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Thursday, July 27, 2017

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Faculty

Who’s Left to Defend Tommy Curry? premium

By Steve Kolowich

A black philosopher at Texas A&M thought forcing a public discussion about race and violence was his job. Turns out people didn’t want to hear it.

Data

How a Challenge to Tommy Curry Set Off a Chain Reaction

By Steve Kolowich and Brian O’Leary

In an interactive table, see how news about his statements on racial violence coursed through partisan and nonpartisan media.

Faculty

Professors in the Political Cross Hairs

Read a collection of Chronicle articles documenting the impact of web-driven political outrage on the lives of faculty members.

Government

How One State’s Budget Crisis Has Hamstrung Its Public Universities premium

By Nell Gluckman

Louisiana spends the least per student on higher education among all the states. Here’s a look at how that has affected public universities and colleges on the ground.

Finance

Rich Colleges and Other Big Nonprofits Are Rapidly Stockpiling Endowment Cash, Chronicle Data Show

By Megan O’Neil and Joshua Hatch (The Chronicle of Philanthropy)

For 253 of the more than 1,600 nonprofit organizations studied, the dollars flowing into their endowments over six years exceeded the dollars flowing out by more than four to one.

Views

Advice

Aiding the Writing-Stalled Professor

By Joli Jensen

The most direct way to improve academic life for everyone on campus is to support faculty writing.

Vitae

Your Syllabus Doesn’t Have to Look Like a Contract

By David Gooblar

And students are more likely to read it if it doesn’t.

Lingua Franca

The Notorious ‘Notorious’

Ben Yagoda explores words that have been misused or adopted to mean their opposite. Others are nonplussed, hoi polloi, and disinterested.


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Grad Student Leads Dialogue on Opioid Addiction
A UMass Lowell grad student and public health department intern, Daniel Howell, helps build relationships with community members dealing with the drug crisis.


Job Opportunities

Assistant Professor in Department of Community and Environmental Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Wisconsin, United States

Director of Admissions, Colorado State University
Colorado, United States

Assistant Professor in Cognitive Sciences, University of California, Irvine
California, United States

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