Sexual Harassment

For U. of Virginia’s Miller Center, a Reckoning in the #MeToo Era

Complaints about sexual harassment inside the esteemed public-policy institute have provoked a difficult reflection about how big donors and scholars alike let its culture go so wrong.

Teaching

One Way to Help Students Become Knowledge Creators

Having students assemble a “resource book” for her course, one instructor hopes, will show them how a research literature develops over time.

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Students

How 3 Colleges Changed Their Sexual-Assault Practices in Response to a National Survey

The survey, sponsored by the Association of American Universities, prompted more hiring for Title IX offices and other shifts to improve how campuses respond to reports of sexual misconduct.

Leadership

Chancellor Dies at Southern Illinois U.

Carlo D. Montemagno had led the university’s Carbondale campus since August 2017.

Idea Lab: Student Wellness

Colleges want students to make healthy choices and avoid risky behaviors. But the potential pitfalls for undergraduates are great: alcohol abuse, excessive partying, and a Greek culture that sometimes promotes dangerous behavior. This collection of articles outlines how leading institutions are making headway. Buy this Idea Lab collection today to help your students be healthier and safer.

The Chronicle Review

We Are All Research Subjects Now

And Cold War-era safeguards won’t protect us.

Advice

Don’t Let Prestige Bias Keep You From Applying to Community Colleges

One of the most common mistakes that new Ph.D.s make on the job market is ignoring the two-year sector.

Lingua Franca

Pure Gold Buried Long Ago in the Book-Review Columns

Geoff Pullum recalls a prescient observation about the relations between language and psychology, lost seven decades ago in a place so obscure you would never have found it.