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Walter Kimbrough’s Higher Calling
Black colleges need someone to carry their banner. This pastor’s son is stepping up. -
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From Liberal Arts to Making a Living
Critical-thinking skills and a broad education aren’t enough. Small colleges are making career services, too, a priority. -
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Offering the Career Edge
A small network has grown more than tenfold in 20 years as private liberal-arts colleges have decided their responsibilities don’t end at graduation. -
The Review
The Wisdom of Hosting a Presidential Debate — or Not
Go for it, says one administrator who’s been through the experience, but only if you can respond with a confident “yes” to four questions. -
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Starting a Career Center
The director of Wake Forest University’s Office of Career and Professional Development shares tips about what’s helped his program become a model for other colleges. -
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What I’m Reading: ‘Playing by the Rules’
A book that questions assumptions prompts an interim provost to examine some of the blindly-followed “rules” in academe. -
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Appointments, Resignations, Deaths (10/27/2017)
Morehouse College chose a Harvard Business School professor as its next leader, and Pratt Institute appointed its first female president. -
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The Costly Obsession With B.A.s
A new book examines the ways in which colleges guide some students toward failure. -
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Selected New Books on Higher Education
The latest topics include how to protect free speech on campus. -
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The Review
Commentary: Could Apple Computer Have Survived Higher Ed?
Ideas for improving academic culture abound, but too many die on the vine. Universities can change that. -
The Review
How an Experiment in 3-D Printing Illuminated Our Humanities Classroom
The buggy unfamiliarity of the new technology helped students see older media with fresh eyes. -
Chronicle List
Recent Private Gifts to Higher Education (October 2017)
A $200-million gift to the University of California at Irvine will support a stronger focus on interdisciplinary integrative health. -
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Dahpon Ho Brings History Alive
By using their imaginations, says the University of Rochester historian, students absorb history far better than from a textbook. -
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Justin McDaniel Opens a Door to Contemplative Life
The religious-studies scholar at the University of Pennsylvania oversees a course that requires students to live like monks. -
The Review
Commentary: What My Struggling Students Wanted Me to Understand
Developmental instructors need to make room for students’ feelings. -
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Catherine Shoulders Shows How an Expert’s Opinion Unfolds
By recording on video her initial reaction to students’ assignments, this professor lets them see what an intellectual process looks like. -
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John Zubizarreta Gets Students Excited About Literature
The professor at Columbia College, in South Carolina, tells his students that “we’re here to build bridges in your brain.” -
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Eric Saliim Puts Science Into Everyday Life
At North Carolina Central University, he uses cellphones and Snapchat to prove that research isn’t too complex for anyone. -
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Alan Goldstein Makes Disability Less Abstract
His courses introduce engineering students to adults with disabilities, and together they make films about the adults’ lives. -
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Stan Yoshinobu Spreads the Word About Inquiry-Based Math
The professor emphasizes that intellectual growth is based “on error recovery, not mistake avoidance.” -
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Ariel Anbar Designs Online Science Labs With Video-Game Appeal
The inspiration for his popular, interactive courses stems from his frustration with the traditional lecture format. -
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Vicki Reitenauer Helps Students Find Their Voice — and Their Power
She requires students to identify their course goals for the semester, the grade they expect to earn, and their plan for achieving both. -
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Amardeep Kahlon Tailors Courses to Students’ Learning Styles
She puts the focus on online material that allows students to progress at their own pace but doesn’t let them get ahead of themselves. -
Innovation
Commentary: A Newer Education for Our Era
We need to teach creativity, collaboration, and adaptability. -
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Why This Year’s Hazing Death Is Different
You should know the details, captured on video, of how Timothy Piazza died at Penn State, says Caitlin Flanagan. Then maybe colleges would reconsider their relationship with fraternities. -
Admissions Technology
Colleges Use Facebook Ads to Target Applicants, Parents, and Lawmakers
Colleges are spending millions on the ads. Data from admissions applications are one of their secret weapons. Privacy experts are crying foul. -
Commentary
The Sexism That Permeates the Academy
Believing gendered hierarchy should not exist in the world that we want does not mean that gendered hierarchy does not exist in the world that we have. -
News
When Colleges Use Their Own Students to Catch Drug Dealers
Campus police departments’ use of confidential informants is shrouded in secrecy. The Chronicle obtained records detailing the practice at 100 campuses. Here’s what we found. -
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The Many Paths of the Would-Be Professoriate
A national program seeks to prepare the faculty members of tomorrow. About half of the recent participants at Duke University have become professors, for reasons that reflect personal choice, social forces, and quirks of fate. -
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Will Fury Over Harvey Weinstein Allegations Change Academe’s Handling of Harassment?
The accusations against the Hollywood producer have prompted frank conversations about sexual misconduct. But it will still take a lot to shift how higher education treats such cases, experts say. -
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A Professor Is Placed on Leave After an Internet Furor and Threats. What Happens to the Students?
Drexel University removed George Ciccariello-Maher from the classroom after he made controversial remarks. His students say they’re frustrated by the decision. -
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Only 1 Percent of Students Would Consider Disrupting Speakers Violently, Survey Finds
A new survey on free-speech attitudes and expression on campuses came up with some interesting findings. -
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They Once Cheated in Class. Now They Teach.
Four instructors spoke to The Chronicle about their experience cheating as students, and how it informs the way they handle academic misconduct. -
Campus Safety
At Christian Colleges, Theology Can Complicate Sexual-Assault Prevention
Some institutions flinch at the notion of emphasizing consent, for example, given that students aren’t supposed to be having sex in the first place.