April 14, 2023
The Chronicle of Higher Education Volume 69, Issue 16Cover Story
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DisenchantmentThe Student-Professor Power Dynamic Has Shifted
That makes many faculty members nervous.
Highlights
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‘An Inflection Point’
Why Admissions Leaders Are Wearing Down, Burning Out, and Leaving Jobs They Once Loved
The field is losing top talent even as the stakes of enrollment work are getting higher. The roots of the problem run deep. -
Accreditation
How Accreditors Are Measuring Colleges’ Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Efforts
Six out of the seven major institutional agencies are developing ways to assess how colleges serve historically underrepresented students. -
Unfulfilled Predictions
When It Comes to College Closures, the Sky Is Never Going to Fall
Are you tired of reading nearly annual predictions of a looming wave of colleges shutting down? Not nearly as tired as one Chronicle reporter.
Also in the issue
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Faculty in the Cross Hairs
Florida’s Public-University Board Approves Firing Poorly Performing Tenured Professors
The governing board endorsed on Wednesday a process for post-tenure review that creates a uniform method for dismissals across the 12-campus State University System. -
Bills to Ban DEI
Colleges Could Be Flooded With Citizen Lawsuits Under Proposed DEI Legislation
Conservatives in some states want to deputize the general public to sue if they think a college is deploying banned diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. -
Bureaucracy
Does Stanford Have More Administrators Than Undergrads?
Betsy DeVos’s recent commentary in The Wall Street Journal said the university has more administrators than undergraduates. That’s true, but the full picture is much more nuanced. -
Community Colleges
Enrollment at Community Colleges Is Stabilizing. The Growing Presence of High-School Students Is Why.
Nearly one in five community-college students in the fall of 2021 was a dual-enrollee. -
The Review | Opinion
The Right-Wing War on Accreditation
Republicans are irate that their plans to remake higher education are being stymied. -
Advice
How Can ‘Inclusion’ Be a Bad Word?
What it’s like to be asked by state lawmakers to justify your life’s work. -
The Review | Opinion
Stanford Law Students’ Infantile Protests
Their hypersensitive activism will not make them good lawyers. -
Advice
Admin 101: The Difficult Mind Games of an Unexpected Promotion
How to cope with the psychological jolts that will greet you when you move into a leadership post on short notice.
