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GENDER EQUITY

A University Tried to Correct Its Pay Gaps. Some Professors Feel Shortchanged.

By Katherine Mangan

A Rutgers faculty member who learned she made $21,000 less than two peers says she’s being offered a $2,000 raise. She’s not happy.

BACKGROUNDER

What Female Professors at Public Colleges Make as a Percentage of Their Male Colleagues’ Pay

Doctoral institutions had the lowest women’s salary as a percentage of men’s across all the Carnegie Classifications listed in this table from The Chronicle’s new Almanac.

LIVE CORONAVIRUS UPDATES

He Required His Students to Mask Up. Then His University Removed Him From the Classroom.

By Kate Hidalgo Bellows

A University of Northern Iowa biology professor was assigned to teach virtually after he issued a mask mandate in violation of state and campus rules.

SPONSOR CONTENT | HUMBOLDT-UNIVERSITAT ZU BERLIN

Learn how colleges are leveraging international collaboration to nurture global citizens.

BACKGROUNDER

The Dystopian Delta University

By Silke-Maria Weineck

Organ loss, cancer treatments, pregnancy — at the University of Michigan, you have to teach in person.

CHRONICLE REVIEW

Right-Wing Donor Interference at Yale?

By Len Gutkin

On a bizarre situation involving Henry Kissinger.

ADVICE

How to Improve Your Teaching — Fast

By James M. Lang

A new website for academics offers 20-minute micro courses to help you catch up on teaching innovations.

BACKGROUNDER

Small Changes in Teaching

In this nine-part series, James M. Lang argues that simple changes in our pedagogy — in things like course design, classroom practices, and communication with students — can have a powerful impact on student learning.

Virtual Events: Tune In Live

LEARN FROM LEADERS

Stories of Transformation: 6 Innovative University Leaders Share Insights

UPCOMING: October 5 at 12:30 p.m., ET
Colleges have been hard hit by the pandemic, and the steep decline in enrollment has made one thing clear: They are overbuilt for capacity. Paul Friga, an expert on higher-education strategy, joins The Chronicle to discuss the steps innovative colleges are taking now to rescale, reorganize, and consolidate. With Support From Watermark. Register here.

MINORITY-SERVING INSTITUTIONS

Politics, Covid, Social Justice, and Minority-Serving Institutions

UPCOMING: October 6 at 2 p.m., ET
Students at minority-serving institutions have been deeply affected by the social, political, economic, and public-health crises facing our nation. In this virtual forum, a panel of experts discusses how those colleges are recruiting, retaining, and engaging students in difficult and uncertain times. With Support From TIAA. Register here.

FUTURE OF RESEARCH

Improving Research Operations and Output

UPCOMING: October 7 at 2 p.m., ET
The pandemic has slowed the pace and productivity of research, but many changes already occurring have been fast-tracked, to the benefit of operational efficiencies. The virtual forum “Improving Research Operations and Output” discusses these changes and offers predictions for the future. With Support From Microsoft. Register here.

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

How to Make the Most of an Academic Conference

By Thomas J. Tobin

Advice on navigating professional meetings in all formats — in person, virtual, and hybrid.

SPONSOR CONTENT | new york university

Higher education values selectivity, but some fields need education at scale

Learn how rethinking online education is opening the STEM fields to a wider pool of students at all stages, offering a variety of programs and initiatives that levels the playing field.

FROM THE CHRONICLE STORE

The Future of Gen Z

The pandemic has had a deep psychological effect among Gen-Zers on the path to college. Learn how Covid-19 is likely to shape the preferences of college students in the decade ahead and how institutions will need to respond to the expectations of this generation. Order your copy today.