Academe Today Wednesday, November 8, 2017 Sign up for this newsletter | Idea Lab: Colleges Solving Problems | Students By Kelly Field Ryerson and Clemson Universities are among those helping students develop career skills in their campus gigs. |
| Commentary Faculty members and administrators recall lessons large and small. |
| Students In the eyes of many students and their parents, higher education is tied to a job. And yet the world of work is poised to undergo a number of sharp changes over the next 10 years. This report explores the future job market, reinventing colleges’ career services, and higher education’s role in the work force. |
Todayâs News | Government By Eric Kelderman The plan, unveiled last week, would count tuition waivers as taxable income. That could push some students past their financial breaking points. |
| From the Archives By Vimal Patel Graduate-student workers plan to rally today on many campuses to support their right to unionize, under a National Labor Relations Board precedent that could soon be endangered by President Trump’s NLRB appointees. Meanwhile, critics say, colleges are fighting unions with litigation as a stall tactic. |
| Students By Fernanda Zamudio-Suaréz Such indefinite bans often follow campus tragedies or controversies that involve fraternities or sororities. |
| Freedom of Speech By Fernanda Zamudio-Suaréz Jaren Stewart’s impeachment had sparked charges of retaliation for his protest during the Pledge of Allegiance. But proponents of his removal said he had committed misconduct. |
| Faculty By Andy Thomason Tariq Ramadan, a professor of contemporary Islamic studies, is on leave “by mutual agreement,” the university said. |
| The Chronicle Interview By Scott Carlson The connection between recreation and re-creation is a more effective, permanent way of learning new things, says Mitchel Resnick, of the MIT Media Lab. |
In Brief
Correction | An article in Tuesday’s newsletter misstated the job title of the University of Maryland at College Park’s Diane Krejsa. She is chief of staff in the general counsel’s office, not the university’s chief of staff. |
Views | The Chronicle Review Eleven scholars tell us about new and forthcoming books they’re looking forward to reading. |
| Moving Up By Dennis Barden Some skeptics say no, but here’s why undergraduates deserve a seat at the table. |
| Lingua Franca The 19th-century sage created words that were never used. William Germano considers cursee, heroarchy, quackle, and one for these times â duncedom. |
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