Academe Today

Leadership & Governance

Red, Yellow, or Green? A University System Color-Codes Its Presidents’ Political Speech to Try to Regulate It

The University of Maine system’s policy draws a mixed reception from the faculty.

Students

Campus Clashes Over Free Speech

Speakers with racist, sexist, and anti-immigrant views have prompted campus violence. Here’s how colleges have tried to balance free speech and safety.

Research

New Tensions Erupt Over Georgia’s Handling of Presumed Slave Remains

History faculty members express concern over the campus spokesman’s aggressive public response to criticism of the university.

Chronicle Series

Scholars of Slavery Force a Public Reckoning

Historians are asking new questions as America confronts its past. Download this booklet to read about their work, the conversations they’ve started, and what’s next in the movement for reparations.

Government

DeVos Gives Controversial Accreditor a New Chance and More Time

The Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools, which oversees primarily for-profit colleges, had its federal recognition revoked in 2016. The department will now reconsider its earlier decision.

In the States

Kentucky’s New Budget Carries Big Consequences for Public Colleges

The budget, approved on Monday night, would reduce state appropriations and allow universities to fire tenured professors whose programs were cut.

Students

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Handling Sexual-Assault Accusations

Make a mistake responding to sexual-abuse allegations, and it can damage your college’s reputation and cost it hundreds of thousands of dollars. Here’s the latest news on complying with federal gender-equity law.

Professors and Free Speech

Some professors nowadays fear for their jobs or their safety on account of their views at a time of high partisan tensions. Here are the stories of several professors in the cross hairs, and how their colleges responded.

Advice

Historians Behaving Badly

As scholars we do all sorts of small, self-interested things that undermine collegiality and our own interests, too.

Lingua Franca

What’s So Bad About ‘There Are’ Constructions?

Geoff Pullum wonders why usage advisers are so determined to get us to stop writing “there is” and “there are.” Some existentials (as clauses with those expressions are called) can’t be gracefully rephrased.