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Dec. 7, 2018
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Volume 65, Issue 14
News
Beyond the campus gates, whole economies have sprung up to cater to international students, whose financial impact on the United States nears $40 billion. What will happen if their enrollment continues to slow?
News
Fired by the University of Louisville after many wins but repeated scandals, he talks about his dismissal, the influence of sneaker companies, and whether college athletes should be paid.
Chronicle List
By Chronicle Staff
While many colleges had a quarter or so of their foreign students authorized to work under a special program in 2017, a few had a much higher share.
Enrollment
The University of California wants to increase diversity, save money, and protect the state from economic downturns. The key? Enabling more community-college students to successfully leap to four-year programs.
The Review
The lack of progress toward a solution can be blamed on the rancid politics of the Trump era.
News
Jack Connell, who will lead Eastern Nazarene, is provost at Houghton College. Saint Leo’s new vice president for academic affairs has held the role in the interim since July.
News
By Andy Tsubasa Field
Faculty members and students at Oakland University have purchased thousands of hockey pucks to help ward off a gunman on the Michigan campus, and raise money, too.
News
The combination of technical and business training prepares master’s-degree students to bring products “from lab to life.”
Financial Aid
The education secretary blamed the government’s shift to direct loans and cited with approval the “Bennett hypothesis,” in which federal aid purportedly leads colleges to raise their prices.
The Review
By Nancy Bunge
When administrators rely on students to “rate” an instructor’s performance, the classroom dynamic changes, and not in a good way.
Student Success
A research project aims to modernize how colleges measure and think about student success.
Curriculum
The number has declined 33 percent since 2011, the first year in which students who witnessed the financial crisis unfold could easily change their majors.
Campus Life
By Andy Tsubasa Field
The electronic cigarettes’ booming popularity among students has sparked controversy on some campuses that only recently prohibited traditional cigarettes.
News
A new study analyzes the “underresearched and highly criticized” genre of common reading programs.
Advice
An interactive database created by the American Historical Association offers a comprehensive look at the professional paths of 10 years of history Ph.D.s.