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Faculty
The Best and Worst Part of Being a Professor: Students
Teaching is the aspect of the job that the largest share of professors find satisfying, a Chronicle survey shows. But students are also a major source of stress. -
The Review
How to Treat Visiting Assistant Professors With Dignity
If departments are not mindful of the underlying pitfalls, those temporary positions can become just one more cycle on the academic hamster wheel before the exhausted hamster simply gives up. -
Faculty
Must Visiting Assistant Professorships Be Career Purgatory?
No, a tale of two scholars suggests. A constructive approach can benefit the scholar, the college, and students alike. -
News
How a Long-Shot Scholarship Changed a Refugee’s Life
Five years ago, Mariela Shaker left Syria for rural Illinois. Here’s what she has been able to do since. -
The Review
Career-Ready Education Needs Colleges and Businesses Working Together
Co-curricular activities can be used to give students the skills they will need to succeed. -
Commentary
3 Ways That Colleges Suppress a Diversity of Viewpoints
When the pressures of social media and political correctness join forces, freewheeling academic discourse suffers. -
News
Transitions: First Female President to Lead Northern Illinois U., Northwestern U. Names New Business Chief
Lisa C. Freeman has been acting president of Northern Illinois University since 2017. Craig Johnson is Northwestern’s new vice president for business and finance. -
News
In a World of Tenure and Promotion, Demotion Is a Murkier Matter
For every sanction you hear about, there are scores that you don’t. -
News
UNC’s Chancellor Is a Consensus Builder. Silent Sam Is Her Greatest Test.
With a decision on the fate of the Confederate statue due by November 15, Carol Folt faces an intractable question: What is a consensus builder to do when it doesn’t appear there’s a consensus to be had? -
Diversity
How Well Does Your Public University Treat Black Students? New Effort Assigns Grades, State by State
Black public-university students in two states with the highest percentage of African-American residents are among the most disadvantaged nationwide, according to a report from the University of Southern California. -
Curriculum
So What Are You Going to Do With That Degree? Physics Majors Get That Question, Too
Even though physics is a STEM field, it has to work to win over students and parents from majors, like computer science and engineering, that sound more practical. Here’s what the discipline is doing to demonstrate it gives students a leg up for a broad set of careers. -
News
Emergency Care Was Delayed for Maryland Football Player Who Died, Consultant Says
The university system’s board chair said on Friday that the system would wait until a second investigation is completed before making “final decisions.” -
News
A Student Leader Resigns at Texas State After Being Accused of Taking Money From Turning Point USA
The former student-body president has neither confirmed nor denied that she accepted illegal campaign funds from the shadowy conservative group. -
Chief Executives
What’s on the Mind of the Private-College President? 3 Insights From a New Report
The Council of Independent Colleges took the pulse of campus leaders and found race, representation, and a hostile political climate among their concerns. -
News
U. of Tennessee Considers a Politically Connected Businessman to Run Its System
Randy Boyd doesn’t have experience in academe, but the scandal-plagued system could use “an outside-in perspective,” as the chair of the Board of Trustees put it. -
News
U. of Pennsylvania Says It Will Be First Ivy to Offer Online Bachelor’s Degree
The program, aimed at nontraditional students, illustrates the growing credibility and popularity of online education. -
Boycotts
U. of Michigan Professor Refuses to Recommend Student Whose Destination Is Israel
His university, however, says the scholar’s personal politics are out of place.