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July 7, 2017
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Volume 63, Issue 40
The Review
By Shaul Bakhash
Why settle for a ride to the airport when you can also get a lecture on Descartes?
The Review
By Walter Benn Michaels
Arguing that certain people don’t have the right to tell certain stories is a distraction from the real menace: inequality.
News
By Shannon Najmabadi
In the internet age, librarians are focusing less on books and more on teaching. Is something getting lost in the transition?
The Review
By David Hernández
Now a tenure-track professor, David Hernández found the road to his education littered with roadblocks. Colleges could ease the journey for the working poor.
News
A mentoring program at the University of Texas at Austin is part of a small but growing effort to get more Latino men into and through college.
The Review
By Alana Dunagan
At least a few colleges are looking beyond incremental steps to reach new students, raise the bottom line, and rethink the role of higher education.
The Review
By Gary Saul Morson, Morton O. Schapiro
It’s not right to punish students who really want to attend your college by making them pay more.
Chronicle List
By Chronicle Staff
The University of Phoenix-Arizona received the highest amount of Pell Grants and federal student loans for undergraduates, and Liberty University received the second highest amount.
News
Descriptions of the latest titles, divided by category.
Sexual Assault
The Trump administration is responding to their frustrations about guidance on how to deal with sexual assaults, campus legal officials say.
Campus Safety
Trinity College, in Connecticut, had no warning that it would suddenly become a focus for threats. But it had a plan for quickly convening campus officials to assess and respond to the situation.
News
The U.S. Supreme Court says students from six Muslim-majority countries can enter the United States. But prospective students still could be affected.
News
After the president’s election, speculation abounded that colleges might scale back their efforts to combat sexual violence. Instead, many Title IX coordinators are trying to chart a new path forward.
The Review
Sexism is rampant in academe. If only theorizing would provide a remedy.
The Review
By Paul J. Griffiths
A professor steps down after a dispute over diversity training.
Campus Consolidation
The consolidation of 14 public colleges has produced some benefits, but not a windfall in savings.
The Review
By Michael Maniates
Sustainability is not enough: Colleges and universities must reorient themselves for a future of limited growth.
From the Archives
Can Jonathan Haidt calm the culture wars?