that conservative voices are heard along with progressive ones at Williams College. His classmates don’t always agree. -
News
Awards and Fellowships (4/28/2017)
Academics were among the winners of the PEN America Literary Awards and the Pulitzer Prizes. Fellowships were awarded to academics doing research on education and public engagement. -
The Review
Creative Ways to Help Students Recover From Failure
The risk of failure — that we might not “get it” — is the price we pay for the gift of new knowledge. -
The Review
Editorial Imagination Can Save Academic Presses
Stepping down from Princeton U. Press’s directorship, Peter Dougherty advises colleagues to find niches and think proactively. -
News
A Strategy to Transcend Gender Inequities
Women in science and engineering may overcome some of the barriers they find in the United States by being more involved in international collaborations, a new book says. -
The Review
A Worrisome Harbinger of Changes in Copyright Law
Bills pending in Congress do not bode well for the rights and interests of the academic community. -
The Review
Scholar Seeks to Reframe Black Lives Matter Campaign
Christopher J. Lebron, a Yale philosopher, says the movement should be set on firmer conceptual ground. -
The Review
How to Be an Ally to New Minority Scholars
If minority professors are going to be effectively recruited, developed, and retained, white faculty members must become more deliberate and effective cross-race mentors. -
Graduate Students
Getting Minority Ph.D. Students to the Finish Line
Formal mentoring programs like those at two universities in Iowa aim to diversify the professoriate, especially in the sciences and mathematics. -
News
What I’m Reading: ‘The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge’
In a republished essay from 1939, a president finds persuasive arguments in support of the liberal arts. -
News
Appointments, Resignations, Deaths (4/28/2017)
New education deans were appointed at Austin Peay State and Quinnipiac Universities. -
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Mentoring the Mentors
What’s the difference between an adviser and a mentor? Iowa State University has stepped up its training for professors who give students more than just advice. -
The Review
Contradictions of Capital
As economists explain in a new collection of essays, there is nothing inexorable about Thomas Piketty’s conclusions. -
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The Review
‘A Voice for Many Peoples’
This upstart publisher wants to open Canadians’ eyes to their nation’s history. -
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The Review
Writing Better Won’t Cure Your Academic Woes
The problems result from issues that are structural, not stylistic. -
News
Selected New Books on Higher Education (April 2017)
Among the new books is a collection of autobiographical essays by 13 Native American undergraduates and graduates of Dartmouth College. -
Chronicle List
Colleges Whose Undergraduates Borrowed the Most in Federal Loans in 2014-15
Columbia University ranked second-highest among four-year nonprofit institutions in the average amount borrowed by each undergraduate who took out federal student loans in 2014-15. -
Backgrounder
In Renting Out Space, Do Colleges Invite Trouble?
In 2017 two universities got unwelcome visits from a prominent white supremacist as a result of policies that let outsiders stage events on campus. -
News
The Pathway to a College Presidency Is Changing, and a New Report Outlines How
As the campus leader’s job has become more dynamic, the traditional career trajectory toward it has become more varied. The provost’s office is no longer a mandatory steppingstone. -
Campus Speech
A White Supremacist Comes to Auburn
Richard Spencer brought his defense of the alt-right movement to the Alabama institution on Tuesday, against the wishes of university leaders. -
News
6 Years Ago This Department Got the Ax. Where Are the Faculty and Staff Now?
When Washington State closed its theater and dance department, in 2011, the displaced professors were forced down circuitous career paths. But the closure presented opportunities for some. -
Leadership
Black Colleges Grapple With Fresh Leadership Tensions
Strained relationships among boards, presidents, and faculties have led to no-confidence votes at two institutions in recent weeks. But experts say it doesn’t have to be that way.
