May 25, 2018
The Chronicle of Higher Education Volume 64, Issue 34-
NewsTransitions: Franklin & Marshall Chooses Its Next Leader, Longtime U. of Texas at El Paso President Will Retire
Franklin & Marshall College named Bucknell University’s provost as its new chief. Diana Natalicio will wind down her career after 30 years at the helm in El Paso. -
News
Trump Rolled Up the Welcome Mat. This Admissions Officer Is Trying to Get Students to Come Anyway.
The president and his policies are threatening international student numbers — and colleges’ bottom line. One admissions officer took to the road to try to stop the decline. -
The Review
It’s Time to End College Majors as We Know Them
The taxonomy of academic majors that broadened significantly over the past hundred years can no longer keep pace with the churn of knowledge needed to compete in nearly every profession. -
Curriculum
Should Colleges Let Ailing Majors Die or Revamp Them?
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has combined liberal-arts majors with computer science, while Assumption College has cut shrinking majors as it gambles on new career-focused programs. -
News
How Our Obsession With College Prep Hurts Kids
Making them regurgitate facts and study subjects like calculus, which colleges want to see, doesn’t prepare them for the world, says the education reformer Ted Dintersmith. -
News
What I’m Reading: ‘The Underground Railroad’
A novel about the plight of slaves in the 1800s resonates on campuses dealing with civil-rights issues today. -
The Review
True Confessions of a Reluctant Administrator
Departmental service sounded like a nightmare. But I could avoid it for only so long. -
News
When Power Plays Fail, You Can Lead by Example
In a new book, an assistant professor imagines a higher-education world in which leaders are motivated by the desire to serve others. -
News
Selected New Books on Higher Education: How to Ease the Way for Transgender and First-Generation Students
The latest titles offer ways to rethink the survey course, welcome transgender students to campus, and empower men of color through student community groups. -
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Chronicle List
Recent Private Gifts to Higher Education: Support for Research on Healthy Aging and Other Biomedical Issues
Amherst College received an anonymous $100-million gift, and several universities accepted gifts to advance health sciences. -
News
What a Controversy Over an App Tells Us About How Students Learn Now
Texas Christian University students were accused of academic misconduct. But the episode may say even more about professors’ teaching and assessment. -
The Review
How George Mason Will Take the Controversy Out of Its Gift Agreements
The university’s president says he’ll make transparency the norm when George Mason accepts money from private donors, including controversial ones like the Charles Koch Foundation. -
Campus Security
Among the Hottest Job Markets on Campus: Police Officer
Colleges are hiring police officers at a faster rate than nearly any other campus jobs — at a time of heightened concern about how they operate. -
The Chronicle Review
Why I Escaped the ‘Intellectual Dark Web’
Pissing off progressives isn’t intellectual progress. -
News
A White Student Called the Police on a Black Student Who Was Napping. Yale Says It’s ‘Deeply Troubled.’
The black student said she had nodded off while writing a paper in the common area of their dorm. Videos of what happened went viral. -
Campus Life
Duke’s President Apologizes for Barista Firings That Followed Administrator’s Complaint
Vincent E. Price said the employees, who were dismissed after the vice president for student affairs complained about a rap song they were playing, had faced “unfair treatment.” -
From the Archives
How Did Michigan State’s Interim Chief Squander a Chance to Heal?
John Engler’s blundering three months in office have inexplicably positioned the former governor as an adversary of the women who survived Larry Nassar’s sexual abuse. -
Commentary
Here’s Why Politically Motivated Philanthropy Is Dangerous
The Charles Koch Foundation’s influence at George Mason University is disturbing, but the future may be even more alarming as a continuing reduction in public funding leaves colleges vulnerable. -
Backgrounder
How a Transformational President Set Michigan State on a Course to Disaster
The university prospered under Lou Anna K. Simon’s leadership. But for many who witnessed that growth, the Larry Nassar sex-abuse scandal demands hard questions about the consequences of that ambition. -
Legal
Court Gives Guidance on Colleges’ Responsibility to Prevent Suicide
A panel of state judges ruled on Monday that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology wasn’t liable for the suicide of a student, but that doesn’t mean universities are off the hook, law professors say. -
News
U. of Florida President Apologizes for ‘Inappropriately Aggressive’ Treatment of Graduating Students
At their commencement ceremony, several students were shoved and rushed off stage by a university employee. -
The Review
Are You in a BS Job? In Academe, You’re Hardly Alone
Much of our work has no social value, and we hate doing it. -
News
These Nepali Students Saw Their Scholarships Fall Through. Then Came Hope, Doubt, and ‘Admissions Hunger Games.’
After The Chronicle discovered last week that the University of Texas at Tyler had revoked scholarships for 61 Nepali students, a remarkable thing happened. Strangers from all over the world stepped up to help. -
The Review
Want Your Endowment to Grow? Try Diversifying Your Investment Team
Increasing the number of women and minority collegiate asset managers isn’t just the right thing to do; it’s the smart thing. -
The Review
The Ugly Truth of Being a Black Professor in America
I’ve received hundreds of racist emails, phone messages, and letters. This is what it’s like to be hated. -
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University Presses
Scholarly Publishing’s Last Stand
When university presses close, so do our minds. -
The Review
Dear Humanities Profs: We Are the Problem
Dismayed about American politics? Look in the mirror.
