Nov. 3, 2017
The Chronicle of Higher Education Volume 64, Issue 10-
First PersonHarry Potter and the Chair’s Dilemma
Why wouldn’t a struggling English department jump at the chance to offer a class on the drama of the Hogwarts crew? -
News
Making Students’ Jobs More Meaningful
Ryerson and Clemson Universities are among those helping students develop career skills in their campus gigs. -
News
Low-Cost Work-Study Revamps
No budget? No problem. A few tweaks, and no additional funds, can make students’ jobs more relevant to their career goals. -
News
Play Inspires Learning. But What Is Play, Exactly?
The connection between recreation and re-creation is a more effective, permanent way of learning new things, says Mitchel Resnick, of the MIT Media Lab. -
News
Appointments, Resignations, Deaths (11/3/2017)
Iowa State University has named its agriculture dean as the next president. The University of Arizona Honors College has chosen a new dean. -
Chronicle List
Selective Colleges Whose Undergraduate Borrowers Accumulated the Lowest Median Federal-Loan Debt, 2015-16
Among highly selective private nonprofit colleges, Harvard University was most successful in keeping federal student-loan debt low. -
The Review
What I Learned From My Campus Job
Faculty members and administrators recall lessons large and small. -
Campus Chaos
A Radical College’s Public Meltdown
How a season of racial protests turned Evergreen State College’s self-examination into a national spectacle. -
Academic Freedom
This Professor Wants to Teach Administrators Not to Cave In to Right-Wing Outrage
Through her “Academic Freedom Syllabus,” Rebecca G. Martinez, an assistant professor at the University of Missouri at Columbia, hopes officials will be less likely to condemn instructors who are targets of digital anger. -
The Review
‘Against the Tyranny of Intellectual Mobs’
The director of Bard’s Hannah Arendt Center responds to critics of his decision to invite a German far-right politician to give a talk. -
The Review
Bard President Responds to Critics of Far-Right Figure’s Talk
The invitation to the German politician Marc Jongen “does not constitute either legitimation or endorsement.” -
Faculty
What It Looks Like When a University Tries to Revoke a Professor’s Tenure
A hearing transcript sheds light on the case of a former medical-school professor at Wayne State University, who, according to administrators, was doing “nothing.” -
News
Controversy at George Washington U. Highlights Challenges of Diving Deeply Into Online Education
Online programs are nothing new, but many traditional colleges are still struggling with how to develop and run them effectively. -
The Chronicle Review
An Open Letter to the Hannah Arendt Center at Bard College
It was a mistake to invite a racist, xenophobic German philosopher and politician to your conference. -
Fighting Campus Hate
In the Face of Racism, U. of Florida Chief Says All You Need Is Love
As Richard Spencer’s white-supremacist event loomed, Kent Fuchs employed emotionally laden language seldom heard from a public-college president. -
News
Now in Her 70s, First Black Ivy-League President Finds a Third Act
Ruth J. Simmons, a former president of Brown University and Smith College, will become the president of Prairie View A&M University. -
The Review
High Anxiety: How Can We Save Our Students From Themselves?
Colleges aren’t solely to blame for students’ mental-health problems, but we’re not doing all we can to relieve some of the pressures. -
Campus Speech
Heckling Is a Staple of Controversial Campus Speeches. Should Colleges Intervene?
Some institutions have changed their policies to mandate punishment for hecklers. In other cases, state legislatures have gotten involved. -
Research
Professors’ Productivity Declines With Age, Right? Maybe Not.
A study of computer-science professors found that, in 80 percent of cases, their research-output patterns resisted the traditional perception of an early burst of publication followed by a gradual decline. -
Advice
Lessons from ‘Grit,’ ‘Scarcity,’ and ‘Deep Work’ for Academic Productivity
Three books offer different theories and solutions on what helps us get our work done. -
News
Undergraduate Research Surges, Despite Uncertainties Over Best Practices
All types of colleges are embracing research at the undergraduate level. Finding the best features and combinations of experiences, however, is very much a work in progress.
