The Chronicle Review

Lies About the Humanities — and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them

Why we should stop tolerating their dishonesty.

In Case You Missed It

Stop Trying to Sell the Humanities

Arguments that they’re useful are wrong, anti-humanistic, and sure to backfire.

Academic Freedom

Temple Board Condemns Professor Who Criticized Israel but Defends His Freedom of Speech

Marc Lamont Hill, a professor of media studies and urban education, sparked a furor when he advocated “a free Palestine from the river to the sea,” a phrase that has been used by some anti-Israel terror groups.

Technology

How Can Colleges Help Liberal-Arts Majors Enter the Job Market? Here’s What You Told Us.

A greater investment in professional development, syllabi that focus on skills, and a touch of the liberal arts in professional majors: These are among the proposals from newsletter readers.

Research

Illinois Regulators Are Investigating a Psychiatrist Whose Research With Children Was Marred by Misconduct

A former University of Illinois at Chicago researcher is at the center of an inquiry by a medical-licensing and disciplinary board.

Data

These Colleges Have Lost the Largest Share of Students in the Last Decade

Increased competition for older students, loss of funds, and demographic changes were among the reasons selected colleges gave for shrinking enrollment.

Idea Lab: Faculty Diversity

Colleges face growing demands to hire more minority faculty members. But doing so requires revamping how search committees usually operate, confronting unconscious bias, and improving the Ph.D. pipeline. This collection examines how colleges are changing to bolster their faculty ranks with more people from underrepresented minority groups. Get your copy in the Chronicle Store.

Advice

What We Hire in Now: English by the Grim Numbers

Across the entire discipline, there’s only one subfield where the number of tenure-track postings is higher today than it was 20 years ago.

Lingua Franca

The Unexpected Lessons of Lingua Franca

Anne Curzan reflects on what she has learned from blogging about language and teaching.