Special Issues
The Chronicle brings you a range of special issues that dive into the most pressing challenges and opportunities shaping higher education today.
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The nation’s 101 HBCUs were established at a time when the vast majority of colleges refused to admit Black students. With the ban on race-conscious admissions and the attack on diversity efforts, where do they go now?
To better understand the economic realities of the professoriate, The Chronicle embarked on a project to examine faculty members’ pay, and how purchasing power is affected by the cost of living, according to a county-by-county index.
Students need to be taught how to ask the right questions that will help them discover the details, rules, and possibilities in college — and how to use that information to design a meaningful and marketable undergraduate degree.
For a brief moment after Covid struck, campus leaders demonstrated genuine momentum to deal with workplace problems. These days, it feels like we’ve hit the doldrums — still afloat but with no breeze to be found. In this new series, Kevin R. McClure explores higher education as a workplace — what it does well, what it does poorly, and what it can do to improve the professional lives of faculty and staff members.
The College Presidency Is Broken. Here’s How to Fix It.
Why both political parties are unhappy with higher ed
Everything happening in the world converges in one place: higher education.
Can colleges build their reputation as a place where everyone, no matter their identity, can flourish?
Today’s youngest college students face a scary future. They tend to be risk-averse and to distrust administrators and faculty members. Colleges that help them feel connected will flourish, and contribute to a flourishing society.
Our annual investigation into the most consequential developments in higher education.
A series by The Chronicle to examine higher ed’s public-perception problem — and the solutions to it.
College leadership has never been a job for the faint of heart, but few would disagree that these days it’s especially tough. The stories here help explain why, and what that means for the health of higher education institutions.