Admissions

Harvard Trial Shows What Admissions Deans Are Made Of: Contradictions

William Fitzsimmons’s testimony revealed a lot about how the university selects applicants. It also revealed something about the dean — and the complex job he has held for 32 years.

Admissions

Harvard Is Challenged on Whether Socioeconomic Status Should Replace Race as Admissions Factor

As a trial in Boston entered its second week, a higher-education expert testified that the university could achieve its desired racial diversity without considering race in admissions.

Gender Identity

Federal Proposal to Redefine Gender Throws College Policies Into Uncertainty

The proposed restriction contradicts current case law and would create “administrative chaos,” said one scholar who studies transgender issues.

Students

Colleges Should Enhance Resources for Undocumented Students, Report Urges. Here’s How Some Are Doing That.

A surprisingly large percentage of the immigrants both study and work full time, according to TheDream.US, which says campuses need to step up their services.

Advice

3 Tips for the Minutes Before Class

Looking for a way to improve your teaching? Start by working on your pre-class routine. The minutes before class begins provide a prime opportunity to set the tone for a successful lesson. Fernanda Zamudio-Suaréz tells you how in this Two-Minute Tips video.

Two-Minute Tips

Short videos to help you excel in the academic workplace.

The Daily Briefing

The Daily Briefing tells individual subscribers everything they need to know about higher ed. Here’s a sample.

The Chronicle Review

When Argument Becomes Bloodsport

Philosophy is mired in wanton pugilism.

Commentary

Black Graduates Want to Celebrate. We Shouldn’t Stop the Party.

Forcing students to walk briskly across the commencement stage as they realize a lifelong, sometimes intergenerational dream is historically and culturally insensitive.

Lingua Franca

Genius Move by the MacArthur Foundation

It’s brilliant branding, really, says Ben Yagoda. The foundation is able to wash its hands of the crass “genius” designation, yet is universally known by it.