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Feb. 19, 2021
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Volume 67, Issue 12

The Trends Report 2021

21st-Century Higher Ed
Cuts alone will not be enough to turn colleges’ fortunes around.
Community Relations
The stakes have never been higher for this key relationship.
The 2021 Trends Report
New ways of monitoring health and academic performance won’t just disappear after the pandemic subsides.
The Future of Research
The pandemic may do lasting damage to the pipeline of academic researchers.
Racial Reckonings
This may be a watershed moment in the history of higher education and race.

Also in the Issue

Academic Freedom
A flurry of recent activity shows lawmakers’ intense focus on campus culture wars amid broader national clashes over how America’s history is remembered.
Sexual Harassment
The former professor reported another faculty member, Jorge Domínguez, for sexual harassment in the 1980s. An external investigation found problems with how the institution responded.
A Secret Life Revealed
Before he died, Bart van Alphen admitted to tweeting “many offensive statements” and said he had participated in a subculture that “traffics in dark, cynical humor.”
Data
While application volume is up from a year ago, troubling trends loom for low-income and first-generation students.
The Review
The Board of Regents is working to weaken tenure. But all is not yet lost.
The Review
It’s time for a wholesale reimagining of faculty careers.
The Review
Radical rhetoric won’t save the humanities, but neither will humanist nostrums.
Advice
The initial meeting of candidate and committee can be awkward and even misleading, but it doesn’t have to be.