Academe Today Monday, April 30, 2018 Sign up for this newsletter | Todayâs News Administration By Steve Kolowich How a tiny protest at the U. of Nebraska turned into a proxy war for the future of campus politics. | Admissions & Student Aid By Eric Hoover Shocked and angry, the students are now scrambling to find affordable options with the help of admissions officials and college counselors all over the world. |
Government By Eric Kelderman Declining enrollments mean colleges have to think broadly about which academic programs they can afford to continue, experts say. |
Faculty By Nell Gluckman Eight women told Science magazine that they were sexually harassed by Inder Verma, a molecular-biology professor at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies. |
Graduate Students By Fernanda Zamudio-Suaréz Anne Helen Petersen has a Ph.D. in media studies, and she wishes more programs were realistic about the prospect of an academic career. |
Community Colleges By Katherine Mangan When reformers focus on full-time students, too many minority students are left behind, a new study finds. |
Administration By Andy Thomason The day after the disgraced television star was found guilty of sexually assaulting a former Temple employee, his alma mater took back the degree. |
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Views Advice By Michelle Falkoff The internet has made course evaluations even more unreliable, which contributes to their ineffectiveness as a primary metric for faculty assessment. | Advice By David D. Perlmutter To succeed as an academic leader you must become a bean counter, but a sensitive one. |
Lingua Franca The English novelistâs instructions were largely in her titles. Dear Reader, can you find nine of them in this post? |
Paid for and Created by St. John's University Data Drives Retention Effort St. John’s implements mentoring programs, a tuition freeze, and Freshman Center after studying student success factors. |
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