Cover Story
Curriculum
Tulsa administrators have come under heavy fire for the university’s plan to slash 40 percent of its academic programming, primarily in the liberal arts.
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Also in the Issue
News
In its teaching guide, the Federal Aviation Administration offers insights and strategies that adapt well to college classrooms.
News
A new book argues that overuse of gig workers in higher education is ruining its values and impeding students from learning.
News
The latest books delve into issues like the struggles of Asian American female scholars and the motives behind efforts to end affirmative action.
Chronicle List
Donors gave large gifts to universities in the hope of improving research on psychiatric illnesses and driving economic growth in the technology sector.
News
In a new book the epidemiologist David Michaels outlines recent cases of the subversion of science by corporate interests.
Sexual Misconduct
Campus leaders from dozens of institutions met this week to brainstorm solutions to a pervasive problem in higher education. They focused on power dynamics that are unique to academic settings.
News
Alison Morrison-Shetlar is also the first person born outside the United States to lead the University of Lynchburg.
News
The university cited a failure to follow “standard procedures for holding events” as the reason to cancel. The decision follows clashes on several other campuses.
News
After a series of incidents shook the campus, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York criticized the chancellor’s handling of the events.
Small Colleges
Marlboro College plans to move its academic programs to Emerson College, becoming the latest small New England institution to confront the realities of demographic declines, rising costs, and plummeting enrollment.
News
A total of $3 million in donations will help Morehouse and Spelman Colleges and Prairie View A&M University attract and support professors.
News
He Violated Sexual-Misconduct Policy. He’s Back in the Classroom. What Should the University Do Now?
A professor’s behavior was inappropriate enough to warrant punishment but not dismissal. Some students are now protesting vehemently as he returns to teaching.
News
The university has new revenue streams. It’s restructuring its endowment management. And an American culture of greater skepticism about higher ed means colleges may bear the brunt of any downturn on many fronts.
Admissions
After an unexpected boom in students, its entering class fell from 323 to 263, which meant a big decline in tuition revenue.