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By Tom Bartlett and Nell Gluckman

Jorge I. Domínguez, a former vice provost for international affairs, “engaged in unwelcome sexual conduct” over “nearly four decades,” according to a long-awaited university investigation. He was the subject of a 2018 Chronicle investigation.

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Read the Investigation
By Tom Bartlett and Nell Gluckman

Did the university’s handling of one professor’s sexual-harassment complaint keep other women from coming forward for decades?

Fund Raising
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By Vimal Patel

The filmmaker is co-chair of a committee to help the college raise $90 million over the next five years. He spoke with The Chronicle about why the struggling liberal-arts institution is worth preserving. PREMIUM

Small Colleges
By Vimal Patel

Here are five ways the iconoclastic liberal-arts college is trying to stay independent and afloat. PREMIUM

Teaching
By Beckie Supiano

Reading the submissions to the Race Card Project can be uncomfortable. That discomfort can be a first step toward understanding.

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By Karen Kelsky

How to read the mixed messages from an “aspirational” teaching institution that is looking to raise its profile.

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