Students By Karin Fischer The election of Donald Trump has heightened conflicts on campuses, but it has also thrown into public view discord that many say was there all along. |
The Ticker In an action that could have enormous implications for colleges, a judge halted the administrationâs move to extend overtime pay to millions more workers just days before the change was to take effect. |
Immigration By Katherine Mangan Hina Naveed, who came to the United States from Pakistan, says she’s troubled by the president-elect’s rhetoric. She and other undocumented students are rallying to save protections that could be rolled back. |
Faculty By Katherine Knott Many scholars aren’t sure whether to criticize the list or crack jokes about it. But some professors on the list say their work cuts to the essence of what it means to be an American. |
The Ticker The Southern Poverty Law Center has now recorded more than 700 episodes of hate against racial and other minority groups in the wake of the presidential election, and 16 percent of them occurred on college campuses. |
Food for Thought By Fernanda Zamudio-Suaréz On Thursday you may face some questions on topics that aren’t in your wheelhouse. Here are some tips on answering them. |
This special issue of The Chronicle offers some of the best and most representative journalism of our first 50 years — from the turbulence of the 1960s to the present moment of financial constraint and accountability. And it's all yours, free for downloading. |
The Chronicle Review By Kent A. Lenz How Trump’s America looks to a largely Latino community-college class. |
Lingua Franca We are not "normalizing" Donald Trump but bringing our own ethics and mores into accordance with a very different set of standards, says Lucy Ferriss. |
Commentary By Phil Hill The company promises to take "the guesswork out of learning." But there’s a risk in assuming that delivering video courses and short quizzes is all it takes to develop knowledge and skills. |
The Graduate Adviser By Leonard Cassuto Why he predicted a faculty hiring boom and why we eagerly believed it. |
Vitae By Sarah Rose Cavanagh We don't have to choose between being intellectually demanding and emotionally sensitive. |
ProfHacker Jason Jones looks at ways Slack and other groups are using emoji to make group communications more relevant. |