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Wednesday, April 11, 2018


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Data

Explore, Compare, and Share New Data on Higher-Ed Salaries

Updated with the latest figures on full-time faculty members, adjunct professors, and staff, The Chronicle’s comprehensive data resource makes it easy to dig into pay at more than 4,700 colleges. Submit your data to help show what people in your department earn.

Labor & Work-Life Issues

How Much Did Professors Earn This Year? Barely Enough to Beat Inflation

By Audrey Williams June

Modest increases were the norm, and money to fund the retirement of junior faculty members was sparse, according to the AAUP.

Research

Historians Want to Be Cited in the Media. Here’s Why It Matters. premium

By Fernanda Zamudio-Suaréz

When their work provides context for breaking news, the scholars argue, some credit helps the public understand what’s going on.

The Chronicle Interview

This Historian Gave Up an Ivy League Professorship. Now She Says She Is ‘the Uncoolest Artist in the World.’ premium

By Marc Parry

Nell Painter wrote serious books and led scholarly associations before going to art school, a transformation she examines — including the perniciousness of M.F.A. education — in a new memoir.

Technology

3 Ideas to Improve Higher Education From The Chronicle’s Fourth Annual Version of ‘Shark Tank’

By Goldie Blumenstyk

Hear what a panel of experts had to say about a hiring assessment for faculty members, a financial-planning app for students, and a communication tool for scholarship recipients.


Exclusively for You


Idea Lab: Student Success

Colleges are increasingly being judged by how well they retain and graduate students, especially those who are first generation or low income. In our latest Idea Lab collection on student success, we profile successful efforts to help students who struggle in college. The 42-page booklet has tips on mentoring, advising, using student data, and more.


Views


Commentary

10 Steps to Lead College Presidents Away From the Edge

By Liz DiMarco Weinmann

Many lessons can be learned from the decline and fall of the former president of Edinboro University. Here are some of them.

Lingua Franca

Who’s Polluting Whose English?

Is poppycock British or American? Take the quiz, which Ben Yagoda “nicked” from a new book, The Prodigal Tongue.

 

 

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