Academe Today

Design Thinking Is a Boondoggle

Its adherents think it will save higher ed. They’re delusional.

Students

While Congress Squabbles, Some States Take Their Own Steps to Help Hungry Students

California and Massachusetts are working within the limits of existing law to expand students’ access to a key federal nutrition-assistance program.

Teaching

Trauma Can Interfere With Students’ Learning. Here’s Something Professors Can Do to Help.

Listening to students’ stories can help them regain a sense of control after a disaster, says a professor at the University of Puerto Rico.

Research

Robert Mueller’s Undergraduate Thesis Adviser Has a Great Memory. But He Doesn’t Remember Mueller.

The former Princeton professor reread his now-famous student’s project about a geopolitical legal case and deems it “judicious” and “very fair.”

The Adult Student: The Population Colleges — and the Nation — Can’t Afford to Ignore

America’s adult students have long been an afterthought in higher education. But demographic changes and economic pressures will soon require institutions to expand their horizons. This Chronicle report explores the growing imperative for colleges to support the adult-student movement.

The Chronicle Review

The University Is Not an Aristocracy

So why do we value selectivity over social mobility?

Advice

Do Photos of Teaching on Your Campus Look Staged and Static?

Here’s how your institution can offer a better visual story of what’s happening in its classrooms.

Lingua Franca

Copy Editors Are OCD. Thank Goodness.

Ilan Stavans recounts the times a compulsive reader has saved him from himself.