July 9, 2021
The Chronicle of Higher Education Volume 67, Issue 22Cover story
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Politics on CampusPresident on a Tightrope
Boise State’s leader must tread carefully through the culture war. Others may soon walk the same line.
Highlights
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Politics on Campus
Do Colleges Need a Foreign Policy?
Geopolitical tensions are affecting international academic partnerships. Where should colleges draw the line? -
International Students
Escaping Oblivion
A promising refugee dreams of college. He can’t make it on his own.
Also in the issue
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Key Vote
After Controversial Delay, UNC Awards Tenure to Nikole Hannah-Jones
The development was a dramatic turnabout in the saga that has come to symbolize public colleges’ vulnerability to political forces in a polarized country. -
Sophomores' 2nd Chance
The Other Freshman Class
Your first-year students aren’t the only ones finding their way around campus. -
Campus Speech
Florida Law Will Require Public Colleges to Survey for ‘Intellectual Freedom’ and ‘Viewpoint Diversity’
Calling colleges “hotbeds for stale ideology,” Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill that has been criticized as unnecessary and potentially chilling. -
Data
Inside the Numbers of One State’s Plan to Consolidate Its Public System of Higher Ed
As soon as next month, Pennsylvania’s state-university system could begin shrinking from 14 institutions to 10. -
The Review | Opinion
Enrolling More Students at Prestigious Colleges Is a Losing Strategy
Moving undergraduates up the selectivity ladder would do nothing to expand access. -
The Review
The Assault on Black Academics
Boards of trustees are increasingly making clear whose scholarship matters — and whose doesn’t. -
The Review
How to Truly Protect Academic Freedom
As with diversity efforts, colleges should devote an office to the subject. -
The Review
The Agony of the Internal Candidate
Inside hires are unfair to applicants and search committees alike.
