July 23, 2021
The Chronicle of Higher Education Volume 67, Issue 23Cover Story
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Enrollment and RetentionThe Missing Men
The gender gap among college students only worsened during the pandemic. Is it a problem people have the will to solve?
Highlights
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The Nikole Hannah-Jones Saga
How Chapel Hill Bungled a Star Hire
In the Nikole Hannah-Jones tenure case, leaders settled for less and wound up with nothing. -
The Nikole Hannah-Jones Saga
‘A Place That Was Built for Us’: How Howard U. Landed Nikole Hannah-Jones
While a protracted controversy played out in Chapel Hill, Howard seized an opportunity. -
'Riven by Discord'
At UNC, the Damage Is Done
No matter what happens to Nikole Hannah-Jones’s tenure, people of color have lost trust in Chapel Hill. -
The Review
A Scholarly Screw-Up of Biblical Proportions
Harvard Theological Review offers an exemplary guide on how not to do peer review.
Also in the issue
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Leadership
This College President Led Pandemic-Era Cuts. Now She’s Moving On.
Shirley M. Collado is leaving Ithaca College to become chief executive of a nonprofit that fosters college completion. -
Learning Loss
Could the Summer Slide Become a Covid Crash?
Pandemic learning loss threatens to turn achievement gaps into chasms. -
Student Debt
The Plan to Resume Federal Student-Loan Repayments in October Just Hit an Obstacle
A loan servicer’s exit may seem like good news for student borrowers, but it raises pressure on the White House to extend payment delays or grant loan forgiveness. -
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The Review
MIT and Harvard Have Sold Higher Education’s Future
Handing over edX to a private company is a gross betrayal. -
Advice
Your Most Important Resource Is Eyeing the Door
What colleges and universities need now is compassion, but not for the reasons you might think. -
Advice
I Went to a Boot Camp for Department Chairs. Was It Worth It?
A professor in her first year as department head shares what she learned in a leadership-training workshop.
