Sept. 6, 2019
The Chronicle of Higher Education Volume 66, Issue 1Cover Story
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NewsPrinceton Climate Scientists Tried to Ignore a Campus Skeptic. Then He Went to the White House.
The ascent of William Happer as a science adviser to President Trump raises questions about how scholars should respond when facing outsiders’ attacks on their foundational knowledge.
Highlights
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News
To Raise Numbers of Underrepresented Scholars, Mentorship and Time Are Key
Native Americans are underrepresented in master’s and doctoral programs. Removing the hurdles they face takes more than just financial support.
Commentary
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The Review
The Revolt of the Feminist Law Profs
Jeannie Suk Gersen and the fight to save Title IX from itself. -
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The Review
Sleep Pods, Plush Carpets, and the Dark Heart of the NCAA
Where the grievances of professors and the exploitation of athletes come together. -
The Review
Too Noxious for Tenure?
Academic freedom was invented to protect scholars with reprehensible views. -
Advice
Becoming Full Professor While Black
A black woman’s recent promotion to the top faculty rank happened, she writes, “not because times have changed, but because I beat the odds.” -
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Advice
Is It Crossing a Line for a Search Consultant to Counsel a Job Candidate?
As “headhunters,” we may be able to clarify things for you about an executive search, but we’re not going to coach you. -
Advice
5 Easy Fixes for a Broken Faculty Job Market
The way we hire tenure-track professors takes a toll on candidates and departments. Here’s how the system could be better.
Also In the Issue
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Chronicle List
Top Colleges for Sustainability
A Canadian university and Stanford University had the highest overall scores on the 2019 Sustainable Campus Index. -
News
Transitions: Kentucky Christian U. Names New President, New Student-Affairs Chief at Seminole State
Terry Allcorn, dean of business and hospitality at Valencia College, is the next president of Kentucky Christian. -
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Strikes at Colleges Are at a 7-Year High as Unions Rebound
Last year saw the most strikes across colleges since 2012, more than double the number in 2017, a new study found. More unions have formed in the same period. -
Admissions
Facing Criticism, College Board Backs Away From ‘Adversity Score’
The score, intended to contextualize students’ performance on the SAT, drew complaints for oversimplifying their experience, among other concerns. -
News
This Professor Compared a Columnist to a Bedbug. Then the Columnist Contacted the Provost.
“I would welcome the opportunity for you to come to my home, meet my wife and kids, talk to us for a few minutes, and then call me a ‘bedbug’ to my face,” wrote Bret Stephens, of The New York Times. -
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‘He Was Just Babbling, Basically.’ Students Say Their Professor Spent Class Time Touting Conspiracy Theories.
A Mesa Community College instructor reportedly showed a QAnon video, shared his view that John F. Kennedy Jr. faked his own death, and railed about collapsing media conglomerates, porn, and Satanism. -
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How Partisan Divisions Roiled Colorado’s Search for a New System President
Emails obtained by The Chronicle show how the regents’ political affiliations often colored their views of the candidacy of Mark Kennedy. -
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U. of Tulsa Faculty to Ask Oklahoma’s Attorney General to Halt Controversial Restructuring Plan
A universitywide reorganization proposal has sparked an outcry from faculty, students, and alumni for its drastic cuts, mainly in the humanities. Some professors say the state’s top lawmaker may be the only one who can stop it. -
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A College Applicant Writes About Mental-Health Challenges. Should Admissions Red-Flag That File?
Critics say marking those applications for further review is discriminatory. But many in admissions say it is a common-sense way to keep campuses as safe as possible, and to make sure prospective students have the resources they need. -
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The New Norm for Back to School: Active-Shooter-Response Training
As faculty and students return to campuses nationwide, some orientations are incorporating preparation for the worst-case scenario. -
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Columbia Had Little Success Placing English Ph.D.s on the Tenure Track. ‘Alarm’ Followed, and the University Responded.
The graduate students want the department to open up its idea of what placement should be, the chair said. “We’re willing to do that, and we’ve started.” -
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Alaska Regents Vote to Terminate Exigency Declaration
The governor’s decision to relent to smaller cuts means the financial-emergency procedure isn’t needed, for now. -
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‘Ignorance of the Past Will Not Save Us From Its Price’: a Duke Scholar on Teaching the History of White Supremacy
The author of The Blood of Emmett Till says Americans on both the right and the left lack the political will to confront the country’s racial predicament.
