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Dec. 9, 2022
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Volume 69, Issue 8

Cover Story

A Growing Revolt
High-ranking law schools have taken the abrupt step of disavowing the much-cited list. But don’t expect the magazine’s influence to wane anytime soon.

Highlights

The Review | Opinion
College reputations are fixed, valuable, and based on almost no hard evidence.
The Review | Opinion
This is the best chance to kill the conformist pseudoscience of U.S. News, once and for all.
The Review | Essay
How I became the subject of an equity investigation at the University of Michigan.
Higher Ed Under Fire
A Florida committee once hunted for gay people in its universities. Sixty years later, the effects linger.

Also in the Issue

Genetics Research
Researchers say applications to a database overseen by the National Institutes of Health were rejected because they might lead to stigma. Exactly what this means, though, isn’t clear.
Advice
Wasn’t tenure the Holy Grail of academe? I had made it. Why wasn’t I overjoyed?
The Review | Opinion
Why enrich someone whose career ended in controversy?
College Admissions
Over 800 colleges shifted to test-optional policies between the fall of 2019 and the fall of 2021.
'1984' Meets 2022
Judge Mark Walker’s ruling blocks the state’s Board of Governors from enforcing a law championed by Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Enrollment Plunge
The demographic cliff has already arrived in some parts of the country, forcing administrators to make tough decisions.
Leadership Upheaval
Her planned resignation, “a difficult decision,” she said, comes less than three years into a five-year contract.
Advice
What to expect in your first year in academic administration.