Lou Anna K. Simon, who stepped down in January amid the sex-abuse scandal surrounding the sports doctor, now faces two felony counts and two misdemeanor counts.
The university prospered under Lou Anna K. Simon’s leadership. But for many who witnessed that growth, the Nassar scandal demands hard questions about the consequences of that ambition.
Unlikely, a new documentary about higher education, isn’t just another scathing critique of the academy. It offers a close look at the challenges facing adult students — and it’s also a little sad.
The North Carolina college did not say if they had been expelled or chosen to leave. The incident is part of a wider national trend of anti-Semitic messages on campuses.
Tracy Mitrano, a cybersecurity scholar, lost her bid to become a U.S. representative. But she gained a new awareness of the challenges facing academics who enter the fray.
Professors’ guidance can be life-changing for students, but the relationships require sustained resources, rewards, and support for the faculty members participating.
Colleges face growing demands to hire more minority faculty members. But doing so requires revamping how search committees usually operate, confronting unconscious bias, and improving the Ph.D. pipeline. This collection examines how colleges are changing to bolster their faculty ranks with more people from underrepresented minority groups. Get your copy in the Chronicle Store.
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