Jan. 17, 2020
The Chronicle of Higher Education Volume 66, Issue 17Cover Story
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Meet the New International Student
Budget-conscious, job-focused, and maybe already in your backyard.
Highlights
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Innovation
A Cash-Strapped University Bet on Student Success — and Grew
A major investment in undergraduate support, close attention to data, and a shift in the way it allocates resources gave the University of Rhode Island a lot to celebrate.
Commentary
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The Review
Why I Won’t Let My Classes Be Recorded
If students are too afraid to express their opinions, is real learning taking place? -
Advice
Public Writing and the Junior Scholar
How should we “count” public writing and service for tenure and promotion?
Also In the Issue
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Chronicle List
Where Do History and English Majors Come From?
Even as the overall numbers of history and English majors dropped, some colleges were graduating hundreds of majors in those fields. -
News
In 25 Years, This LGBTQ Campus Leader Has Seen It All
Doug Bauder, who just retired from Indiana University at Bloomington, talks about a changed climate in the campus’s home state. “Stop thinking Mike Pence, and start thinking Pete Buttigieg.” -
News
Transitions: St. Thomas Aquinas College Names New President, Cornell College Selects Chief Academic Officer
Kenneth Daly, an energy executive, will take the helm at St. Thomas Aquinas. Cornell College has named a new vice president for academic affairs. -
Race on Campus
Student at Center of ‘Napping While Black’ Furor Lashes Out at Yale Officials and ‘Woke Intersectional Feminists’
The woman who complained to the campus police about a black student sleeping in a dormitory common room says in an essay that she was “cybermobbed and defamed” as a result of the episode. -
Obama’s 2020 Challenge
Happy New Year, Higher Ed: You’ve Missed Your Completion Goal
The United States hasn’t come close to achieving President Obama’s target of leading the world in college attainment by 2020. But his challenge inspired a nationwide movement that shows no sign of slowing. -
News
Spending on Higher Education Keeps Rising, but at ‘Modest Levels’ for Most States
State appropriations to the sector rose by 5 percent over the last year, according to an annual survey. -
News
A Nearly All-White Video Drew Attention to Diversity at Wisconsin. Here’s How Other Flagships Measure Up.
A promotional video produced in September by the homecoming committee at the University of Wisconsin at Madison drew ire for not featuring students of color, but this isn’t the first time the flagship has faced a diversity-related snafu. -
News
Was It Wrong for a Professor to Show a Student Video Parodying a Hitler Film — or for UMass to Remove Her for It?
The flagship university called it “objectively offensive” for a lecturer of accounting to screen an extra-credit parody project. Several students left the class to protest the administration’s decision. -
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How Russian Lessons, Phone Calls, and a Corps of Volunteers Helped a Grad Student Endure 3 Years in an Iranian Prison
After being arrested while doing research for his history dissertation, Xiyue Wang relied on a network of friends, colleagues, and strangers to support him — and help him continue his studies. -
Research
Many Public Universities Refuse to Reveal Professors’ Conflicts of Interest
ProPublica has assembled the first state-by-state database of professors’ outside income and employment. But it’s far from complete. -
Campus Safety
Last Year a U. of Chicago Police Officer Shot a Student Suffering a Mental-Health Crisis. Now Campus Activists Are Reigniting Calls for Change.
Charles Thomas was nearing the end of his senior year when he was shot during a “manic and delusional” episode in the spring of 2018. -
News
Why More Colleges Are Teaching Financial Wellness
Finances are a major stressor for students and an obstacle to college completion and success. So colleges are stepping in.
