Academe Today

Special Reports

A Dying Town

Here in a corner of Missouri and across America, the lack of a college education has become a public-health crisis.

News

Are Colleges Engines of Inequality?

Higher ed still doesn’t provide enough opportunity to needy students. Here’s a look at some causes of that phenomenon, and what colleges might do better.  

From the Archives

When College Was a Public Good

As the population has grown more diverse, support has dwindled for grand efforts, like the GI Bill, to open doors to higher education. Coincidence?

The Chronicle Interview

Career Advice From a Groundbreaking President

When is it time to make a move? For what reasons, and with what conditions? Ruth J. Simmons shares her insights.

How College Leaders Are Responding and Preparing for the Future

What challenges do college leaders face with the current pricing structure? And what strategies will they pursue in the future? In this report, we surveyed hundreds of higher-education presidents and chief financial officers to explore those questions and more.

The Chronicle Review

Stop Defending the Liberal Arts

We inevitably sound defensive and self-interested. Let others do the defending for us.

The Professor Is In

When Will We Stop Elevating Predators?

Truly grotesque is the range, scope, variety, and, at the same time, numbing repetitiveness of the attacks of senior men on junior women.

Lingua Franca

Who You Gonna Call?

Lucy Ferriss discusses the connotations of the word ghosting and why it is disturbingly apt.