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Cal State hires AASCU leader; system could lock in annual tuition increases; MLB commissioner butchers college’s name; and more.

Graduate workers strike at U. of Michigan, a look inside family-leave policies in higher education, and more.

Jason Lee joined The Chronicle of Higher Education in 2022 as a copy editor. He previously worked eight seasons as an editorial producer for MLB.com, as well as stints at Fox Sports, the Chicago Tribune’s TribLocal, The Southern Illinoisan, and The Suburban Journals of Greater St. Louis. Lee graduated in 2004 with a degree in journalism from Columbia College Chicago.

Megan Zahneis, a senior reporter for The Chronicle, writes about faculty and the academic workplace. Follow her on Twitter @meganzahneis, or email her at megan.zahneis@chronicle.com.

Geoff Pullum reflects on its rapid spread, the significance of its language family to linguists, and some important speakers.

Alan Nathan, a physicist at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Red Sox fan, shares what he and his colleagues discovered by looking at baseballs in a whole new way.

Colleges look for ways to reverse an overall decline since 2010.

Ben Yagoda explains why we need one in “the Major League home-run champion, Giancarlo Stanton,” and notes a peculiarity in their usage today.

I’ve received hundreds of racist emails, phone messages, and letters. This is what it’s like to be hated.

Some students went straight home. But others traveled to beaches and attended parties, potentially infecting others.