Academe Today

Best-Teacher Awards Are Bunk

They distract us from colleges’ systemic failures.

Administration

How One White Nationalist Became — and Remains — a Thorn in Texas A&M’s Side

Preston Wiginton doesn’t have an especially strong connection to the university: He dropped out after taking classes for a year. But he’s made it his mission to force extreme racial politics upon College Station.

Data

As Libraries Go Digital, Costs Remain Tangible

The idea that having a digital collection would make it much cheaper to run an academic library turns out to be wishful thinking.

The Ticker

Liberty U. Alumni Protest Falwell's Continued Support of Trump

Some graduates of the university are upset that its leader has voiced support of President Trump's inflammatory comments about the violence in Charlottesville.  

How Colleges Can Survive the New Credential Economy

As the economy undergoes significant change, the meaning of the college degree is increasingly questioned. This report examines the history of college credentials, the ultimate value of the college degree, and the development of lifelong credentials.

The Chronicle Review

Supreme Tension

Political battles over high-court nominees date back not to 1987 and Robert Bork, a legal historian argues, but to LBJ and Nixon.

Vitae

The Professor Is In: Is It Too Soon to Talk to Publishers?

When should doctoral students start approaching a book editor about their dissertations?

Lingua Franca

Sheetcaking: Seriously?

Allan Metcalf savors Tina Fey's delicious proposal for countering the alt-right.