Jan. 20, 2023
The Chronicle of Higher Education Volume 69, Issue 10Cover Story
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LeadershipHow Mitch Daniels Made Purdue a University Conservatives Can Love
Was his tenure a model for how to navigate the partisan divide over higher ed?
Highlights
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The Review | Essay
Higher Ed Is a Land of Dead-End Jobs
Colleges have done a spectacularly bad job of managing talent. -
The Review | Essay
The Terrible Tedium of ‘Learning Outcomes’
Accreditors’ box-checking and baroque language have taken over the university. -
Academic Publishing
Is It Time to Pay Peer Reviewers?
The system is in trouble. New incentives — money and more recognition — might fix it.
Also in the issue
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Academic Freedom
Fla. Governor Asked All Public Universities for Spending Data on Diversity and Critical Race Theory
In a memo, the office of Gov. Ron DeSantis suggested that the information might be used to prepare “policy and budget proposals” for the next legislative session. -
Academic Publishing
How Gender Bias Worsened the Peer-Review Crisis
Peer reviewers are one of the fundamental checks in the academic-publishing process, but editors report they are becoming harder to find. Women researchers may be an underutilized pool. -
Campus Safety
Does Criminology Have a Crime Problem? Not at All, Experts Say.
The University of Idaho murder case is the latest high-profile crime with a suspect who studied criminology. But those in the field say there’s no pattern. -
Data
What Happened After the Great Online Pivot of 2020?
The share of students enrolled solely in distance education dropped after hitting a high point during the pandemic, but it’s still almost double what it was beforehand. -
The Review | Opinion
Where Are the Low-Income Students? Not Here.
Fairfield, Tulane, Elon, and Oberlin are among the institutions that enroll the smallest share of Pell-eligible students. -
The Review | Opinion
Most of All, I Am Offended as a Muslim
On Hamline University’s shocking imposition of narrow religious orthodoxy in the classroom. -
The Review | Essay
Against the Writing Center
Teaching composition shouldn’t require so much jargony pseudoscience. -
Advice
How to Retain Your Best Staff Members
Four tips from a former student-affairs administrator on how to improve work culture on campus.
