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Wednesday, October 24, 2018


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Admissions

Practice Mandated by Supreme Court Is Focus of Testimony in Harvard Admissions Trial

By Nell Gluckman

However the judge rules, both sides seem to be preparing for an appeal in a lawsuit challenging the university’s admissions process.

Financial Aid

Public Flagships Are Offering More Middle-Income Scholarships. What Gives? premium

By Chris Quintana

The cost of a higher education is weighing ever more heavily on the minds of Americans. Selective flagship universities appear to be getting the message.

Sexual Harassment

3 Revelations From the Lawrence Krauss Sexual-Harassment Report

By Katherine Mangan

The physicist agreed to retire from Arizona State University after an investigation uncovered evidence that he had groped and made sexually charged remarks to women.

Greek Life

Does Joining a Fraternity or Sorority Improve Grades and Earnings After Graduation? No, a Study Finds

By Andy Tsubasa Field

Promises of better GPAs and career success are big talking points for Greek-life recruiters, but two researchers find the correlation to be the opposite for at least one of those claims. 

Graduate Students

Undergraduates Aren’t Sure About Postgraduate Study. These Factors Encourage Them to Apply.

By Lindsay Ellis

In a moment of hand-wringing among graduate- and professional-school administrators, a Gallup survey offers guidance on who’s interested — and what drives them.

Re:Learning

A Message to College Leaders: Don’t Overlook Resources Right Under Your Nose

By Goldie Blumenstyk

Doing so can be costly — especially when university-based projects have been at the forefront of movements now gaining purchase, like open educational resources.


A New Report for Chronicle Readers


Idea Lab: Mergers and Collaboration

Many colleges are looking to merge or collaborate with their peers. But what do leaders need to know to do this well? Our latest Idea Lab collection offers advice and tips from colleges that have merged or formed partnerships to cut costs and expand academic programs. It’s available in the Chronicle Store.


Views


Advice

How to Be Strategic on the Tenure Track

By Manya Whitaker

It’s difficult to resist the pressures to overwork since that is often the only path to tenure.

Lingua Franca

Caravansary

An immense group of people is walking across Mexico, drawing our attention as it draws ever closer. Allan Metcalf notes the power of caravan to evoke visions.

 

 

Job Opportunities


Endowed Chair in Communication, Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture-American University of Beirut
Lebanon

Chair -- Department of Elementary Education, Stephen F. Austin State University
Texas, United States

Dean, College of Arts and Letters, Missouri State University
Missouri, United States

Assistant Professor of Health Studies, Purdue University Northwest (PNW)
Indiana, United States

Executive Director of the Center for Talented Youth, Johns Hopkins University
Maryland, United States

Eminent Scholar and Moorings Park Chair in Managerial Accounting, Florida Gulf Coast University
Florida, United States

Director of the MSW Program/Assistant Professor, School of Social Work , University of Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania, United States

Faculty Openings for the College of Arts and Sciences, Appalachian State University
North Carolina, United States

Tenure-Track Faculty Positions in Animal Physiology, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Computer Science, Exercise Science, Philosophy, Physician Assistant Studies and Outdoor Recreation, Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania, United States

Junior Faculty, Economics Department, New York University Arts and Science
New York, United States

Assistant Professor - School of Social Work, California State University, Chico
California, United States

President, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
New York, United States

Postdoctoral Faculty Fellow, Liberal Studies, New York University Arts and Science
New York, United States

Associate Dean, Graduate Nursing, Loma Linda University
California, United States

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