Admissions By Katherine Mangan And even at public institutions, officials worry about whether there will be enough space, not to mention money. |
Government By Adam Harris 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 By Peter Schmidt 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 By Julia Schmalz Signs and crowds for the March for Science show concern for respecting facts and research. |
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. |
Contributors to the Lingua Franca blog offer guidance on how to teach students about danglers, adverbs, commas, and more. |
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 By Raynard S. Kington The risk of failure — that we might not "get it" — is the price we pay for the gift of new knowledge. |
Lingua Franca Geoff Pullum attempts an April Fool's metahoax and is chagrined when at least one reader falls for it. |
Advice By Rachel Toor "I look at the words on the page as if I were arranging flowers in a vase." |