Academe Today

Admissions

As May 1 Nears, N.Y.’s Free-Tuition Plan Sows Confusion About What Private Colleges Can Offer

And even at public institutions, officials worry about whether there will be enough space, not to mention money.

Government

In the DeVos Era, New Higher-Ed Policy Could Come From the Senate

The U.S. Senate education committee has been able to work together on bipartisan legislation in the past. But will early disputes jeopardize lawmakers’ ability to come to the table?

Students

Resident Advisers Gain the Right to Unionize

A regional officer of the National Labor Relations Board ruled in a George Washington University case that the undergraduate advisers are employees with collective-bargaining rights.

Research

No Dampening Their Commitment to Science

Signs and crowds for the March for Science show concern for respecting facts and research.

Chronicle Focus

In a new feature, available to individual subscribers only, The Chronicle offers carefully curated collections of articles on important issues in higher education. So far, there are nearly 25. Here are a couple of examples.

24 Tips for Teaching Writing

Contributors to the Lingua Franca blog offer guidance on how to teach students about danglers, adverbs, commas, and more.

How to Help First-Generation Students Succeed

Students whose parents don’t have bachelor’s degrees face significant financial, cultural, and educational barriers. Yet they enroll in college in significant numbers. This 32-page collection looks at how professors and administrators can help them prevail.

Commentary

Creative Ways to Help Students Recover From Failure

The risk of failure — that we might not "get it" — is the price we pay for the gift of new knowledge.

Lingua Franca

The Risky Business of Deadpan Humor

Geoff Pullum attempts an April Fool's metahoax and is chagrined when at least one reader falls for it.

Advice

Scholars Talk Writing: Ruth Behar

"I look at the words on the page as if I were arranging flowers in a vase."