| Leadership & Governance By Fernanda Zamudio-Suaréz Two trustees made a unilateral move to put the Southern Illinois University system president on leave. Now trustees are divided and it’s anyone’s guess what will happen next. |
| The Chronicle Review By Tom Bartlett What would Noam Chomsky, Deepak Chopra, a very friendly robot, plus a bevy of scientists, mystics, and wannabe scholars do at a fancy resort in Arizona? Perhaps real harm to the field of consciousness studies, for one thing. |
| Faculty By Megan Zahneis As the University of Virginia prepares to renovate its historic Alderman Library, some professors worry that a planned loss of shelving will harm their scholarship. |
| Teaching Asking students to work out a problem using nothing but what they already know can bring a host of benefits. |
| Campus leaders are under pressure to modernize the educational experience, using technology and learning science to improve results. Our new report on the future of learning can help you innovate. Buy a copy in the Chronicle Store. |
| Commentary By Arne Duncan and Carol Cartwright This most powerful of sports organizations must remake itself from a membership association into an independent leadership organization. |
| Advice By Rachel Toor Too many academic writers come to believe the lie they tell themselves — that their work is not good enough. |
| Lingua Franca Geoff Pullum examines the reaction in the letters column to a recent surprising announcement by The Economist. Could Lingua Franca have helped strengthen the magazineâs resolve? |
