Academe Today

Academic Freedom

Dust-Up Involving Conservative Student Sparks Political Uproar in Nebraska

Two instructors protested a student who promoted the right-wing group Turning Point USA. The backlash that ensued has left some professors feeling vulnerable.

Teaching

What You Need to Know About the Inspector General’s Audit of Western Governors U.

The audit’s recommendation that the university repay more than $700 million in student aid has grabbed all the attention. But it’s far from clear that that will ever happen.

Campus Safety

What Can Campus Police Learn From Charlottesville?

Violence on and near the University of Virginia campus gripped the nation in August. A month later, campus police chiefs are looking to see what lessons can be gleaned from the events.

Students

White Student at Cornell U. Charged in Attack on Black Classmate Apologizes

But he said he was sorry only for using “unacceptable and inappropriate” language. He denied physically assaulting anyone.

The Chronicle Review

Taking Stock of the Ties That Bind Harvard’s Kennedy School and the CIA

When the school withdrew a fellowship offer to Chelsea Manning, it was seen as caving to political pressure. How close is the relationship between the institution and the agency?

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:

24 Tips for Teaching Writing

Contributors to the Lingua Franca blog offer guidance on how to teach students about danglers, adverbs, commas, and more.

Creating a Diverse Faculty

College officials struggle to attract and retain faculty members from traditionally underrepresented groups. The 10 articles in this guide examine why they have such a hard time with it and what they might do better.

Advice

How to Be Political

Let’s banish the fiction of the completely apolitical robot prof.

Commentary

Reflections From a Millennial Teaching Millennials

A young scholar takes advantage of the traits she shares with her students to enhance their classroom experience.

Lingua Franca

Our Alt-Universe

Inspired by a lost capital letter, Allan Metcalf describes a new realm.