Sept. 27, 2019

The administrators who handle sexual-misconduct investigations aren’t sticking around for long. That’s because they have one of the toughest jobs on campus.

“Reacting to the Past” began as one professor’s experiment to enliven a dull class. Now it’s at 500 colleges and counting.

Outside of the most highly publicized campus-culture clashes, students and professors are more open-minded than critics give them credit for.

2013 September 9 Students at the City U. of New York protest the institution’s appointment of David Petraeus to a teaching position, calling the former head of the Central Intelligence Agency a “war criminal” and a “scumbag.” Some of them are arrested. October 29 Student activists at Brown U.…

Among students, liberals do outnumber conservatives. But a large share are moderates, and different types of institutions see different proportions of students claiming one of five political identities.

They are less likely to tolerate some hateful viewpoints than previous generations. But that doesn’t mean they’ve completely abandoned free-speech principles.

The concept is complicated, but you wouldn’t know that by walking around college campuses.

It’s pretending to be politically neutral that hurts teaching and learning.

I used to say, “This is my opinion; you may differ.” No more.

Beyond identity politics, cultural and educational immersion and solidarity draw students to residences geared toward ethnic, sexual, religious, and other minority groups.

What happened at the University of Chicago shows how much campus debates over thorny political issues can escalate in 2019.

They have created courses to teach students how to think critically about divisive topics, examine their own biases, and better understand why some people think differently than they do.

Colleges can do more to guide students toward productive forms of political engagement.

We examined every closure, merger, and acquisition from the last few years. The results aren’t promising.

A new academic year means lots and lots of meetings. Here’s how to make them more productive and less contentious.

The experience of one recent president is an object lesson in why most leaders “hold on for dear life and just hope that athletics doesn’t take them down.”

Records obtained by The Chronicle show that Beth Cabrera was paid by George Mason University for contract work while her husband, Ángel Cabrera, served as its chief. The case sheds light on a gray area of college leadership.

After three letters, two town halls, and one sit-in, the president finally responded.

How professors can make their geekiness work for them in the classroom, and families’ difficulties with the admissions process are among the latest book topics.

Two weeks is too meager, an example of white privilege, and another nail in the coffin of meritocracy, according to the Twitterati.

A retired professor who started teaching college students in his mid-50s offers advice on the best ways to prepare students for the real world.

An essay by a journalist who earned a Ph.D. reminds a writing instructor that academic writing shouldn’t forsake good storytelling.

One of the few remaining men’s colleges in the country received a $30-million gift for the construction of a new science facility.

Peter Goplerud was previously dean of Florida Coastal School of Law. Teresa Sullivan will become interim chief academic officer at Michigan State.

Amid heightened scrutiny of America’s research relationship with China, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy will bring together different agencies to devise guidelines and best practices.

A lawsuit accuses Wesleyan University of “aiding and abetting” defamatory claims that a faculty member was a sexual predator.

Despite serving high-risk populations, the offices that oversee fraternities and sororities have long been a low priority on many campuses.

Like other colleges, the University of Arizona has pledged to offer four years of free tuition to all Pell Grant-eligible, in-state freshmen. It’s part of a course correction after the Great Recession.

The logistical reality of the Fair Pay to Play Act looms. Several experts envision what legal and economic scenarios await both the NCAA and the colleges affected.

When Hampshire College failed to meet its enrollment needs this past spring, it made the drastic decision to slash its freshman class. Now, its students — and its new president — hope the unconventional institution can rise from the ashes.

Six Title IX coordinators have worked at the college in the past three academic years. One lasted only a month.