Oct. 15, 2021
The Chronicle of Higher Education Volume 68, Issue 4Cover Story
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Fair FinancingThe Betrayal of Historically Black Colleges
For decades, states have been funding their white campuses while starving their Black ones. In Tennessee, that could finally change.
Highlights
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Emerging From the Pandemic
Higher Ed’s Rocky Reboot
Stretched supply chains and short-staffed campuses have left students hungry and parents angry. -
The Review
The Quiet Crisis of Parents on the Tenure Track
Parenthood can be punishing for academics. Too often, colleges fail them. -
The Review
On (Not) Sleeping With Your Students
The philosopher Amia Srinivasan on sex, ethics, consent, and Freud.
Also in the issue
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Gender Equity
A University Tried to Correct Its Pay Gaps. Some Professors Feel Shortchanged.
A Rutgers faculty member who learned she made $21,000 less than two peers says she’s being offered a $2,000 raise. She’s not happy. -
Dept. of Deeply Weird
Why Did a Peer-Reviewed Journal Publish Hundreds of Nonsense Papers?
They’re ridiculous mash-ups of sports research and geological sciences. How so many of them made it into a journal is a mystery, but there are some clues. -
Data
Students Are Poised to Protest. Are Colleges Prepared?
Campus protests and polarization were seen as the lowest-priority issue among senior administrators in a new survey. -
Advice
It’s Time to Cancel the Word ‘Rigor’
If it’s code for “some students deserve to be here, and some don’t,” then it needs to go. -
The Review
In Defense of Disinterested Knowledge
When we judge scholarship only as politics, something crucial is lost. -
Advice
How to Deal With the Dark Side of Social Media
Advice on helping faculty and staff members who have become the targets of internet trolls. -
Advice
3 Ways to Train Leaders and Why Your Campus Should
A lot of administrators could benefit from leadership training. Here are the pros and cons of different options.
