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May 17, 2022
Academe Today: The Provost Reported the President’s Husband for Harassment. Now It’s Complicated.
Explanations of college cost fail to account for the whole picture; the “motherhood penalty” some students face; and more. -
May 16, 2022
Academe Today: How the Hiring of a Campus President Landed Maine’s Chancellor and a Search Firm in Hot Water
More on presidential pressures; searchable data on race, ethnicity, and gender of faculty members; and more. -
May 13, 2022
Academe Today: An Aspiring Doctor Dreamed of Spelman. But Could She Afford to Go?
Why UNLV sold a prestigious literary magazine to a content farm; a new horror movie satirizes on-campus racism in sharp but uneven strokes; and more. -
May 12, 2022
Academe Today: How to Solve the Student-Disengagement Crisis
Uses and abuses of identity politics; a more open presidential search at Oregon State; the best career advice that mentors ever gave; and more. -
May 11, 2022
Academe Today: Saving Academic Freedom From Free Speech
Delaware State says one of its sports teams was the victim of racial profiling by Georgia police; Indiana U. grad students suspend strike; and more. -
May 10, 2022
Academe Today: No More Letters of Recommendation! (Opinion)
Tennessee’s test-optional pilot program lasted less than a year; how to heal a wounded workgroup you inherit; objectivity and journalism; and more. -
May 9, 2022
Academe Today: Why Women in College Sports Are Struggling With Mental Health
Course-sharing can help minority-serving colleges graduate more students; the gig economy and scholarly work; new letters to the editor; and more. -
May 6, 2022
Academe Today: The Uneven Climb From College to Career
The limits of academic freedom; report on online program managers; how Stanford’s $1.1-billion gift stacks up; our fixation on productivity; and more. -
May 5, 2022
Academe Today: The Cost of Leading While Black
A turning point for prison education; why you should cut students some slack; study abroad and completion; ambitious career-ed model closes; and more. -
May 4, 2022
Academe Today: What the Overturn of Roe v. Wade Could Mean for Colleges
Student-debt relief is headache for colleges; NYU backs down on hiring star researcher accused of harassment; big cuts at Henderson State; and more.