Students

How One College Has Set Out to Fix ‘a Culture of Blatant Sexual Harassment’

Students, faculty, and administrators hope to bring about sweeping cultural change at the Berklee College of Music, where 11 professors have been fired for sexual misconduct over the past 13 years.

Commentary

Should Academic Honors Have Clawbacks?

As colleges rescind awards to fallen eminences, how can they separate laudable accomplishments from flawed individuals? Should they?

News

Have You Experienced Sexual Harassment? Here’s How to Tell Us About It

The Chronicle is devoting more resources to coverage of sexual harassment in higher education, and we’d like to hear from you. Do you have a story to share? Find out how to contact us here.

Government

House Republicans Eye Sweeping Changes in Higher Education Act

The House education committee is expected to release a bill this week that would reauthorize the federal law governing higher education, and it reportedly includes several significant changes.

Government

These Minority-Serving Institutions Could Lose Money Under the House Republicans’ New Plan

Legislation to reauthorize the Higher Education Act would stiffen eligibility requirements for colleges, including historically black colleges, Hispanic-serving institutions, and other minority-serving institutions, to receive funds under Title III and Title V of the law.

Politics

A Political-Science View of Trump’s Reported Census Pick

Thomas Brunell’s work challenges a widely held conviction in his field, that political competition is healthy for democracy. Fellow scholars say his study is useful to consider, even if few agree with him.

For-Profit Education

3 Startling Claims From California’s Lawsuit Against a For-Profit College

California’s attorney general sued Ashford University on Wednesday, saying it had misled prospective students, among other illegal practices.

Faculty

Far-Right Speaker Is Arrested at U. of Connecticut After Physical Confrontation

Lucian Wintrich was at the university to deliver a speech titled “It’s OK to Be White.” He grabbed a woman after she appeared to take a piece of paper from the lectern where he was speaking.

Government

‘Apple-esque’: New Student-Aid Mobile App Earns Oohs and Ahhs

The new app, which the Education Department says will be rolled out in the spring, would allow students to apply for federal financial aid and check their credit score, among other features.

Chronicle Focus

In a new feature, available to individual subscribers only, The Chronicle offers carefully curated collections of articles on important issues in higher education. So far, there are more than 25. Here are a couple of examples:

How to Be a Dean

Academic deans are expected now more than ever to push their schools to evolve. The seven articles in this collection offer insights into how deans handle all the demands on them.

What’s Happening in Remedial Education

Concerns about remedial courses have led to new strategies for preparing students for college-level coursework. The 10 articles in this collection examine how some of those ideas are working.

Advice

Don’t Avoid Risk — Manage It

Formal risk-management methods might be overkill, but you can learn how to informally evaluate the potential hazards facing your projects.

Lingua Franca

The Unmentionable Topic of Edinburgh Weather

Geoff Pullum weaves a remarkable tale about Robert Louis Stevenson, anarthrous nouns (those lacking articles), and the weather in “yon Empress of the North.”