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Campus Protest

Fear and Loathing in the Campaign’s Wake premium

By Steve Kolowich

How a polarizing election, a free-speech fight, and a real-life internet troll made the U. of Washington turn on itself.

Government

Betsy DeVos Survived a Historic Confirmation Fight. What’s Next for Higher Ed?

By Kelly Field

Some experts wonder how much lawmakers will be able to get done on higher education, given their competing priorities and the bitterness over the new secretary’s selection.

Student Affairs

How a 20-Page Letter Changed the Way Higher Education Handles Sexual Assault premium

By Robin Wilson

The Obama administration’s influential "Dear Colleague" letter on sexual assault reflected a desire to make assault-prevention a national issue. Here’s how that document was born.

The Chronicle Interview

Battle-Hardened Climate Scientist Braces for Trump Era premium

By Paul Basken

Michael Mann has been fighting climate-change deniers since the late 1990s. Now he’s telling his fellow scientists to warm up for a new round of attacks.


Views

The Chronicle Review

Your Students Crave Moral Simplicity. Resist. premium

By Lyell Asher

Colleges should reveal to students the world’s rich ethical complexities.

The Chronicle Review

What It Feels Like to Live in Limbo

By Loubna El Amine

An arbitrary stroke of one man’s pen determines an immigrant’s fate.

Lingua Franca

'Better' Days Are Here

What's going on in the minds of copywriters who come up with tag lines that use better as a noun? Are they unaware of the cliché, asks Ben Yagoda, or do they just not care?

Vitae

Collegiality and Disability

By Katie Rose Guest Pryal

Accessibility is not a zero-sum game.

Job Opportunities

Modern Languages & Literatures - Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish, St. Lawrence University
New York, United States

Modern Languages & Literatures - Visiting Assistant Professor of Francophone Studies, St. Lawrence University
New York, United States

Vice President for Finance / Chief Financial Officer, MidAmerica Nazarene University
Kansas, United States

Area Cooperative Extension Advisor - Livestock and Natural Resources, University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
California, United States

Tenure-track Faculty Instructors, Truckee Meadows Community College
Nevada, United States

Vice President for Enrollment Management, St. Ambrose University
Iowa, United States

Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management & Student Affairs, Minnesota State University Moorhead
Minnesota, United States

Archivist, University of Puget Sound
Washington, United States

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