Fund Raising

In the Drive for Donors, Regional Public Colleges Have a Lot of Catching Up to Do

After decades of relying on state support, these workhorse institutions often need to build fund-raising operations from scratch. Here’s how some California campuses are taking on the challenge.

Supreme Court

When Anita Hill Testified, These Scholars Were Moved to Act. Now They’re Contemplating What’s Changed.

Christine Blasey Ford, a professor at Palo Alto University, has accused Brett M. Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court nominee, of sexually assaulting her as a teenager. Will her charges be treated differently than Hill’s?

Students

Why More Colleges Are Trying Restorative Justice in Sex-Assault Cases

Campuses have used the approach to deal with a wide range of incidents of minor wrongdoing. But until recently, they’ve been reluctant to use it for sexual misconduct.

Faculty

Are Colleges Failing ‘Haidt’s Choice’? Betsy DeVos Says Yes. Jonathan Haidt Isn’t So Sure.

The scholar and free-speech advocate was surprised that the education secretary cited him in a speech on Monday. He says she oversimplified his stance on the state of campus discourse.

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Advice

The Overlooked Lesson of the Ronell-Reitman Case

It should make us look far more closely at how we advise graduate students.

Lingua Franca

Making Its Way Into American English: ‘Browned Off’

Ben Yagoda examines the etymology of another phrase from the Sceptr’d Isle, and a commenter helps him deduce why the Missouri-born novelist Chester Himes deployed it.

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