Academe Today Wednesday, July 25, 2018 Sign up for this newsletter | Todayâs News Faculty Rights By Lindsay Ellis Lawyers representing the university in a lawsuit argued in January that such freedom, if it exists, belongs to the institution and not to individual professors. The president affirmed the principle, but the dispute continues. | Fund Raising By Marc Parry Along with its transparency push, the foundation is publishing a “refined articulation” of its giving principles. |
Leadership By Jack Stripling Ben Trachtenberg, a law professor and former faculty leader, says the University of Missouri’s infighting administrators missed opportunities to defuse protests before they got out of control. |
Politics By Chris Quintana In a speech on Tuesday, the attorney general said students were graduating not as “mature and well-informed adults” but as coddled kids. |
Government By Teghan Simonton With the release on Tuesday of the House Democrats’ proposal to reauthorize the Higher Education Act, we can compare their priorities, head to head, with the Republicans’ competing legislation. |
Re:Learning By Goldie Blumenstyk Education is a central pillar of the White House’s national work-force strategy, unveiled last week. So why weren’t academic leaders asked to provide any input? |
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Views The Chronicle Review By Ashley Farmer How archives marginalize black scholars. | Lingua Franca In our present age, says Ben Yagoda, both irony and typographical indicators of it abound, including the tilde (Ë), the rolling-eyes emoticon, the winking smiley face, and the âvictory handâ dingbat/emoji character (â) to simulate air quotes. Can you add more? |
Paid for and Created by Education New Zealand Experiencing Indigenous Culture Students studying abroad in New Zealand spend time learning Maori customs and issues affecting them. |
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