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Wednesday, December 20, 2017


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Government

A Small College With a Big Endowment Gets Snared in Tax Bill

By Adam Harris

Kentucky’s Berea College, which charges no tuition and serves primarily low-income students, will probably have to pay a 1.4-percent tax on its endowment earnings after a revote on tax legislation.

Government

New Tax Law Takes Aim at Higher Education’s Millionaires Club premium

By Adam Harris and Dan Bauman

In 2015, private nonprofit colleges minted 158 millionaires. Their institutions would have to pay a 21-percent tax.

Behind Bars

Can a College Education Solve the Nation’s Prison Crisis? premium

By Kelly Field

Professors hope a federal experiment will prove that offering Pell Grants to prisoners is a good investment. It’s just as likely, though, that the program will be shut down by its political opponents.

Teaching

A New High-Tech Learning Center Changed How These Professors Teach

By Julia Schmalz

Special classrooms now available at the University of Maryland at College Park are making faculty members rethink the way they engage students.

Teaching

Innovators: 10 Classroom Trailblazers

Meet some devoted faculty members who might spark your interest in taking risks and trying new things in class. 


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Reining In Fraternities

Fraternities, havens of good times, darker events, or both, stand accused of fostering excessive drinking and indifference to students’ well-being. Here’s what colleges are trying to do about it.

Applying Research to Real-World Problems

How can scientists turn their work into solutions to societal problems? Here’s a primer on what the true mission of university research should be.


Views


Advice

On Faculty and Mental Illness

By Katie Rose Guest Pryal

Finally, academe has a guide for how to better treat its psychiatrically disabled workers.

Lingua Franca

It’s the Wine Talking

Geoff Pullum tries his hand at crafting evocative oenological descriptions. Can you top them?


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College of the Desert Eliminates Paper Forms
Students can now access forms and application status through an online portal and on their phones.


Job Opportunities


Associate Dean, Vermont Campus, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Vermont, United States

Open Rank Faculty Position in Performing and Directing Physical Comedy, Emerson College
Massachusetts, United States

Director, NYU Abu Dhabi Library - New York University, New York University Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates

CHINESE LANGUAGE LECTURESHIP, Department of East Asian Studies, ARTS AND SCIENCE, New York University, New York University Arts and Science
New York, United States

Associate Dean and Executive Director of Finance, Northwestern University
Illinois, United States

Dean of Community & Work, Sterling College
Vermont, United States

PRESIDENT, Leech Lake Tribal College
Minnesota, United States

Early Childhood positions / Arts & Sciences and Education, University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma, United States

Fall 2018 Faculty Openings, Pennsylvania State University
Pennsylvania, United States

President, The North Carolina Community College System
North Carolina, United States

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