Nov. 24, 2017
The Chronicle of Higher Education Volume 64, Issue 13-
NewsHow Real-World Learning Could Help People Compete With Machines
Joseph Aoun, president of Northeastern University, says colleges must change how they educate for a work force dominated by automation. -
Student Feedback
What Professors Can Learn About Teaching From Their Students
Some classroom observations and other assessments at the University of California at Merced can be especially valuable because of who’s performing them: undergraduates. -
News
What I’m Reading: ‘The Fuzzy and the Techie’
A book suggests ways to get liberal-arts and technology students working together to solve societal problems. -
The Review
Academe’s in Distress. Become a Stoic.
The Stoics are useful when things are going well, but they’re at the top of their game when things fall apart. -
The Review
Absent-Minded Professor — or Inconsiderate Boor?
The stereotype of the forgetful fuddy-duddy masks insensitivity to others. -
The Review
Academic Life Isn’t as Modern as You Might Think
Its conditions eerily reflect those of 19th-century Hapsburg army officers. -
The Review
How a Skeptic Became a Stoic
How Massimo Pigliucci became the new face of an ancient philosophy. -
News
Don’t Let Energy Costs Devour Your Budget
The University of Pennsylvania is discovering that audits, automation, and strategic planning can help save millions of dollars while mitigating damage to the environment. -
News
Cornell’s Vigilant Watt Watchers
The university has committed to becoming a carbon-neutral campus by 2035. As part of that effort, a squad of 10 is sussing out energy inefficiencies. -
Commentary
Breaking Down Barriers to Retaining Students
A short email to unregistered students led to stories of parking tickets, overdue library books, and more. -
News
Selected New Books on Higher Education
Topics include research fraud, inequality among colleges, and outcomes for deaf students. -
News
How Sources of Support Divide Scientists
A new book examines traditional researchers’ views of their more commercially oriented, and often wealthier, colleagues. -
Chronicle List
Recent Private Gifts to Higher Education (November 2017)
Recent gifts of $25 million or more led to the naming or renaming of a business college, a science hall, an economics department, an engineering department, and an institute. -
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News
Appointments, Resignations, Deaths (11/24/2017)
Ashish Vaidya will become president of Northern Kentucky University, and Eunice Tarver was named provost at Tulsa Community College. -
From the Archives
How Free Speech Works for White Academics
They are given a platform for their ideas, even when it is clear that the ideas don’t measure up. -
The Review
Is This Professor ‘Putin’s American Apologist’?
How Stephen F. Cohen became the most controversial Russia expert in America. -
The Review
D.C.’s Newest Museum Has a Provenance Problem
The Museum of the Bible is poised to welcome throngs of visitors. But a cloud hangs over its collection. -
Sexual Misconduct
Sexual Harassment and Assault in Higher Ed: What’s Happened Since Weinstein
Revelations about sexual misconduct have been deeply felt across academe. Here are updates from two months of revelations. -
Chronicle List
Flagship Universities With the Lowest Percentage Increases in Tuition and Fees, 2007-17
Among flagship institutions, Ohio State University was the most successful in limiting increases in tuition and fees for in-state students. -
Faculty
2 Women Say Stanford Professors Raped Them Years Ago
One of the men died in 2007, and the other former professor called his accuser’s claim “utterly false.” -
Accreditation
Inside the Scramble to Save Ashford U.
A Chronicle investigation shows how political allies and lawyers have maneuvered to keep tens of millions of GI Bill dollars flowing to a for-profit university. -
Students
Signs Naming Students Accused of Sexual Assault Reopen Wounds at Atlanta Colleges
Many students have celebrated the signs, posted at Morehouse and Spelman Colleges, as a blow against rape culture. -
Moving Up
Stop Flaunting Your Flaws
Self-awareness as a leader in higher education does not mean being proud of your faults.
