Sept. 14, 2018
The Chronicle of Higher Education Volume 65, Issue 2-
BackgrounderHow a Famous Academic Job-Market Study Got It All Wrong — and Why It Still Matters
The Bowen Report predicted lush times for humanities Ph.D.s. Thirty years later, they’re still waiting. -
Chronicle List
Which Highly Selective Colleges Have the Highest and Lowest Percentages of Asian Undergraduates?
Asians made up more than a fifth of undergraduate enrollment at 23 of the 95 most selective four-year colleges in the country in the fall of 2016. -
News
How Colleges Are ‘Setting Up a Generation for Failure’
Greg Lukianoff, president of FIRE, which advocates free speech on campuses, talks about his new book, The Coddling of the American Mind. -
News
Transitions: Seminary Chooses Its First African-American President, Skidmore College Selects New Treasurer
The Rev. Alton B. Pollard III, of Howard University, will lead Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. Donna Ng will take the chief financial role at Skidmore. And -
Facilities
Fans, Portable Air-Conditioners, and Italian Ices: How Colleges Are Combating the Heat Wave
As day after day of humid, 90-plus-degree weather has lashed parts of the United States, campuses have adopted a range of tactics to keep students cool. -
Facilities
This Fall’s Housing Crunch Is So Urgent One University Is Asking Its Professors for Help
The problem is extreme at the University of California at Santa Cruz, but hundreds of colleges are short of space. -
In the Classroom
Hard Copy or Electronic Textbooks? Professors Are More Concerned About Keeping Them Affordable
A university jacked up the price of an online book to push students toward the print version. But are hard-copy requirements becoming a thing of the past? -
News
As Anti-Academic Anger Goes Global, 11 American Colleges Revive an Institution for Exiles
The University in Exile was originally formed in 1933 as refuge for Jewish scholars fleeing Nazi rule. Now a group of private and public campuses are attempting something similar. -
Campus Life
What One University Changed After a Freshman Fell Out of His Dorm Window
Bed lofts, open windows, alcohol abuse, and simple lapses in judgment contribute to the problem. An accident last August prompted Washington State University to try a range of solutions. -
The Review
How Colleges Should Deal With Their Kellyannes
When famous graduates display values that run counter to those of their alma mater, presidents must decide how — or whether — to respond. -
From the Archives
How a Liberal-Arts College Is Rethinking Its ‘Soul Crushing’ Core Curriculum
Protests by minority students led Harvey Mudd College to scrutinize its notoriously intense course requirements. Campus leaders want to ease pressure on students without sacrificing rigor. -
Advice
What Is Your Responsibility as a Bystander to a Colleague Having Problems?
You often have several chances to intervene and shift the dynamics of a workplace situation that is on course to end badly. -
Leadership
College Presidents Land a New Gig: Podcasting
The online recordings, produced in-house, serve as another vehicle to promote the institution. -
Finance
Enough ‘Do More With Less.’ It’s Time for Colleges to Find Actual Efficiencies.
Most institutions have “zero idea how they earn a living” and where their margins are across programs, says Rick Staisloff, a consultant on finance and strategy. -
Commentary
Shared Governance Does Not Mean Shared Decision Making
In an effective and nimble governing model, faculty representatives serve as advisers while the president and board make the hard choices. -
How Colleges Are Sparing Birds’ Lives and Conserving Energy
Campus planners and students work together to encourage the use of new window technologies that prevent winged creatures from smashing into glass-facade buildings.
