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International

An ‘America First’ Presidency Clashes With Higher Ed’s World View premium

By Karin Fischer

Colleges that have prided themselves on working across borders now confront a president who has pledged to build a wall.

Legal

What Trump’s Supreme Court Choice Might Mean for Higher Ed

By Eric Hoover

Neil M. Gorsuch, a federal appellate judge who teaches at the University of Colorado Law School, could help shape academe for decades to come.

Government

Jerry Falwell Jr. Says He Will Lead Federal Task Force on Higher-Ed Policy

By Goldie Blumenstyk

The focus of the group, the Liberty University president says, will be to respond to “overreaching regulation” and micromanagement by the U.S. Department of Education.

Leadership

3 Things You Should Know About Jerry Falwell Jr.

By Andy Thomason

The Liberty University president says he will lead a task force on higher-education policy. Here's a brief introduction to him.

The Ticker

DeVos Nomination Clears Senate Committee on Party-Line Vote

President Trump's controversial nominee for education secretary now moves to the Senate floor despite receiving no Democratic support in the education committee.

The Chronicle Review

Brains From Which the Alt-Right Sprang premium

By Marc Parry

A forthcoming study maps the intellectual roots of the “first new philosophical competitor to liberalism” since the fall of Communism.

Views

Commentary

How Immigrants Have Made America a Leader in Technology Innovation

By John Villasenor

Trump’s executive order could break the positive feedback loop that brings foreign students to American universities and creates American jobs.

The Chronicle Review

An Academic Boycott Is the Wrong Way to Fight Trump premium

By Cary Nelson

As tempting as it may be, such an embargo would deny the very values it attempts to protect.

The Chronicle Review

Trump Is Undermining Higher Education as a Global Enterprise

By Molly Land and Kathryn Libal

The travel ban cuts to the core of academic internationalism.

Vitae

How to Support Students of Color

By Karen Kelsky

Advice on how to help your nonwhite students in an era of anxiety.

Lingua Franca

A Language Museum?

Anne Curzan celebrates the announcement that Planet Word has found a building in Washington, D.C., to call home.

Job Opportunities

Director of Internal Audit, Colorado State University System
Colorado, United States

Richard C. Notebaert Professor of International Business and Global Studies at the rank of Full Professor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Wisconsin, United States

Sheldon B. Lubar Professorship in Finance at the rank of Full Professor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Wisconsin, United States

Professor Environmental and Resource Economics, University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
Florida, United States

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