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Equity DebateAccreditor Could Require Diversity Efforts Despite Political Hostility
By mandating a review of how colleges reach underserved students, SACSCOC would defend hundreds of institutions from pressure by state lawmakers to get rid of DEI offices. -
Centralized Control
With Their Chancellor Likely Leaving, Chapel Hill Insiders Fear a New Leader Has Already Been Chosen
In North Carolina, the system president now largely controls the selection of campus chancellors. Sources say they expect a current member of the system’s board to take over the flagship.
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Dueling Complaints
She Accuses Her Former Adviser of ‘Sex Slavery.’ He Says She Consented.
Now Feifei Fan and Yanyao Jiang work in the same department, and their tangled case is headed for a Title IX showdown. -
Will Campuses Bite?
A Tech Giant Is Pitching a Robot Dog for Campus Security. It’s a Hard Sell.
It can run up to seven miles per hour, and climb stairs. Would you want it guarding your campus? -
Stagnating Rates
Too Many Students Still Aren’t Finishing College, New Report Says
Less than two-thirds of students earn a degree within six years of enrolling — a rate that hasn’t budged in three years. -
Campus Designs
Does Charlie Munger’s Death Finally Put an End to Dormzilla?
The University of California at Santa Barbara was vague on Wednesday about the fate of the $1.5-billion dormitory project, backed by the financier and set to house 3,500 students. -
'Say It Isn't So!!!!'
As a Chancellor Placed One Foot Out the Door, Pleas Filled His Inbox
Trustees, faculty, and donors made personal appeals to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill leader after news broke that he was a finalist for the Michigan State University presidency. -
Risk-Benefit Analysis
Can This University Make Scooters Safer?
They’re annoying and sometimes deadly — yet highly useful. Spin and Virginia Tech conducted a $400,000 study to find a middle ground. -
'A Journey for the Long Haul'
Where Do Colleges’ Antiracism Centers Go From Here?
Amid scrutiny from legislators and the public, the scholars who lead these centers are trying to defend their work. Six of them spoke with The Chronicle about what they’ve been working on. -
'Swirling chaos'
At MIT, Fear, Frustration, and Flailing Administrators
A combative pro-Palestinian protest on November 9 went viral. Administrators’ reactions inflamed both sides. -
Taken Out of Context?
An Instructor Defends Herself After U. of Arizona Punished Her for Talking About Hamas in Class
The comments, allegedly made in a class on early-childhood education, are the latest example of a contentious debate playing out on American campuses. -
Leadership
A University Taps an Election Denier as Its President
Youngstown State University’s board voted on Tuesday to select U.S. Rep. Bill Johnson, Republican of Ohio, amid campus protests alleging a lack of transparency.
