Academe Today

Sexual Harassment

A Major Scientific Society Says Harassment Derails Women’s Careers. Critics Say the Group Hasn’t Done Enough.

A new report from the National Academy of Sciences comes as the organization debates whether to expel members who commit sexual misconduct.

Title IX

How a Letter Defending Avital Ronell Sparked Confusion and Condemnation

Scholars heard the NYU professor was under a Title IX investigation. They threw support behind her, but then their appeal was made public.

Admissions & Student Aid

Google Wants to Play a Bigger Role in Your College Search. Here’s What You Need to Know.

The company announced on Tuesday that it would elevate certain statistics about four-year colleges in its search results. “This is Google being Google,” one expert said.

Re:Learning

Facebook Plans to Team Up With 15 Community Colleges. What Will That Entail?

The company has been pitching itself to colleges as a recruiting tool, but it says this effort is separate from that. Here are the details, from our revamped Re:Learning newsletter.

Students

A Hidden Strength of Minority-Serving Colleges: Meeting Students Where They Are

The institutions catapult students up the economic ladder better than do their predominantly white peers, according to a new study by the American Council on Education.

Starter Kit: New to the Department Chair

Many professors are ill-prepared to become chair of a department. This Starter Kit offers lessons and tips from experienced department heads and other administrators on what it takes to make the transition.

Advice

From Doctoral Study to … Digital Humanities

What to expect and how to prepare for careers that combine technology and humanities scholarship.

Lingua Franca

Who Outfoxed Whom in Singapore?

Bill Germano looks at the language used to describe the meeting between the leaders of the United States and North Korea.