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Thursday, February 22, 2018


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Educating Teachers

Education Programs Confront a Question: ‘Am I Obligated to Take a Bullet for My Students?’ premium

By Emma Kerr

Colleges’ education programs typically do not require training in how to respond to an active shooter. But some are rethinking their curricula.

Students

College Board President’s Letter, Prompted by School Shooting, Sparks Criticism

By Eric Hoover

Was this the right time, critics asked David Coleman, to hail the value of the AP Program or to grade the views of a survivor of the recent high-school massacre?

Leadership & Governance

Embattled President of Adams State U. Says She’s the Victim of Bullying premium

By Fernanda Zamudio-Suaréz

After pushing for a fiscal turnaround, Beverlee J. McClure has had dog feces thrown at her home, her name tagged on pornographic websites, and her leadership pilloried online.

Presidential Partners

What in the World Is Going On Between Olivet U. and Newsweek?

By Adam Harris

A small Bible college in California has found itself at the center of a controversy, with possible criminal implications, involving the magazine and its parent company.

Government

Ashford U. Faces New Setback in Battle Over GI Bill Funds

By Michael Vasquez

The for-profit university, recently the subject of a Chronicle investigation over its attempts to skirt state oversight requirements, has failed to get California’s approval to serve veterans.


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Battling Sexual Assault on Campus

The heat is on colleges to prevent sexual violence and to respond to reports of it. Here are college officials’ legal obligations and what strategies they are using.

The Faculty-Retirement Conundrum

Professors may want to retire, but they also have jobs they don’t want to give up. Here’s how administrators can smooth faculty members’ paths into retirement.


Views


Advice

What to Expect at a Community-College Interview

By Rob Jenkins

Ph.D.s applying to teach at two-year campuses will encounter a very different sort of job interview.

The Chronicle Review

The Magical Power of Dictionaries

By Alberto Manguel

Our thoughts, our ethics, our aesthetics are all, up to a point, defined by our language.

Lingua Franca

Russians and Grammar Scolding

Anne Curzan explains the serious implications of poking fun at the grammar of people who speak and write English as a second language.


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Job Opportunities


Multiple Positions, Virginia Community College System
Virginia, United States

Assistant Director of Undergraduate Research, University of Chicago
Illinois, United States

Founding Director, Center for Excellence in Aging and Health, University of New England
Maine, United States

Educational Content Specialist, Business & Accounting, Course Hero
California, United States

Faculty position in Social Work, Franciscan University of Steubenville
Ohio, United States

President's Professor of Quantitative Fisheries and Ecosystems, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Alaska, United States

President of South Seattle College, Seattle Colleges
Washington, United States

Tenure Track Teaching Opportunities, Northeastern Illinois University
Illinois, United States

President, Boise State University
Idaho, United States

Lecturer in Interpreting, Center for Translation Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Illinois, United States

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