July 8, 2022
The Chronicle of Higher Education Volume 68, Issue 22Cover Story
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The Undergraduate ExperienceRaising Graduation Rates Takes a Culture Shift — and a Lot More
Engineering a better college experience requires more than tinkering around the edges.
Highlights
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Package
The College Choice
A series about college applicants and the circumstances that shaped their choices this spring. -
Prestige Encounters
Where the Rankers Meet the Ranked
Want to understand the relationship between a ubiquitous ranking and the colleges on it? An annual meeting tells the story.
also in the issue
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Post-'Roe' America
Will the Fall of ‘Roe’ Change the College-Going Landscape?
Some students and professors say they’re thinking seriously about staying away from campuses in states where abortion is outlawed. They may be outliers. -
Plagiarism Charge
This Historian Doesn’t Shy Away From Fights Online. Now He’s on the Defensive.
Kevin Kruse is known for correcting and skewering right-wing pundits and politicians. Now he’s been accused of lifting sentences in his dissertation, and his enemies are piling on. -
Marketing
‘Whose Brilliant Idea Was This?’: How Ohio State Successfully Trademarked the Word ‘THE’
Records show the unusual brand word wasn’t popular with everyone in the university community. And one expert called its approval “a very stupid decision.” -
Academic Job Market
Oh, the Places They’ll Go With a Ph.D.
About 40 percent of those who earned doctorates in 2020 found jobs in academe, about the same share as those who were offered positions in industry. -
The Review | Essay
The Season of Our Professorial Discontent
The professor-student relationship has been irrevocably changed — and not for the better. -
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The Review | Essay
The Hysterical Style in American Academe
On the ideological posturing and moral nitpicking of the very online. -
Advice
How to Leave a Higher-Education Career on Your Own Terms
Advice for administrators who are on the fence about continuing their career on a college campus.
