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News
Can Students Handle the Big Questions?
A philosophy course at Notre Dame that asks questions like “how do you decide what you believe?” has become so popular that its creator is working to bring it to other colleges. -
The Review
Teaching in the Twilight of the Humanities
A professor sees constant reminders of STEM’s ascent on his campus. -
News
How Learning Communities Can Keep Higher Ed’s Most At-Risk Students on Track
Close-knit academic networks form strong bonds among students. A mix of intensive advising and mentoring helps them stay focused, too. -
Chronicle List
Which Colleges Are Best and Worst at Enrolling and Graduating Women in Computer Science and Engineering?
At only a few colleges in the United States do women represent more than half of the bachelor’s-degree recipients in computer science or engineering. -
News
How Hampshire Was Brought to the Brink
Distinctiveness has long been the college’s calling card. Now it may threaten its survival. -
News
Transitions: New Chancellor at CUNY, Monmouth College Names Provost
The president of the system’s Queens College will lead the City University of New York. Monmouth named its interim provost to the post permanently. -
Leadership
Spend. Build. Repeat. Unbridled Growth Is at the Heart of a Crisis at UCF.
For decades the University of Central Florida has been synonymous with expansion. Now there’s evidence of ethical lapses along the way. -
News
Marc Short Is Leaving UVa. What Did the University Gain From This Controversial Hire?
The former Trump official will rejoin the White House as Vice President Mike Pence’s chief of staff. We asked the director of UVa’s Miller Center what Short did during his time at the university. -
News
A New Controversy Is Dogging DeVos’s Education Dept. Here’s What You Need to Know.
Congressional Democrats are digging into whether the department’s leaders sought to get rid of an independent watchdog who had sparred with them over an investigation. -
News
‘Ousted’ From Academe, Steven Salaita Says He’s Driving a School Bus to Make Ends Meet
“There’s something profoundly liberating about leaving academe,” writes the former professor, “whereupon you are no longer obliged to … quantify self-worth for scurrilous committees.” -
News
After Black Student Is Kept Out of Class Discussion, NYU School Acknowledges ‘Institutional Racism’
Shahem Mclaurin said he had already spoken with an administrator about the racism he’d faced, with no action taken. -
News
In Dealing With Campus Hunger, One Solution Is to Tell Students Where They Can Get Help
Joy Kostansek, a graduate student at Ohio University, serves on a steering committee focused on helping students who aren’t sure where their next meal will come from. -
In the Classroom
Is Political Bias in Grading a Myth?
A lecturer’s online discussion raises questions about the presence of partisan ideology in grading. -
Advice
How to Increase Graduate-School Diversity the Right Way
One university’s successful effort to recruit and retain more minority students in Ph.D. programs begins at the undergraduate level.