Academe Today

Traditional Teaching May Deepen Inequality. Can a Different Approach Fix It?

A professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill uses inclusive teaching, which seeks to equalize opportunity for students from all backgrounds to participate and succeed in class.

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Faculty

How Colleges Can Help STEM Students Think More Broadly

A major new report encourages colleges to integrate STEM with the arts and humanities to improve student outcomes. Here are some things educators may want to keep in mind.

Free Speech

AAUP Says U. of Nebraska Denied Due Process to Grad Student Who Heckled Activist

Courtney Lawton had been removed from the classroom because of political pressure, the association found. Recordings seem to support that conclusion.

Administration

State of Conflict

How a tiny protest at the University of Nebraska turned into a proxy war for the future of campus politics.

Campus Life

Duke Administrator’s Complaint About Music Apparently Got 2 Campus Baristas Fired

The vice president for student affairs heard some explicit rap lyrics at a coffee shop and went to the director of dining services with his objection.

Technology

Why Internet Scholars Are Calling Out Facebook for Restricting Access to Its Data

The social-media giant recently announced restrictions on who can mine information it collects for research. Some academics say that’s a problem.

Government

Consumer Watchdog Signals a Lower Priority for Investigating Student-Loan Abuses

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday said it would fold its student-loan-investigation arm into a part of the federal agency that focuses on consumer information.

Idea Lab: Academic Overhauls

Revamping a curriculum or academic program is never easy. To help college leaders make such big changes a success, we’ve pulled together a collection of articles and essays with lessons and tips. Buy it in the new Chronicle store.

Commentary

The Welcoming Labyrinth: What We Gain and Lose as Libraries Change

The replacement of books with common study areas is a step in our evolving relationship with the printed word. But it’s still sad.

Lingua Franca

Got a Pet Language Peeve? Tell It to Anne Curzan

Host Grammar Night in a bar and they will come. At a recent event in Michigan, the linguistics professor and radio host challenged her fellow language lovers to rethink pet peeves as insights into language change.