Investigation
Investigative stories from The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Investigation
The data-driven process that consultants purport to offer at places like the U. of North Carolina at Greensboro can be frustratingly subjective, a Chronicle and Assembly investigation finds.
A Poet Becomes a Pariah
Battles over money. Allegations of racism. A chair ousted.
The Final Straw
Louisiana State University at Shreveport revoked Brian Salvatore’s tenure and fired him. Hundreds of pages of documents, scores of emails, and hours of audio recordings reveal a strange, complex story.
Singled Out
This is what it feels like to be in the cross hairs of the campaign against DEI.
Lifeline or Millstone?
For some colleges, the feds are the lender of last resort. Their help may just dig campuses deeper into debt, a Chronicle investigation has found.
The Land-Grant Legacy
Land trusts — vast tracts taken from Native American tribes — inject millions of dollars into some universities’ budgets, a new investigation finds.
A Complicated Legacy
Under his stewardship, the campus grew bigger and richer and a lot less Black.
Austerity Ahead
A flawed budget model and excess spending are among the reasons given by administrators for “draconian cuts.”
Dueling Complaints
Now Feifei Fan and Yanyao Jiang work in the same department, and their tangled case is headed for a Title IX showdown.
A Yearslong Ordeal
Early on, both professors felt “uncomfortable.” Then things went rapidly downhill.