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Newsletter Archive
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Sept. 22, 2023Academe Today: Americans value good teaching. Do colleges?
In defense of the beleaguered academic book review; the Classic Learning Test, now accepted in Florida; teaching skepticism of ChatGPT; and more. -
Sept. 21, 2023
Academe Today: After affirmative action and legacy admissions, will early decision be the next to go?
Gutting language programs would be a disaster; the rise of “anti-science aggression"; more on Vanderbilt and “U.S. News"; publishing advice; and more. -
Sept. 20, 2023
Academe Today: A college president in Florida tried to resign. Then things got weird.
Vanderbilt assails “U.S. News” emphasis on social mobility; new lawsuit seeks to block race-conscious admissions at West Point too; and more. -
Sept. 19, 2023
Academe Today: Gen Z is ready to talk. Are professors ready to listen?
Michigan State fires coach over alleged harassment; staff diversity at four-year colleges; whether administrators have academic freedom; and more. -
Sept. 18, 2023
Academe Today: New scandal at Michigan State raises old question: Why does this keep happening?
At one university, huge classes feel small; educational resistance grows at New College of Fla.; little changes in new “U.S. News” rankings; and more. -
Sept. 15, 2023
Academe Today: Higher ed’s work-force-retention problems aren’t going away
Colorado College will accept students from anti-DEI states; Dartmouth athletes seek to unionize; tailoring cover letters for faculty jobs; and more. -
Sept. 14, 2023
Academe Today: Dissolution of university partnership in Indiana poses novel risk to tenure
Survey finds bipartisan opposition to government role in curricula; adult-student groups merge; pressures grow on Chinese students in U.S.; and more. -
Sept. 13, 2023
Academe Today: When your professor disappears and no one will tell you why
AI means professors must raise their grading standards; the abandonment of Betty Friedan; your department’s generational stalemate; and more. -
Sept. 12, 2023
Academe Today: What will determine AI’s impact on college teaching? 5 signs to watch.
Michigan State faces fresh questions after suspending football coach; ultra-low-interest loans are a shady, secret presidential perk; and more. -
Sept. 11, 2023
Academe Today: The long history of universities displacing Black people
The linchpin job between president and board; what’s needed in your next president; ghost students, a new cyberthreat at two-year colleges; and more.
