November 29, 2019
The Chronicle of Higher Education Volume 66, Issue 13Cover Story
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CurriculumTulsa Trustees Override Faculty to Uphold Academic-Restructuring Plan With Sweeping Cuts
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
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News
What I’m Reading: ‘Aviation Instructor’s Handbook’
In its teaching guide, the Federal Aviation Administration offers insights and strategies that adapt well to college classrooms. -
News
Academe as the Dystopian Workplace
A new book argues that overuse of gig workers in higher education is ruining its values and impeding students from learning. -
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Selected New Books on Higher Education
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
Recent Private Gifts to Higher Education: Support for Students’ Mental Health and the Study of Autism
Donors gave large gifts to universities in the hope of improving research on psychiatric illnesses and driving economic growth in the technology sector. -
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Why Scientists Defend Dangerous Industries
In a new book the epidemiologist David Michaels outlines recent cases of the subversion of science by corporate interests. -
Sexual Misconduct
Harassment Can Drive People Out of the Academy. Here Are 3 Ways Colleges Can Fight Back.
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. -
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Transitions: First Female President at U. of Lynchburg, New Provost Named at Walden U.
Alison Morrison-Shetlar is also the first person born outside the United States to lead the University of Lynchburg. -
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Columbia U. Canceled an Event on Chinese Human-Rights Violations. Organizers See a University Bowing to Intimidation.
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
Racist and Anti-Semitic Incidents Are Roiling Syracuse U. Now the Governor Is Stepping In.
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
A College Prepares to Close Its Doors as Students and Alums Mourn — and Scheme
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. -
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3 Foundations Join Forces to Support Black Colleges
A total of $3 million in donations will help Morehouse and Spelman Colleges and Prairie View A&M University attract and support professors. -
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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. -
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A Recession Is Looming. Even Harvard Is Uncertain About What That Means for Higher Ed.
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
Then Enrollment Fell Off a Cliff: How Beloit College Is Trying to Regain Students
After an unexpected boom in students, its entering class fell from 323 to 263, which meant a big decline in tuition revenue.
