Academe Today

From Foster Care to Freshman Year

A complicated set of challenges put these students at high risk in college. Some programs provide them with a better chance of success.

Lessons From One College’s Foster-Youth Effort

Ball State University’s program has an 80-percent freshman-retention rate. Here’s how it works.

A World of Ideas in Idea Lab

A collection of some three dozen explorations of the problems colleges face, and how they are solving them. The articles include news, analysis, data, advice, and opinion.

Hate Incidents

Racist Symbols Are Found at American U. After Launch of Anti-Racist Center

The university has been trying to move past racist incidents that took place on campus last spring. Now it must reckon with another one.

Scandal Watch

It’s Been a Terrible 2 Years for the University of Louisville

Escorts, sombreros, audits, an abandoned factory, secretive policies, two FBI investigations, Adidas money, and … what about its accreditation?

Campus Safety

At Christian Colleges, Theology Can Complicate Sexual-Assault Prevention

Some institutions flinch at the notion of emphasizing consent, for example, given that students aren’t supposed to be having sex in the first place.

Graduate Students

Amid Professors’ ‘Doom-and-Gloom Talk,’ Humanities Ph.D. Applications Drop

While overall applications to doctoral programs were up nearly 1 percent from 2015 to 2016, applications to arts and humanities programs declined by 7.1 percent.

Check Out The Chronicle’s New Teaching Newsletter

Keeping students academically motivated helps them stay enrolled. But do professors see retention as part of their job?

Innovation

A Newer Education for Our Era

We need to teach creativity, collaboration, and adaptability

Advice

A Welcoming Classroom

As more students request accommodations, you may find that meeting their needs can help all of your students.

Lingua Franca

Doddering Dotards

If Kim Jong-un decided to double down on his derision, says Lucy Ferriss, he might deem the Donald a doddering dotty dotard who dotes on Vladimir Putin.