Academe Today

Diversion

Hey, Look Over Here!

When right-wing fire-starters descend, campus officials face a conundrum: How to get students, and everyone else, not to feed the trolls.

Students

Dealing With Controversial Speakers on Campus

Presentations of provocative ideas have led to debates over free speech and have sometimes even sparked violence on campuses. This 32-page collection gives an overview of how college leaders have responded.

Technology

Faculty Members at One More University Push Back at Online Programs

Professors at Eastern Michigan University are the latest to question whether the quality of online instruction matches what happens in the classroom.

The Chronicle Review

D.C.’s Newest Museum Has a Provenance Problem

The Museum of the Bible is poised to welcome throngs of visitors. But a cloud hangs over its collection.

For-Profit Colleges

After Chronicle Investigation, Ashford Suspends Enrollment of GI Bill Students

The for-profit university announced the decision days after the federal government said it was out of compliance with eligibility standards.

In the States

Investigation Finds Napolitano’s Aides Interfered in State Audit of U. of California

But the inquiry found insufficent evidence to conclude that the system’s president had been aware of the efforts to play down criticism of her office.

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 more than 25. Here are a couple of examples:

Leadership at HBCUs

Historically black colleges and universities face many challenges as they go about their mission of helping students who in many cases are academically underprepared and come from low-income families. The seven articles in this collection look at the issues that presidents of those institutions must contend with, and how they work to overcome them.

Recovering From Campus Violence

After a deadly shooting on campus, college leaders must figure out how to help the campus community move toward healing. The 10 articles in this collection show the course of recovery at the University of Alabama at Huntsville, Umpqua Community College, and other afflicted campuses.

Advice

The Dangers of Tweeting at Conferences

Presenters should have the right to ask people not to live-tweet, and shouldn’t have to explain their reasons.

Lingua Franca

Liberty: ‘The Right to Tell People What They Do Not Want to Hear’

That dictum of George Orwell’s pleases Geoff Pullum more than anything the author of 1984 ever said about language.