Jan. 21, 2022
The Chronicle of Higher Education Volume 68, Issue 10Cover story
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BackstoriesHer University Celebrated Her Inspiring Story. Then It Started Asking Questions.
After an anonymous email, the University of Pennsylvania went to extraordinary lengths to verify a student’s story — reaching out to dozens of people and scrutinizing what she had written about herself in several essays.
Highlights
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Academic Culture
Why the Science of Teaching Is Often Ignored
There’s a whole literature on what works. Why don’t more instructors act on it? -
Leadership
Who Wants to Be a College President?
A growing list of job demands is changing how leaders are hired.
Also in The Issue
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Legal Recourse
These Tenured Professors Were Laid Off. Here’s How They Got Their Jobs Back.
A state supreme court ruled that the College of Saint Rose violated its own faculty manual in sacking four music professors — a decision the plaintiffs are calling a victory for the sanctity of tenure. -
Admissions
3 Things to Know About the Latest High-Profile Admissions Lawsuit
The suit accuses 16 private colleges of participating in a “price-fixing cartel” and says 170,000 former students could be eligible to join the case as plaintiffs. -
Academic Labor
After 2-Month Strike, Columbia U. and Student Workers Reach Tentative Agreement
The strikers voted on Friday to end their 10-week walkout, which was the longest higher education had seen in more than a decade. -
Data
Where Research Spending Keeps Going Up
Twenty-one institutions spent at least $1 billion on research and development in 2020, according to a new federal report. -
The Review
When Administrators Make Mistakes
They are being pushed to deny complexity, ignore ambiguity, and denigrate opposing viewpoints. -
The Review | Essay
University Finances Face a Long Road to Recovery
The path to pre-pandemic norms is uncertain. -
The Review | Essay
This Is the Way the Humanities End
A recent book review by Louis Menand carries the field further along the path to oblivion. -
Advice
How to Hire Leaders Better Than Yourself
A former university president offers advice on the art of recruiting senior administrators. -
Advice
7 (More) Qualities to Look For in a College President
Here are the leadership traits that campus search committees want in a chief executive right now. -
Advice
Doctoral Students Hiring Career Consultants? This Must Stop
Why academe needs a bill of rights that spells out what faculty advisers must do for their graduate students on the job market.
