May 28, 2021
The Chronicle of Higher Education Volume 67, Issue 19Cover Story
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Sexual AssaultIs a Fair Title IX System Possible?
After a decade of debate over campus sexual assault, the rules are about to be upended again.
Highlights
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The Financial Picture
Why Doomsday Hasn’t Happened
Most colleges averted financial disaster. But the pandemic will still have a lasting impact. -
State Politics
The Academic Concept Conservative Lawmakers Love to Hate
How critical race theory became Enemy No. 1 in the battle against higher ed. -
The Review
‘If We Don’t Adapt, We Will Wither Away’
Louis Menand on how the university came to absorb all of culture — and what happens next.
Also in The Issue
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Leadership
In South Carolina, a Presidency Never Got Over Its Tainted Start
Robert Caslen’s resignation brings an abrupt end to a tenure marred by political meddling and challenged by cultural disconnects. -
Administration
First the U. of Vermont Announced Cuts. Then Enrollment Spiked. Now What?
The pandemic brought immense uncertainty and steep reductions to college budgets. Vermont’s scramble for staffers shows the risk of cutting too quickly. -
Campus Health
These Colleges Won’t Mandate a Covid-19 Vaccine. Instead, They’ll Try to Entice.
Some institutions are telling students they can have a more in-person fall if a certain percentage of the campus gets immunized voluntarily. Will such incentives work? -
Mental Health
Students Struggling With Mental Health Often Confide in Professors. They Want More Guidance on How to Help.
Nearly 80 percent of professors talked about mental-health issues with students during the past year, but less than a third had been trained in how to do so. -
Post-Pandemic Workplace
At Some Colleges, Remote Work Could Be Here to Stay
For months, colleges have weighed the risks and rewards of bringing students back to campuses disrupted by Covid-19. Now they’re considering what to do about their employees. -
Advice
Want to Combat the ‘Privilege Payoff’? Here’s How
Inequitable workloads persist across lines of gender and race, but they don’t have to. -
The Review
Why We Should Abolish the Campus Police
Their power, reach, and misplaced interests make them a threat to our communities. -
Advice
A Candidate-First Model of Faculty Hiring for Cruel Times
How do you recruit faculty members during a pandemic, to a campus they’ve never set foot on?
