Cover Story
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Backgrounder
Life Inside the Title IX Pressure Cooker
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.
Highlights
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News
How an Idiosyncratic Role-Playing Game Became a Popular Teaching Tool
“Reacting to the Past” began as one professor’s experiment to enliven a dull class. Now it’s at 500 colleges and counting.
Diversity in Academe: Do Colleges Quash Conservative Views
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News
Have Campuses Become Ideological Echo Chambers? Not Necessarily
Outside of the most highly publicized campus-culture clashes, students and professors are more open-minded than critics give them credit for. -
News
Six Years of Campus Debate Over Diversity of Thought
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.… -
Just How Liberal Are College Students? What the Data Show
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. -
News
Students’ Attitudes Toward Controversial Speech Are Changing. Here’s Why.
They are less likely to tolerate some hateful viewpoints than previous generations. But that doesn’t mean they’ve completely abandoned free-speech principles. -
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‘Social Justice,’ According to Whom?
The concept is complicated, but you wouldn’t know that by walking around college campuses. -
Commentary
Professors, Are You Hiding Your Politics? Bad Idea
It’s pretending to be politically neutral that hurts teaching and learning. -
Commentary
How Trump Changed the Way I Teach
I used to say, “This is my opinion; you may differ.” No more. -
News
Students in Affinity Houses Say They’re Not All About Identity
Beyond identity politics, cultural and educational immersion and solidarity draw students to residences geared toward ethnic, sexual, religious, and other minority groups. -
News
2 Students Tried to Talk About Abortion. It Spiraled Beyond Their Control.
What happened at the University of Chicago shows how much campus debates over thorny political issues can escalate in 2019. -
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These Professors Help Students See Why Others Think Differently
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. -
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Student Activism Is Often Uncivil. We Can Change That.
Colleges can do more to guide students toward productive forms of political engagement.
Commentary
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The Review
A Merger Won’t Save Your College
We examined every closure, merger, and acquisition from the last few years. The results aren’t promising. -
Advice
10 Ways to Better Manage Your Meetings
A new academic year means lots and lots of meetings. Here’s how to make them more productive and less contentious.
Also In the Issue
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News
80 Years Ago, a Football Powerhouse Ditched the Sport as a ‘Crass’ Distraction. Why Haven’t More Colleges Followed Suit?
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.” -
News
He Was the President. His Wife Was Getting Payments From the University. Is That a Problem?
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. -
Campus Criticism
Since U. of Alabama Dean’s Resignation, Students and Faculty Have Demanded Answers From a Silent Administration
After three letters, two town halls, and one sit-in, the president finally responded. -
News
Selected New Books on Higher Education
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. -
Admissions
Felicity Huffman Was Sentenced to 14 Days for the ‘Varsity Blues’ Scandal. Here’s What People Are Saying.
Two weeks is too meager, an example of white privilege, and another nail in the coffin of meritocracy, according to the Twitterati. -
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Giving Students What They Want: Transformation
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. -
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What I’m Reading: ‘Book Breaking and Book Mending’
An essay by a journalist who earned a Ph.D. reminds a writing instructor that academic writing shouldn’t forsake good storytelling. -
Chronicle List
Recent Private Gifts to Higher Education: Millions for Mental-Health Services and the Study of Compassion
One of the few remaining men’s colleges in the country received a $30-million gift for the construction of a new science facility. -
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Transitions: New Chief at Florida Coastal School of Law, Interim Provost Named at Michigan State U.
Peter Goplerud was previously dean of Florida Coastal School of Law. Teresa Sullivan will become interim chief academic officer at Michigan State. -
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White House Officials Will Visit Campuses to Discuss Foreign Threats to Research
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. -
Libel on the Quad
Are Colleges Complicit if They Fail to Keep Students From Defaming Professors?
A lawsuit accuses Wesleyan University of “aiding and abetting” defamatory claims that a faculty member was a sexual predator. -
News
‘Constant Firefighting’: Greek-Life Staffs Are Underpaid and Overworked. Here’s What Some Colleges Are Doing About It.
Despite serving high-risk populations, the offices that oversee fraternities and sororities have long been a low priority on many campuses. -
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Flagships Are Rolling Out New Need-Based Aid Programs for Low-Income Students. Why Now?
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. -
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California Is Poised to Challenge the NCAA Over Amateurism. Here’s What Could Happen Next.
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. -
Campus Life
‘Hampshire’s Not Dead’: Here’s What It’s Like to Be in Its 13-Person Freshman Class
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. -
Campus Safety
How a ‘Defunct’ Title IX Office and a Culture of Hypermasculinity Fueled a Sexual-Misconduct Problem at Morehouse College
Six Title IX coordinators have worked at the college in the past three academic years. One lasted only a month.