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How Design Thinking Can Be Applied Across the Campus
The idea shows promise even in tougher campus settings — like the faculty senate. -
News
Can Design Thinking Redesign Higher Ed?
Many academics are drawn to the philosophy’s reputation as a fount of innovation. But can colleges really get on board with “a bias to action”? -
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Gauging an Academic Unit’s Performance
Enrollment, finances, and more: Here are some examples of how colleges assess a department’s viability. -
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Applying the Yardstick, Department by Department
An effort to measure academic units passes the test at Oklahoma State University. -
News
Sizing Up Departments, Dollar by Dollar
At colleges where enrollment is stagnant or falling and public funding is scarce, some administrators have responded by measuring the financial viability of each academic unit. -
The Review
Don’t Let Faceless Complaints Replace Reasoned Discourse
Anonymous hotlines undermine collegiality and pose a threat to academic freedom. -
News
Appointments, Resignations, Deaths (September 15, 2017)
Michael A. Baston is the new president of Rockland Community College, and Robert Blouin is the new provost of the University of North Carolina. -
The Review
How to Do a Better Job of Preparing Students for Life After College
Career centers haven’t been very effective, surveys show, but some colleges are trying to shift the status quo. -
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Chronicle List
Top Chinese-American Donors to American Colleges, 2008-17
Major gifts from Chinese-Americans and their foundations has soared in recent years, and higher education has benefited. -
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Citing Obama-Era Failures, DeVos Will Replace Landmark Directive on Sexual Assault
After a speech by the education secretary, a spokeswoman said that, until the revision of the 2011 “Dear Colleague” letter, the department would “make clear to schools how to fulfill their current obligations under Title IX.” -
Immigration
For Students Imperiled by Trump’s DACA Rollback, a Scramble for Answers
Although the president later appeared to ease his hardline stance on undocumented “Dreamers,” many remained worried about a memo directing them to “prepare for and arrange their departure from the United States.” -
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Many Colleges See a Drop in International Students, Chronicle Survey Finds
The impact of President Trump’s policies and other issues may not have been “catastrophic.” But about 40 percent of respondents said undergraduate enrollment had declined. And next year could be worse. -
Administration
Colleges Deplore Trump’s Threat to DACA. How Far Can They Go to Fight It?
In the short term, institutions are moving to provide students with financial help and mental-health services. For the longer haul, they’re researching their legal options. -
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After All but Closing, Sweet Briar Will Shift Curriculum and Pricing
Three months after its new president started, the women’s college refocuses its academic program and resets its tuition in an effort to widen its appeal. -
Sexual-Assault Prevention
In a Session on Sexual Assault, a College Suggested Masturbation. Was That a Mistake?
Last week the Rochester Institute of Technology caused a stir during an orientation for new students on sexual-assault prevention. -
Technology
That Hilarious Tweet About an Instructor’s Big Mistake? Almost Certainly Fake
The internet went wild over a student’s tale of the professor who got mad when no one showed up in the classroom for an online course. -
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Faculty Members Organize to Fight ‘Fascist’ Interlopers on Campuses
The Campus Anti-Fascist Network is a new coalition of faculty, staff, and students who want to push back against far-right speakers and websites that call out their peers for perceived liberal bias. -
Government
Education Dept. Appointee’s For-Profit Past Draws Flak, but It’s Complicated
Julian Schmoke Jr., a former dean at DeVry University, will lead enforcement activities at the Department of Education, which cracked down on fraud among for-profit colleges. -
The Chronicle Review
How Should We Memorialize Slavery?
A case study of what happens when research collides with public memory. -
News
Colleges Are Trying a Broad Approach to Autistic Students. What Will That Cost?
Students on or around the autism spectrum are enrolling in ever greater numbers. Colleges are trying to identify them, set them up for success, and figure out how to pay for it all. -
Historically Black Colleges
Tensions Grow Between Trump and Black Colleges as HBCU Conference Becomes Political
Uncertainty and unfulfilled promises have made several black-college leaders wary of attending a Washington event they have found useful in the past. -
Facilities
At Yale, 2 Costly New Colleges Aspire to Look Old
The university is reported to have spent $500 million on two new residential colleges. What does a sum like that buy these days? -
The Chronicle Interview
‘We Are Ready to Thrive’
Moises Serrano tells the story of his unlikely journey to college in a new documentary film, “Forbidden: Undocumented and Queer in Rural America.” -
The Graduate Advisor
What Do You Mean, ‘Job’?
Our career lexicon for graduate students is in need of a makeover. -
The Review
Why Conservative Fears of Campus Indoctrination Are Overblown
For one thing, students are smarter than we give them credit for.