Academe Today Tuesday, July 10, 2018 Sign up for this newsletter | The Chronicle Review By Mitchell Aboulafia Scholars have absorbed administrators’ obsession with measuring and ranking, and it’s keeping us from taking intellectual risks. |
Todayâs News Faculty By Megan Zahneis The Colorado State University professor managed to get a $5,000 raise, until the university suspected his competing job offer was fake. | Immigration By Teghan Simonton A group of Georgetown University alumni has circulated a petition calling for the resignation of Kirstjen Nielsen, secretary of homeland security. |
The Stakes of the Supreme Court By Eric Kelderman President Trump has nominated Brett M. Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. The man he’ll seek to replace voted with conservatives on most higher-education rulings but offered some surprises on affirmative action. |
Technology By Goldie Blumenstyk Buoyed by a $20-million gift, the College Advising Corps is doubling down to help more minority, low-income, and first-generation students get into college. Without them, says its founder and chief executive, Nicole Hurd, “we won’t have the democracy we want.” |
Students Students whose parents lack bachelor’s degrees face significant financial, cultural, and educational barriers. Here’s how colleges can help them graduate. |
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Views The Chronicle Review By Ronald Beiner Can a liberal education create enemies of liberalism? |
Commentary By Jonathan Zimmerman What Drew Faust’s new gig at Goldman Sachs says about the priorities of students on America’s elite campuses. |
Lingua Franca If you live in the American South, which do you say? Allan Metcalf would like to know. |
Job Opportunities Executive Director, Office of International Programs, The University of Texas at Tyler Texas, United States Provost and Dean of the College, The Citadel South Carolina, United States Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Eastern Kentucky University Kentucky, United States Vice President, Administration and Business Services, Palm Beach State College Florida, United States Professor & Associate Dean for Nursing Research and Scholarship, The University of Texas Medical Branch - School of Nursing Texas, United States
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