Cover Story
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News
What Does It Mean to Be an Efficient University?
Colleges are under pressure to be more efficient — and some have been recognized for making strides. But they probably won’t brag about it.
Highlights
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News
Lawmakers Bicker as U. of Alaska Inches Closer to Historic Budget Cuts
Facing a Friday deadline, state legislators are divided over the governor’s vetoes of higher-ed funds. A vote on Wednesday failed to override the vetoes. The university’s leaders and its accreditor warn the cuts could have devastating consequences. -
Backgrounder
Presidential Tenures Are Getting Shorter. Why Are the Payouts So Large?
Nondisparagement agreements and an unwillingness to confront underlying problems force colleges to pull out the checkbook to smooth rough departures, experts say.
Commentary
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The Review
How Higher Education Became a Pawn in the Partisan Forever War
State university systems have historically avoided getting dragged into politicized battles. No more. -
Advice
Admin 101: It’s About Time — or Rather, Time Management
When you become an administrator, you have to force yourself to think of time — everybody’s, not just your own — with a hint of urgency.
Also In the Issue
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The Case for Saying No to Tuition Increases
If college governing boards wanted to, they could hold down tuition costs and open the doors to more low-income students, says a new book. -
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Yale Was a Boys’ Club for Centuries. Then the First Women Came Along.
In her new book, Anne Gardiner Perkins tells the stories of the first women admitted to Yale. -
Chronicle List
Colleges That Spent Far Less or More on Instruction Than They Brought In in Tuition and Fees
At hundreds of colleges, revenue from tuition and fees more than covers the costs of instruction. But that’s not the case at many other institutions. -
News
Selected New Books on Higher Education
Mothers doing field research, parents going to college, and the pressures on public colleges to serve the economy are among the latest topics. -
News
What I’m Reading: ‘Dear Committee Members’
A satirical novel about an English department seems all too familiar to an associate professor in that often-satirized discipline. -
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U. of California Canceled Its Elsevier Subscription. Now It’s Losing Access.
Here’s where the rubber meets the road: Not being able to access newly published scholarship may be a nuisance for California’s faculty and students. -
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An Ultra-Selective College Dropped the ACT/SAT. And Then What?
The University of Chicago expects a record number of students this fall from underrepresented backgrounds, including increases in black and Hispanic applicants and more first-generation and low-income students. -
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Alaska’s Data Tell a Familiar National Story
The drama this week in Alaska’s statehouse over vast proposed cuts in higher-ed funding echoes themes from across the nation: shifting financial burdens, weak enrollment numbers, increasing struggles for would-be students, and threats of campus closures. -
News
The California Bill Challenging NCAA Amateurism Just Cleared Another Hurdle. Here’s How It Got Started.
NCAA student-athletes cannot profit from their own image, name, or likeness. The Fair Pay to Play Act seeks to change that. -
Doubtful Donor
Financier Charged With Sex Trafficking Has Given Millions to Harvard
The university declined to comment on whether it plans to return any of the donations given by Jeffrey Epstein, who was charged on Saturday with sex trafficking. -
News
This 5-Word Phrase Has Become a Mantra for Slashing College Budgets
In explaining historic cuts, Gov. Mike Dunleavy said Alaska’s universities can’t be “all things for all people.” He’s only the latest to use that message. -
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Scholars Push Back on Holocaust Museum’s Rejection of Historical Analogy
Hundreds of academics have signed an open letter calling the museum’s condemnation of Holocaust comparisons “a radical position that is far removed from mainstream scholarship.” -
Parental Concerns
Demand for Campus Child Care Is Growing. Choosing How to Provide It Can Be Fraught.
Campuses are increasingly outsourcing child care to for-profit companies, triggering protests from student and faculty parents. The issue has led administrators across the country to ask: Is the university best suited to provide these services, and is it worth the investment? -
News
Campuses Are Short on Mental-Health Counselors. But They’ve Got Plenty of Antidepressants.
The average wait for a first-time appointment among all college counseling centers is about seven business days, according to a report by the Association for University and College Counseling Center Directors. On many campuses, the path to a prescription is simpler. -
Backgrounder
‘Pass the Harasser’ Is Higher Ed’s Worst-Kept Secret. How Can Colleges Stop Doing It?
Worried about defamation suits and bad publicity, colleges often keep findings under wraps, but they’re facing pressure to be more transparent.