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Friday, August 25, 2017


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Administration

Details on Berkeley Free-Speech Event Are Hazy, but Campus Readies for Another Fight

By Chris Quintana and Clara Turnage

Milo Yiannopoulos, Ann Coulter, and Stephen Bannon have been invited, but just who is coming is unclear.

Historically Black Colleges

Tensions Grow Between Trump and Black Colleges as HBCU Conference Gets Political premium

By Adam Harris

Uncertainty and unfulfilled promises have made several black-college leaders wary of attending a Washington event they have found useful in the past.

Research

The Antifa Academic

By Nell Gluckman

A Dartmouth lecturer who wrote a book on the anti-fascist movement discusses his research and the people at the center of it.

Facilities

At Yale, 2 Costly New Colleges Aspire to Look Old premium

By Lawrence Biemiller

The university is reported to have spent $500 million on two new residential colleges. What does a sum like that buy these days?


Views


The Chronicle Review

What Mark Lilla Gets Wrong About Students

By Martha S. Jones

He says academe’s obsession with identity makes students less likely to engage with the world. Nonsense. Students are democracy’s newest agents.

Lingua Franca

Not Everyone Calls It That?

Anne Curzan wonders how many others may have made a trademarked term for tin foil into a generic.


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Students Overcome Language and Cultural Hurdles
International students are working with pathway providers to ease their transition into student life in the United States.


Job Opportunities


Earlham College: Vice President for Finance and Business/Chief Financial Officer, Earlham College
Indiana, United States

NREMT Executive Director, National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians
Ohio, United States

Two tenure-track faculty positions in the College of Social Work, The Ohio State University College of Social Work
Ohio, United States

Director with Faculty Rank, Institute on Community Integration (ICI), College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota
Minnesota, United States

Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Modern Hebrew, Vanderbilt University
Tennessee, United States

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