Cover Story
Behind the Scenes
How a star journalist’s tenure bid entered higher ed’s caldron of politics, race, and money.
Highlights
The Review
A former dean of students loses faith in how colleges handle sexual assault.
The Review
Look beyond flagships, and you’ll see that privatization has had devastating consequences for racial and social equity.
Politics and the Academy
The money was supposed to be a lifeline. Instead it added fuel to a fire.
Also in the Issue
Race and History
Shedding a longtime label — even when it’s freighted with racist meaning — is a struggle for some leaders.
Eyes on Big Brother
The pandemic has supercharged the use of technology that monitors student behavior. Here’s why some are worried.
Abroad at Home
A more-optimistic picture of post-pandemic international enrollment emerges from a snapshot survey by the Institute of International Education.
Covid-19
The decline is seven times worse than that of the year before, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.
The Review
The existential problems facing higher education won’t end with the pandemic.
Work Force
The University of Utah’s decision-making process for its new telecommuting rules can serve as a guide for other colleges making similar transitions.
Advice
In our post-Covid personnel landscape, one-size-fits-all tenure and promotion policies are destined to fall short.
Advice
Senior administrators oversee a lot of performance evaluations, but what happens when they are the ones in the spotlight?