Academe Today

Campus Speech

After a Year of Tumult, Evergreen State Revises a Policy on the Use of Campus Space

The public college’s new rules include strong antidiscrimination language. Already, a free-speech watchdog has raised objections.

Academic Freedom

This Professor Wants to Teach Administrators Not to Cave In to Right-Wing Outrage

Through her “Academic Freedom Syllabus,” Rebecca G. Martinez, an assistant professor at the University of Missouri at Columbia, hopes officials will be less likely to condemn instructors who are targets of digital anger.

Faculty

Amazon Is Hiring Ph.D.s — Hundreds This Year

Research universities, by comparison, even major ones, take years to complete hiring sprees of that scale.

Government

Sessions’ Justice Dept. Is Wading Into Another Campus Free-Speech Case

The department filed a statement of interest supporting a student at Pierce College who says administrators stopped him from passing out copies of the U.S. Constitution.

Teaching

Tap-Dancers, Jedis, and Saunas: Instructors Share Their Oddest Grading Experiences

The job has to be done. Several professors told us about the weirdest circumstances under which they’ve done it.

Accountability

An Official in Obama’s Education Dept. Explains Her Move to Lead an Accreditor

Jamienne S. Studley, formerly deputy under secretary of education, will become president of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges’ commission on colleges in January.

Chronicle Focus

In a new feature, available to individual subscribers only, The Chronicle offers carefully curated collections of articles on important issues in higher education. So far, there are more than 25. Here are a couple of examples:

Professors and Free Speech

In this time of strong political tensions, groups have seized on statements made by professors and taken them to task, sometimes with such vehemence that the faculty members feared for their jobs or safety. The six articles in this collection describe what happened to several professors who ended up in the political cross-hairs, and how their colleges responded to the uproar.

The New Landscape for International Students

President Trump’s executive orders seeking to limit travel to the United States from several predominantly Muslim countries have affected many people around the world who were considering studying in the United States. This 28-page collection looks at what colleges are doing to overcome the uncertainties the orders have triggered.

The Chronicle Review

Bard President Responds to Critics of Far-Right Figure’s Talk

The invitation to the German politician Marc Jongen “does not constitute either legitimation or endorsement.”

The Chronicle Review

‘Against the Tyranny of Intellectual Mobs’

The director of Bard’s Hannah Arendt Center responds to critics of his decision to invite a German far-right politician to give a talk.

The Chronicle Review

The Digital-Humanities Bust

After a decade of investment and hype, what has the field accomplished? Not much.

Lingua Franca

Trump Tries to Do Right Thing; Imbroglio Ensues

His phone call to a soldier’s widow was surely stumbling, awkward, and uncomfortable, says Ben Yagoda. But it was the right instinct.

I Am Going Back on the Academic Job Market (Really)

In Part 1 of a new series, “Ice Skating in Hell,” a Ph.D. wonders: “Am I out of my ever-loving mind?”

What to Say After a Student Dies

A faculty guide on how to help during a campus crisis and how to avoid inflicting more harm.

Stop Flaunting Your Flaws

Self-awareness as a leader in higher education does not mean being proud of your faults.