Students

The Sex Study That Could Alter Our Understanding of Campus Assault

Can the college experience be re-engineered to reduce sexual violence? Researchers at Columbia University are observing undergraduates’ social lives to find out.

Leadership & Governance

Harvard’s Next President: Another ‘White Male Economist Named Larry’

At a moment when gender and race are on everyone’s mind, the selection of Lawrence S. Bacow to lead America’s oldest university seems like a return to the past.

The Chronicle Interview

How to Identify and Invest in High-Achieving, Low-Income Students

“There is an abundance of talent in every community in every ZIP code in this country,” says Daniel Porterfield, president of Franklin & Marshall College. If you can’t find it, you need to try harder.

Completion

Bringing Back Adult Students Takes More Than a Catchy Campaign

As many states and universities are making efforts to help former students earn their degrees, the University of Memphis seems to have found a winning formula.

Students

The Adult Student: The Population Colleges — and the Nation — Can’t Afford to Ignore

America’s adult students have long been an afterthought in higher education. But demographic changes and economic pressures will soon require institutions to expand their horizons. This Chronicle report explores the growing imperative for colleges to support the adult-student movement.

The Daily Briefing

The Daily Briefing tells individual subscribers everything they need to know about higher ed. Here’s a sample.

The Chronicle Review

Why I Quit Twitter

It was time to stop disguising my social-media surfing as productivity.

Advice

A Fine Rejection Season

In Part 4 of “Ice Skating in Hell,” a Ph.D. comes up short on the faculty job market for a fifth year — but it’s OK. Really.

Lingua Franca

How Is Driving a Milk Truck Like Being a Professor?

No overtime pay; Geoff Pullum explains.