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June 7, 2024
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Volume 70, Issue 20

Cover Story

What Motivates Students
Many workers care more about finding purpose in their jobs than they do about pay. Why did colleges stop emphasizing their role in the search for meaning?

Highlights

Held Accountable
By Francie Diep May 22, 2024
On the eve of the Committee on Education and the Workforce’s latest round of university president-grilling, Rutgers’ president finds himself under fire from multiple directions.
'There’s Some Kind of Mistake'
By Adrienne Lu May 21, 2024
Labor activism has graduate teaching assistants out-earning some faculty members in the University of California system.
The Review | Opinion
By Stephen Burd May 23, 2024
Funds that once went to students in need are now spent on climbing the rankings.

Also in the Issue

A Sea Change
By Nell Gluckman May 24, 2024
The agreement, by the NCAA and the nation’s most high-powered athletic conferences, is part of a historic settlement that still faces review by a judge.
Disciplined for Diplomacy
By Kate Hidalgo Bellows May 17, 2024
Critics say the agreements excuse protesters’ rhetoric and violations of campus policy.
Enrollment Tension
By Eric Kelderman May 17, 2024
The FAFSA mess has left colleges swimming in financial uncertainty.
The Review | Opinion
By Phillip Levine, Luke Pardue May 16, 2024
It’s time to retire skepticism around the value of a degree.
The Review | Opinion
By Joe Gow May 22, 2024
The University of Wisconsin system took my chancellorship. Now it wants my job.
Advice
By Leonard Cassuto May 21, 2024
How collective bargaining is already starting to alter the landscape of doctoral education.
Advice
Six questions to answer first if you’re thinking about opening your own business.