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Newsletter Archive
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June 12, 2023Administration Grows, Faculty Shrinks. Again.
Since the 1970s, the composition of the university has been completely transformed. -
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May 30, 2023
The Texas Tenure Massacre?
Plus: A Massachusetts university bans jokes and idle gossip. -
May 22, 2023
Our Most-Read Stories This Year So Far
Plus, summer reading recommendations from Chronicle staffers. -
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May 8, 2023
Hysteria, Contagion, and the Vicious Student-Admin Feedback Loop
Why campus leaders are making noises about free speech now. -
May 1, 2023
Is Neutrality Neutering College Presidents?
What Kwame Anthony Appiah can tell us about the university and politics. -
April 24, 2023
You’re So Paranoid You Probably Think This Newsletter Is About You
Plus: Republicans come for tenure, hard. -
April 17, 2023
The End of the English Major — or Is It?
Amid grim prognoses, some faculty members see signs of hope. -
April 10, 2023
Legislating Curricula Is Very, Very Bad
A Democratic curriculum for blue states, a Republican curriculum for red states?
