Sept. 20, 2024
The Chronicle of Higher EducationVolume 71, Issue 2Highlights
'The tenor of the times'
Are they a victim of politics, conceptually flawed, or here to stay?
Underwhelming Outcomes
Scant evidence, and mixed results, suggest it doesn’t.
The Review | Forum
Eleven scholars on politics, partisanship, and the professoriate.
The Review | Essay
Testing can do more than help elite colleges select a small handful of students.
Also in the Issue
Student Activism
Rallies and demonstrations are again testing administrators’ ability to decipher between antisemitism and free speech. A new guide developed by scholars aims to help.
'This Is the Playbook'
The university announced that its foundation will stop investing in companies that make money from weapons manufacturing, a move one student organizer described as “historic.”
Austerity Academy
Leaders at regional public colleges say the decisions were painful but necessary. Professors fear there will be larger costs.
Collateral Quarrel
As the now-closed Finlandia University fought to stay open, it pledged restricted gifts as collateral on a loan. A court fight over the decision demonstrates risks for struggling colleges everywhere.
Advice
Four ways to approach what may be yet another “unprecedented” year in higher education.
The Review | Opinion
Colleges are the wrong target. Students should direct their efforts elsewhere.
The Review | Opinion
The current professionalized student sport regime makes learning impossible.
Advice
Generative AI is just one more crisis for administrators, but it may very well be the one with the most long-term effects on institutions and careers.