A team of education researchers scoured public colleges’ websites for undergraduate tuition rates. Often, when tuition varied based on academic major or year of study, bottom-line numbers proved elusive.
The team says it will skip all activities, even a December 27 bowl game, if the university doesnât reinstate 10 players who were suspended in a sexual-assault investigation.
The cultural challenges of first-generation students, says M. Sonja Ardoin, aren’t easily resolved — even years later, when as faculty members they’re asked, "What wine will you have?"
In a new feature, available to subscribers only, The Chronicle offers carefully curated collections of articles on important issues in higher education. So far, there are more than a dozen. Here are a couple of examples.
Unguarded speech on social media and on campus can lead to all kinds of grief. This 44-page collection looks at how colleges get tangled in debates over free speech after their professors and students speak out.
Academic deans are expected now more than ever to push their schools to evolve. The seven articles in this collection offer insights into how deans handle all the demands on them.
The Digital Polarization Initiative, started by Mike Caulfield, seeks to help students develop critical digital-literacy skills while providing a much-needed resource.
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