Academe Today

Administration

At UVa, in the Wake of a Nightmare, a Reckoning Begins

How much will one traumatic weekend change the university? Many of the students, professors, and officials who are trying to answer that question are doing so by looking to the past.

The Ticker

Ann Coulter, Milo Yiannopoulos, Stephen Bannon Are Invited to Speak at UC-Berkeley

A spokesman for the university confirmed that a student group had invited the prominent conservative figures for a series of events set to take place in September.

The Far Right Comes to Campus

Read a collection of Chronicle articles documenting the challenges posed by the growing presence of extremist politics at colleges and universities.

The Chronicle Interview

‘We Are Ready to Thrive’

Moises Serrano tells the story of his unlikely journey to college in a new documentary film, "Forbidden: Undocumented and Queer in Rural America."

The Ticker

Former FBI Director Comey Will Hold Endowed Chair at Howard U.

James Comey will lead a series of lectures on public policy at the historically black college during the coming academic year.

Commentary

My Liberty University Diploma and Me

Just because an alumnus declines to join a protest does not mean that he agrees with the university president’s words.

First Person

Stop Calling It a Minor

Few students see any connection between their academic major and minor. Let’s help them discover it.

Vitae

Reeling Them in Early

Getting students invested in your course is the most important objective to aim for in the opening weeks of the semester.

Lingua Franca

DIY Digital Humanities

You don't have to be fancy to do DH, writes Ben Yagoda. An e-book — say, Bill Bryson's "The Road to Little Dribbing" — and mild curiosity can produce interesting insights.