March 5, 2021
The Chronicle of Higher Education Volume 67, Issue 13Cover story
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Financial AidThe Most Onerous Form in College Admissions
The Fafsa is tough, but the CSS Profile is grueling. There’s a human cost.
Highlights
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Covid on Campus
The College Where 1 in 4 Students Got Coronavirus
At Central Methodist University, in Missouri, student needs and well-intentioned but insufficient preparations meant a fall semester of vast infection. -
The Review
What a Public-Information Act Request Revealed About My College President
It showed a disturbing pattern of mismanagement and deceit.
Also in the issue
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Reopening Plans
Could Fall Bring Some Return to Normalcy? These Colleges Say Yes
Fall-semester plans overwhelmingly promise more in-person elements — with plenty of caveats. -
State Politics
Why Would Iowa Want to Kill Tenure?
Republicans in the state legislature are pushing a bill to eliminate tenure, threatening the reputation of Iowa’s public universities. -
State Politics
A Georgia Lawmaker Asked How Colleges Teach ‘Privilege’ and ‘Oppression.’ Here’s How They Responded.
The state system’s wide-reaching response to one lawmaker’s request shows the heavy lift that results when politicians probe how social issues are taught in classrooms. -
Finance
College Endowment Spending Rose and Returns Fell as the Pandemic Set In
The average one-year return on endowments was 1.8 percent, down from 5.3 percent the year before, according to a new survey. -
The Review
Regional Public Universities Don’t Need Rescuing
They’ve been treated shamefully, but they’re more resilient than people give them credit for. -
The Review
Are Social Justice and Tenure Compatible?
As Harvard’s denial of tenure consideration for Cornel West shows, universities embrace activist rhetoric, but not activists. -
The Review
Are Graduate Programs Pressing Pause — or Pulling the Plug?
Plans to temporarily suspend graduate admissions may backfire. -
Advice
Why Your ‘Objective’ Screening Rubric Produced Biased Results
Five things that search committees can do to move more women and people of color forward in the executive-hiring process.
