June 21, 2019
The Chronicle of Higher Education Volume 65, Issue 35Cover Story
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BackgrounderIn Plain Sight
The killing of a student, one in a growing list of victims, opened her university’s eyes to the unseen danger of intimate-partner violence.
Highlights
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Innovation
For Their Inventions to Reach the Market, Researchers May Need a Venture-Development Assist
Commercialization requires early-stage capital and executive guidance, industry veterans say. Your entrepreneurial freshmen understand that, but does your leadership?
Commentary
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The Review
The Campus Innovation Myth
A half-century of occasional breakthroughs — and a lot of disappointment. -
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The Review
Sorry, Professors, but Presidential Searches Should Be Secret
Asking candidates to risk professional embarrassment and humiliation is cruel and ineffective.
Also In the Issue
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News
Transitions: New President Selected at Goucher College, Centre College Chief to Retire
The president of the New Hampshire Institute of Art will lead Goucher. John Roush will step down after 22 years at the helm of Centre. -
News
Selected New Books on Higher Education
Among the topics covered are the delivery of effective mental-health services at colleges and how deans can balance business and academic-leadership demands. -
Chronicle List
Recent Private Gifts to Higher Education: A Pledge That Surprised a Graduating Class
The chief executive of Vista Equity Partners said during his commencement speech at Morehouse College that he would pay off the student loans of the Class of 2019. -
The Chronicle Interview
He Went to College. His Childhood Friend Went to Prison. Now, They Co-Teach.
Marc Howard became a law professor to help free his friend. Now they’re teaching a class together. -
News
What I’m Reading: ‘The Power of Habit’
To get the academic rewards they crave, students may have to switch up their routines. A book suggests how educators can help them do that. -
News
Transitions: Georgia Institute of Technology Selects New Chief, CUNY York College President to Step Down
The president of George Mason University is the sole finalist to lead Georgia Tech. Marcia Keizs, who will leave her role in August, has led York College since 2005. -
Fund Raising
U. of Alabama’s Returned Gift Is a Case Study in Donor Relations Gone Bad
The university’s feud with its largest donor is a lesson for colleges in how to deal with presumptuous benefactors and thereby avoid losing much-needed funds. -
Accrediting
How the Education Dept. Is Proposing to Ease Rules on Accreditation
It wants to give accreditors more flexibility in approving new kinds of academic programs and allow troubled colleges more time to meet standards. -
Backgrounder
As a Town’s Fortunes Decline, Blame Falls on Its University’s Beleaguered President
Local politics and charges of racism loom over calls for Jack Thomas’s removal at Western Illinois University. -
News
Lawsuit Alleges Indiana U. Pressed Health Center to Play Down Mold Threat
The university denies the allegation. The suit also says Indiana deferred crucial maintenance on air systems for years despite knowing of problems, resulting in a 2018-19 mold crisis. -
News
After Sports-Bra Outrage, Rowan’s Athletics Chief Is Out
Dan Gilmore’s retirement, after 43 years at the New Jersey university, follows an investigation triggered by female athletes who said they had been told to cover up their sports bras because they distracted football players. -
Backgrounder
China Is Warning Its Students About Going to College in America. Here’s Why That Matters.
If geopolitical tensions bring enrollment declines, then American colleges’ finances as well as the country’s research prowess could take a hit. -
News
How Maine’s New Chancellor Hopes to Fix the System’s Demographic Crisis
Dannel P. Malloy drew controversy for his changes in state higher education as the former Democratic governor of Connecticut. In an interview, he discusses what he’s learned, and his plans as new chancellor of the Maine system. -
Students
Enrollments Dropped 1.7 Percent This Spring From a Year Ago
The big winner among sectors was four-year private nonprofit colleges. But much of this growth could be attributed to the conversion in tax status of a single institution. -
News
‘I Was Sick to My Stomach’: A Scholar’s Bullying Reputation Goes Under the Microscope
Barrett Watten, a Wayne State University poetry scholar, was known for his erratic temper. His alleged misbehavior raises questions about what universities are willing to tolerate.
