July 10, 2020

Professors, administrators, students, and staff on the most consequential question facing the sector.

With protests bringing new attention to America’s struggles with racism, a lack of diversity training for students from abroad could be a critical blind spot for colleges.

With higher ed in disarray, a prickly marketing professor at New York University has advice on what colleges should do next.

Here are steps they should take now.

In the wake of Covid-19, the divide between the faculty and the administration on what must be done seems wider than ever. Navigating it will not necessarily be good for your career.

African Americans make up about 27 percent of the state’s populace but account for just 10 percent of the flagship’s undergraduate enrollment. Nationwide, the gap is wider in some states.

Empathetic gestures erase the people they’re meant to comfort.

Early promises made by administrators to listen to faculty input are making way for actual rulings on faculty requests. And like everything else during the coronavirus pandemic, the process is complicated and the results vary from institution to institution.

For some colleges, a later deposit deadline and strong retention of current students have helped make the headcount look more promising than it did earlier in the spring.

Many colleges are planning to return to campus, but some of the costs remain unknown, according to a Chronicle survey.