Academe Today Thursday, October 19, 2017 Sign up for this newsletter | Idea Lab: Colleges Solving Problems | Faculty By Audrey Williams June Colleges need the good will of legislators and the public. To get it, they must explain what they do and why it’s important. Michigan State University is training faculty members to do that. |
| Commentary By Scott Talan Take control of the ways that you and your work are perceived. |
| Special Reports A collection of some three dozen explorations of the problems colleges face, and how they are solving them. The articles include news, analysis, data, advice, and opinion. |
Also in Todayâs News | Campus Safety By Sam Hoisington Ten years after the mass shooting at Virginia Tech, an association that works to identify potential crises to prevent similar tragedies has more than 900 college members. |
| Faculty By Fernanda Zamudio-Suaréz With the prominent white supremacist arriving on the campus on Thursday, people there are feeling particularly nervous. |
| Research By Paul Basken The I-Corps model is winning admirers in a variety of scientific enterprises. The question is whether it can solve social problems too. |
Views | Advice By Leonard Cassuto A new study of postdoctoral careers — inside and outside of academe — aims to collect the numbers and the stories. |
| The Chronicle Review By Sam Fallon and Len Gutkin Why we shouldn’t rely on data and algorithms to fix the humanities. |
| Lingua Franca Bring on the lovers, liars, and clowns: William Germano reflects on why a 19th-century word has meaning today. |
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