Academe Today Friday, June 2, 2017 Sign up for this newsletter | Todayâs News | Students By Chris Quintana After the death of a fraternity member this year, the university appears poised for a crackdown. But experts say effective change depends on long-term planning, among other things. |
| College Costs By Beckie Supiano Some explanations for rising college prices are greeted with more skepticism and better scholarship than others, argues Jason Delisle of the American Enterprise Institute. |
| Research By Nell Gluckman According to a philosophy scholar, the practice "appears to be gaining the feel of normalcy," but there’s no consensus about whether that’s a positive development. Here’s a quick guide to the pros and cons. |
| Race on Campus By Andy Thomason and Chris Quintana Evergreen State College shut down its Olympia, Wash., campus on Thursday in response to a threatening call. It wasn’t clear whether the threat was related to recent protests there. |
| Faculty By Suhauna Hussain From The Da Vinci Code to Legally Blonde, professors are all over the fictional landscape. Who’s the best? |
In Brief
Read Prize-Winning Work | Kelly Field, a senior reporter at The Chronicle, on Thursday was presented with the Edwin Gould Foundation Eddie Award by the Education Writers Association. The award recognizes her 2016 article about high-school students on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, in Montana, whose experiences show the challenges that face Native students who aspire to go to college. |
Views | Vitae By Annie Berke You ran/walked/crawled across the finish line of the spring semester: Reward yourself with a few good books. |
| Lingua Franca You can give someone a hard time, be hard of hearing, do something the hard way, take a hard look, or go in for the hard sell. Hard is a term of art in numerous fields, says Ben Yagoda. |
Job Opportunities Tools & Resources | This June, the Careers Section Is Reinvented
Watch for some important changes in the coming Careers section of our print edition. The redesigned layout brings exclusive editorial content closer to job ads, providing job seekers more engagement and institutions better visibility for their job openings. View the redesign. |
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