Admissions & Student Aid

These Nepali Students Saw Their Scholarships Fall Through. Then Came Hope, Doubt, and ‘Admissions Hunger Games.’

After The Chronicle discovered last week that the University of Texas at Tyler had revoked scholarships for 61 Nepali students, a remarkable thing happened. Strangers from all over the world stepped up to help.

Special Reports

‘My Effing First Amendment’

Conservative students don't feel like their ideas are welcome on campus. So they're fighting back. A Chronicle collaboration with This American Life takes you to Nebraska, where one skirmish spun out of control.

Administration

State of Conflict

How a tiny protest at the University of Nebraska turned into a proxy war for the future of campus politics.

Athletics

Ohio State Investigates Sexual-Misconduct Allegations Against Doctor Who Worked With at Least 8 Sports Teams

The accusations against Richard H. Strauss, who died in 2005, relate to his work with university athletes from the 1970s to the 1990s.

Faculty

He Makes a Joke. She Isn't Laughing: ‘Lingerie’ Comment in Elevator Leads to Uproar Among Scholars

A female professor complained to their association about a male professor's unprofessional remark at a conference. Told to write an "unequivocal apology," he refused.

On Leadership

A Championship Wins Over Prospective Students for Villanova

The Rev. Peter M. Donohue, president of Villanova University, says its recent NCAA basketball championships have attracted star students as well. But, he says, it still struggles to increase its enrollment of students of color and from low-income families.

Starter Kit: New to the Faculty

Are you an assistant professor new to the job? A department chair who wants to help freshmen on the faculty in their dizzying first year? Chronicle editors have compiled a collection of essays, by experienced professors, with advice for new faculty members. Buy your copy in the Chronicle store.

Advice

In Defense (Sort of) of Student Evaluations of Teaching

Given their many demonstrable and potential flaws, why would we still use these instruments to gather feedback on teaching and learning?

Lingua Franca

An American Student in Paris

The study-abroad program in which Lucy Ferriss has been teaching does not require students to speak the native language. How hard has it been for them to learn French?

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