May 10, 2019
The Chronicle of Higher Education Volume 65, Issue 32Cover Story
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AdmissionsAn Idealist Set Out to Change College Admissions. It Was a Long, Lonely Quest.
As a bribery scandal lays bare everything that is wrong in admissions, the Education Conservancy’s Lloyd Thacker ponders higher ed’s future and his own legacy.
Highlights
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News
He Wrote About Racial Resentment in the White Working Class. White Nationalists Proved His Point.
A professor says the protesters who commandeered his book talk demonstrated the corrosive power of racial resentment.
Campus Spaces 2019
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News
For Colleges, Climate Change Means Making Tough Choices
Amid financial pressures and campus controversies, colleges are also facing a growing threat from their environments. -
News
A 9-Year Quest for Carbon Neutrality Took Middlebury to Forests and a Dairy Farm
The challenges faced by even small colleges in reaching the complex goal call for creative energy. -
Special Reports
Coming Soon to a Storefront by You: A Microcampus for Online Learners
The new spaces, which borrow ideas from the coworking movement and Amazon’s stores, are heavy on amenities but light on classrooms. -
News
New Buildings and Renovations
Recent buildings in 2018 and 2019 reflect trends toward more light and air, and renovating Modern landmarks. -
Special Reports
Your College Hired Top-Notch Architects. Now You Want to Tear Down Their Building.
A century after Modernism reached American shores, contemporary buildings are still second-class citizens on many campuses. -
Advice
90 Years Ago, a Book About College Architecture Offered Plenty of Advice — Some of It Still Useful
A seminal work on campus planning shows how some higher-ed values have changed.
Commentary
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The Review
Shame on Stanford
The university’s plan to cut subsidies to its scholarly press is dystopian. -
Advice
The Professor Is In: Why You Should Negotiate Every Job Offer
Whether or not you have the leverage of a second job offer, ask your potential department for what you deserve (within reason).
Also In the Issue
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News
Transitions: Christian Brothers U. Names New President, New Chief Academic Officer at Valencia College
Jack Shannon will lead Christian Brothers, in Memphis. Valencia College’s next vice president for academic affairs comes from Florida International University. -
Chronicle List
On Which Campuses Is Construction Booming?
New York and Harvard Universities each had construction in progress that exceeded $1 billion at the end of 2016-17. -
Greek Life
Student Activists Shut Down Swarthmore’s Fraternities. Here’s Why That Matters.
Given the success of a four-day occupation of a fraternity house, students elsewhere could be inspired to follow suit. -
News
Disputes Over Diversity Disrupt Presidential Searches at 2 Public Universities
The University of Colorado system’s finalist is drawing fire, and its once-unanimous board is now fractured. Meantime, the University of South Carolina system punted on a choice of four finalists. -
Legal
With Last-Minute Ruling, Graham Spanier Evades Jumpsuit and ‘Hard Cell’
A federal judge tosses the former Penn State chief’s conviction tied to Jerry Sandusky’s crimes. -
News
Facing Blowback, Stanford Partly Reverses Course and Pledges Press Subsidy for One More Year
Discontinuing the $1.7 million in funding would have effectively doomed the esteemed publisher, critics said. -
Teaching
Students Fall for Misinformation Online. Is Teaching Them to Read Like Fact Checkers the Solution?
The conventional approach to helping students evaluate sources on the internet doesn’t work, research suggests. But “lateral reading” is a promising alternative. -
Academic Freedom
Criminal Charges Against Arizona Students Were Dropped. But the Controversy Endures.
Emotions at the University of Arizona continue to run high after student protesters taunted members of the U.S. Border Patrol. -
Politics
Democrats Running for President Are Staking Out Ground on Free College. Here’s Where They Stand.
In the well-populated field of candidates seeking the Democratic nomination for president, proposals for free college are central to the party’s platform. -
News
Grad Students at Private Colleges Were Cleared to Unionize 3 Years Ago. Here’s What’s Changed.
The sky has not fallen since 2016, for either graduate students or their universities. And now collective bargaining is proceeding on a number of campuses, on issues that extend beyond pay.
