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Feb. 2, 2018
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Volume 64, Issue 21
News
School and college, boring as they are, do little to make us smarter or more prepared for work, says Bryan Caplan, who proposes a profound change.
News
Jacqueline Screws will become president of Chattahoochee Valley Community College, and Elizabeth Kiss was named warden and chief executive of the Rhodes Trust at the University of Oxford.
News
The athletic director or the provost? The question comes to the fore at Ohio University.
The Review
By Gerald S. Gurney
To make sure college athletes receive a meaningful education, the faculty must take control.
Chronicle List
By Chronicle Staff
Among the colleges that drew the highest percentages of first-time students from other states were elite private institutions on the East Coast.
The Review
By Carl J. Strikwerda
These unsung engines of higher education deserve the resources and respect to be equal partners with four-year institutions.
Nassar Scandal
Public anger over a sex-abuse scandal forced Michigan State’s leader from office — and demonstrated that ignorance may no longer be an adequate defense for leaders of institutions tainted by scandal.
Faculty Productivity
The Faculty Council passed a resolution urging the University of Texas’ flagship to make no use of the company, Academic Analytics, especially for promotion, tenure, and related decisions.
Faculty Conduct
The Faculty Senate shelved a motion that said T. Florian Jaeger had failed to uphold moral standards expected of professors.
News
Professors say a lawsuit’s allegation that Andrew Comrie made “sexist and demeaning comments toward female deans” doesn’t square with the man they know.
In the States
National gains in appropriations might seem like a positive sign. Just three states, though, accounted for the vast majority of those gains.
News
As the case of Ithaca College’s Shirley Collado reveals, it might be a ticking time bomb.
Students
By Bianca Quilantan
After learning that he had been arrested by federal agents during the winter break, they began a national campaign for his release.
The Review
A recent journal report says that measuring learning outcomes is not working — and that this is no surprise to assessors.