Faculty

‘My Professional World Has Gotten Smaller’

Three scholars speak about how sexual harassment and assault have distorted their lives in the academy.

The Chronicle Review

What It’s Like to Be a Woman in the Academy

We asked dozens of women about gender and power on campus. Here’s what they told us.

Campus Security

Among the Hottest Job Markets on Campus: Police Officer

Colleges are hiring police officers at a faster rate than nearly any other campus jobs — at a time of heightened concern about how they operate.

Students

U. of Texas System Apologizes for Revoking Nepali Students’ Scholarships

A statement acknowledges the applicants’ “anguish and hardship” and pledges to make sure “this situation never occurs again.” But most of the help for the students is coming from college advisers and admissions officials elsewhere.

Special Reports

How Colleges Manage to Afford Big Projects in Lean Times

Public-private partnerships can help colleges remake their campuses in years, rather than decades. The bigger the deal, the more complexities it brings.

Technology

This Is What Georgia Tech Thinks College Will Look Like in 2040

It includes new credentials to recognize continuous learning, a subscription fee model, and worldwide networks of advisers for life.

Starter Kit: New to the Faculty

Are you an assistant professor new to the job? A department chair who wants to help freshmen on the faculty in their dizzying first year? Chronicle editors have compiled a collection of essays, by experienced professors, with advice for new faculty members. Buy your copy in the Chronicle store.

The Chronicle Review

Why I Escaped the ‘Intellectual Dark Web’

Pissing off progressives isn’t intellectual progress.

Advice

What I Learned From Being Laid Off

Do I sign the severance agreement? Do I negotiate? Hire a lawyer to send a threatening letter?

Lingua Franca

Hello, Google Duplex? No Artificially Intelligent Calls, Please

Geoff Pullum, examining a new development in artificial intelligence, decides that he's inclined to continue making his own phone calls.