Academe Today

Administration

Faculty Letter at Brown U. Intensifies Standoff Over Tribe’s Claim to Land

A Native American group argues that a plot of land owned by the university is theirs by ancestral right. Scholars of indigenous studies at Brown cast doubt on the claim.

Global

Mexican Universities Prepare for a Potential ‘Tsunami’ of DACA Students

While the program’s fate is unclear, institutions in Mexico are taking steps to enroll students who face possible deportation.

Collective Bargaining

When Do a Dean’s Messages About a Graduate Union Go Too Far?

Some faculty members at Cornell University have accused an administrator of unfairly trying to influence a unionization vote. Two messages, and their timing, are at the heart of the dispute.

The Ticker

U. of Virginia Will Donate KKK’s 1921 Gift to Charlottesville Victims

The University of Virginia, which received a $1,000 pledge from the Ku Klux Klan 96 years ago, said it would donate the sum’s present-day equivalent, $12,500.

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’s an example:

Best Ideas for Teaching

Professors are trying whatever strategies it takes to liven up the classroom and help students master and remember material. This 44-page collection describes some of their innovative teaching ideas — both high-tech and low-tech ones.

Commentary

How to Do a Better Job of Preparing Students for Life After College

Career centers haven’t been very effective, surveys show, but some colleges are trying to shift the status quo.

The Chronicle Review

The Real Victims of Anti-Intellectualism

Hint: They aren’t professors.

Lingua Franca

What’s a ‘UPenn’?

The Philadelphia Ivy was universally called Penn for decades, says Ben Yagoda. Then something changed.