Academe Today

Free Speech Is Not an Academic Value

You don’t have the right to say whatever you want on a college campus.

Leadership

Spanier Trial Opens With Former Penn State President Facing Charges With Few Precedents

Testimony in a Pennsylvania courtroom, while familiar, was for the first time squarely aimed at the university’s former chief.

Data

Explore, Compare, and Share 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 4,500 colleges. Submit your data to help show what people in your department earn.

Faculty

Gender Pay Gap Persists Across Faculty Ranks

Although women’s salaries have grown at a slightly higher rate than men’s, the latest figures show that academe still hasn’t remedied a perpetual problem.

Students

Trump’s Actions on Immigration Bring Uncertainty to English-Language Learners

Programs that teach English as a second language are seeing enrollments fluctuate because of immigrant students’ rising anxieties.

Commentary

How to Nurture Student Leaders

Even when they’re working against you, they deserve your guidance.

Lingua Franca

Milking a Comma for All It's Worth

A Maine dairy's truck drivers put punctuation to a $10-million test in court, Lucy Ferriss reports, and they won.

Vitae

The Professor Is In: Can I Negotiate?

Bargaining is not only for candidates with multiple offers.

Vitae

My So-Called Spring Break

Shouldn’t I be spending more time with my family and more time working?