Academe Today Monday, November 28, 2016 Sign up for this newsletter | Idea Lab: Colleges Solving Problems | Leadership & Governance By Lee Gardner The college presidency is a demanding job that has grown more daunting in a time of strained budgets and fast-moving controversies. Aspiring leaders have a lot to learn. |
| Commentary Eight presidents consider what they wish they had learned before taking the top job. |
Also in Today's News | Trump's Team By Dan Berrett, Sarah Brown, Eric Kelderman, Brock Read, and Fernanda Zamudio-Suaréz Donald Trump’s choice for education secretary has well-established views on elementary and secondary education, but virtually no track record on higher education. Friends and observers say her support for school choice may provide clues to her vision. |
| Government By Eric Kelderman President-elect Donald J. Trump has shown relatively little interest in academe, and his pick for education secretary has focused on charter schools. That leaves opportunities for some familiar players in Washington. |
| Campus Speech By Katherine Mangan A founder of the alt-right believes motherhood is more important for women than careers, wants to see European-American student groups at colleges, and would deport the undocumented. |
In Brief
Views | Commentary By Kevin Carey A huge loan system and day-to-day campus complications can humble any education secretary, no matter how ideologically ardent she is. |
| Commentary By Norman M. Bradburn and Robert B. Townsend Tell students that majoring in these fields may well be a path to happiness, not penury. |
| The Chronicle Review By Tom Bartlett Paul Bloom on why we should feel less. |
| Lingua Franca Allan Metcalf appreciates the friendly use of you guys to address everyone regardless of gender. |
Advice | Page Proof By Rachel Toor "In academic writing you’re given a lot of latitude to be boring." |
| Vitae By Karen Kelsky How to draft effective job documents on teaching, research, and diversity. |
Job Opportunities | Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School, University of Maine
Maine, United States
Full-Time Non-Tenure Track Faculty Positions in Management, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
New Jersey, United States
2017 Brown Democracy Medal- The McCourtney Institute for Democracy, The Pennsylvania State University
Pennsylvania, United States
Dean of the School of Education, Boston University
Massachusetts, United States
Dean and Wyoming Excellence Chair, University of Wyoming
Wyoming, United States
Anticipated Faculty Openings for Fall 2017, Central Arizona College
Arizona, United States
Assistant Professor - Secondary Education Literacy, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Nebraska, United States
Director, Academic Resource Center, Loyola Marymount University
California, United States
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