Feb. 18, 2022
The Chronicle of Higher Education Volume 68, Issue 12The Trends Report 2022
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Political InterferenceThe Red-State Disadvantage
Public flagships in conservative states face reputational and recruiting challenges. -
The Future of Enrollment
The Missing Hispanic Students
Higher ed’s future, and the economy, depends on their coming back to college. -
Reimagining Space
The Overbuilt Campus
After a yearslong surge in construction, colleges retrench and retool. -
The Faculty Experience
Tenure Without Teeth
The tradition will probably survive. But it could look very different. -
Who's In Charge Here?
College Presidents Created a Money Monster. Now Will They Tame It?
America has turned against the way college leaders run sports, with its billions in revenue and unpaid athletes. -
Life of the Mind
The Academic Conference Will Never Be the Same
The in-person conference is staging a comeback. But can it compete with the convenience of our computer screens? -
The Trends Report
4 Emerging Trends You Should Know About
Keep an eye out for these developments percolating across higher ed.
Also in the issue
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UF Backstory
‘I Swore an Oath’: Behind a U. of Florida Professor’s Plea to Testify Against the State
More than two weeks before controversy erupted over the institution’s denying scholars the right to be expert witnesses, one professor offered to take an unpaid leave to do so. -
Law and Power
3 Women Accused a Harvard Anthropologist of Harassment and Retaliation. Now They’re Suing.
The complaint contains explosive allegations against the university and John Comaroff. The plaintiffs’ stories were first told by The Chronicle in 2020. -
Campus Safety
‘This Is Not New’: Unsettled by Threats, HBCUs Reflect on a Long History of Racist Intimidation
As historically Black colleges and universities reel from a wave of bomb threats, experts reflect on racist violence from Reconstruction to the present. -
Data
States Show Recovery in Support for Higher Education
State spending on higher education in the 2022 fiscal year increased from the previous year — fueled, in part, by some states’ reversal of the funding cuts they made during the pandemic-induced recession. -
The Review | Opinion
Against Social-Mobility Rankings
They tell a simple story: Harvard is bad, CUNY and Cal State are good. It’s not that straightforward. -
The Review | Essay
Higher Ed’s Uncertain Financial Future
The overall outlook has improved. But there will be winners and losers. -
Advice
How to Give Our Students the Grace We All Need
Six ways that faculty members can better support students without exhausting ourselves in the effort. -
Advice
A Better Way to Increase Faculty Diversity
Institutions must go beyond vying for the same small group of minority scholars.
