Inclusion

How a Liberal-Arts College Is Rethinking Its ‘Soul Crushing’ Core Curriculum

Protests by minority students led Harvey Mudd College to scrutinize its notoriously intense course requirements. Campus leaders want to ease pressure on students without sacrificing rigor.

Re:Learning

Big Companies Are Investing in Free College. Will Their Commitments Last?

Colleges would be wise to engage more vigorously with those corporations now, while the economy is strong and the employers could use their help. If they don’t, other companies will be more than willing to pick up the slack.

Government

Disaster-Stricken Colleges Will Get $63 Million in Aid From the Education Dept.

Institutions in Florida, Puerto Rico, and Texas that suffered from hurricanes last year will be among those benefiting from the department’s funding.

From the Archives

The Fight to Rebuild a Ravaged University

When Hurricane Maria plunged the University of Puerto Rico into gloom, professors and students had no choice but to bring back the light.

The Humanities’ Place in Research Spending

Less than 1 percent of the R&D money spent by universities goes to the humanities. The institutions that spend the most want their projects to have an impact.

Colleges That Spent the Most on Humanities Research

Only two public colleges on the list devoted more than 5 percent of their total research-and-development spending to the humanities, but 18 private nonprofit colleges did.

The Almanac of Higher Education, 2018-19

Numbers tell the story of the current state of higher education: the results of its diversity efforts, the decline in enrollment, and the growth in student debt.

Idea Lab: Mergers and Collaboration

Many colleges are looking to potentially merge or collaborate with their peers. But what do leaders need to know to do this well? Our latest Idea Lab collection offers advice and tips from colleges that have merged or formed partnerships to cut costs and expand academic programs. It’s available in the Chronicle Store.

Advice

How the Jobs Crisis Has Transformed Faculty Hiring

In the literary humanities, a sea change is underway in the job-search process and the discipline itself.

Lingua Franca

It’s Time for College. But Are You Feeling Collegial?

Bill Germano traces the history of collegiality and finds a backstory that reaches from the Rhineland to Indochine.