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Cover of the November 29, 2024, print issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education
Nov. 29, 2024
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Volume 71, Issue 7

Cover Story

President-elect Donald J. Trump
The Review | Forum
The Campus in the Second Age of Trump
What to expect, and what to do next.

Highlights

From left: William Inboden, Jon Sensbach, Ben Sasse, and David Richardson
'The Emperor Has No Clothes'
A GOP-Backed Center Stoked Faculty Paranoia at the U. of Florida. Then Ben Sasse Got Mad.
By Garrett Shanley
The inside story of how a president and a dean forced professors to cooperate with the Hamilton Center for Classical and Civic Education.
Illustration of a student pulling up his sleeve revealing glowing AI writing prompts on his arm and palm
Codes of Conduct
Cheating Has Become Normal
By Beth McMurtrie
Faculty members are overwhelmed, and the solutions aren’t clear.

Also In the Issue

Linda McMahon, former Administrator of Small Business Administration, speaks during the final night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Thursday, July 18, 2024.
Education Policy
A Former Trump Cabinet Official and Pro-Wrestling Magnate Is Tapped as Education Secretary
By Sarah Brown, Christa Dutton, Amanda Friedman, and others November 19, 2024
Linda McMahon, co-chair of Trump’s transition team, led the Small Business Administration under his first term as president. She was selected over a slate of potential candidates known for their conservative activism.
People hold signs that read "Mass Deportation Now!" on the third day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 17, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
'A Different Environment'
What Trump’s Threats of Mass Deportation Could Mean for Higher Ed
By Karin Fischer November 6, 2024
President-elect Donald J. Trump’s anti-immigrant stances and pledges have ratcheted up uncertainty and anxiety on college campuses, but experts and advocates cautioned against overreacting to the election outcome.
A printout of a resolution calling for boycott and divestment from Israel is photographed crumpled up on the floor. Photo by Michael Theis, The Chronicle
'Acting Like a Scaredy-Cat'
‘A Lot of Anguish’: Why the MLA Put an Anti-Israel Resolution on Ice
By Christa Dutton November 8, 2024
The Modern Language Association stopped a boycott, divest, and sanctions vote, fearing legal repercussions could mean financial loss. Critics say the group’s leaders caved to political censorship.
Illustration showing a classical statue under attack from pointed arrows
The Review | Opinion
We Asked for It
By Michael W. Clune November 18, 2024
The politicization of research, hiring, and teaching made professors sitting ducks.
Photo-based illustration of a baby crib turned upside down, placed over a college building
The Review | Essay
Stop Treating Students Like Babies
By Amna Khalid, Jeffrey Aaron Snyder November 8, 2024
They are citizens in a democracy, not infants in a nursery.
Illustration of a horizon, where a large mortarboard is cresting over the edge. The circle from the bottom of the mortarboard is forming a sunrise, and in the sunrise is a campus building.
The Edge
Notes from a White House Summit on Classrooms to Careers
The Biden administration seeks to burnish its record on non-college routes to a job.
Illustration showing a runner wearing a mortar board at the start of a race
Advice
The Job Search: Before You Apply
By Jennifer S. Furlong, Stacy M. Hartman November 1, 2024
How to prepare in the months before you begin sending out applications.