March 23, 2018
The Chronicle of Higher Education Volume 64, Issue 28-
LeadershipA Tough-Talking President Tried to Fix a College. Then He Came Undone.
In a snowy corner of Pennsylvania, Edinboro University’s Fred Walker is brazenly shaping the public narrative to support his agenda. -
News
A Wall St. Titan’s Foray Into Philosophy
Bill Miller explains why he gave $75 million to the philosophy department at the Johns Hopkins University. -
Chronicle List
Recent Private Gifts to Higher Education (March 2018)
The technology entrepreneurs Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg were among the top donors in early 2018. -
The Review
We’re Teaching Grit the Wrong Way
To get students to choose schoolwork over immediate pleasures, stop focusing on willpower. -
The Review
Yes, Higher Ed Is a Business — But It’s Also a Calling
We need to find our academic center of gravity without losing the administrative capacities so crucial to the financial health of our institutions. -
News
8 Tips to Get New Trustees Up and Running
Clearly written expectations, mentorships, and get-togethers with faculty and students are among tools to help board members get settled. -
News
How to Bring New Board Members Up to Speed
If you want to avoid governance disasters, you need to be systematic about orienting trustees. -
The Review
What One Trustee Wishes He Had Known Going In
A seasoned board member considers the ways his own orientation fell short. -
News
Appointments, Resignations, Deaths (3/23/2018)
Maud S. Mandel will leave Brown University to lead Williams College; the University of Maryland at College Park appointed its first female director of athletics bands. -
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News
A Sector in Flux: How For-Profit Higher Ed Has Shifted
Over the last two years, many of the industry’s biggest players have merged with onetime competitors, moved from for-profit to nonprofit status, or left the business altogether. Here’s a summary. -
News
Bridgepoint Education’s Ashford U. Joins For-Profit Sector’s Trek to Nonprofit Status
The parent company said on Tuesday it would seek to have the conversion approved by year’s end. The move would carry many advantages for the company, but it’s unclear if students would be any better off. -
From the Archives
Quiet White House Science Office Stirs Fears but Also Raises Some Hopes
The leaderless office is the main coordinating body for officials throughout the government to confer on a range of scientific matters affecting their agencies. -
Athletics
How the NCAA’s March Madness Windfall Makes Its Way to Colleges
The tournament is as lucrative as ever for the association and its member institutions. The formulas for revenue distribution make sure that the power conferences get the most. -
News
College Students Want Free Speech — Sort Of
A new Gallup survey of college students shows overwhelming support for open learning environments on campus, but also for hate-speech restrictions and campus speech codes. -
Immigration
‘Please Don’t Deport Our Professor’: Augsburg U. Frets Over One of Its Own
A professor of English at the Minneapolis institution said immigration authorities had told him he needs to make “plans” to return to Kenya after 26 years in the United States. -
News
Academic Conferences May Save Lives — by Keeping Big-Name Doctors Busy
That’s the counterintuitive conclusion of a study by scientists at Harvard. The report’s lead author admits that it’s hard to know what to make of the findings. -
News
Letter Demands Apology for Harvard’s Mishandling of Sex-Harassment Case
Graduate students penned an open letter to the university’s president asking administrators for a commitment to combating gender inequality on campus. -
Students
In a Fight Against Depression, UCLA Relies on Technology
The university hopes to eliminate depression by the end of the century. The effort begins on its own campus, where online screenings and downloadable apps supplement in-person counseling. -
News
Why Creative-Writing Programs Have Been Havens for Harassment
Students and former students say the male-dominated field, with its intimate workshops and reverence for stars, is particularly conducive to sexual misconduct and predatory behavior. -
The Review
How Not to Be an Academic Snob
Suiting up as Mr. Darcy at an Austen gathering means abandoning self-seriousness. -
The Review
There Is No Case for the Humanities
We talk about “skills,” “relevance,” “engagement,” and “values,” but deep down we know the ideas behind the words are hollow. -
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The Review
Business Schools Have No Business in the University
Even measured by their own standards, these finishing schools for junior executives are academic failures. -
The Review
Why Everybody Loses When Someone Leaves Academe
We cope with it in ways that largely erase the people we lose, ignore their pain and grief, and suppress our own.
