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Tuesday, October 23, 2018


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Admissions

Harvard Trial Shows What Admissions Deans Are Made Of: Contradictions premium

By Eric Hoover

William Fitzsimmons’s testimony revealed a lot about how the university selects applicants. It also revealed something about the dean — and the complex job he has held for 32 years.

Admissions

Harvard Is Challenged on Whether Socioeconomic Status Should Replace Race as Admissions Factor

By Nell Gluckman

As a trial in Boston entered its second week, a higher-education expert testified that the university could achieve its desired racial diversity without considering race in admissions.

Gender Identity

Federal Proposal to Redefine Gender Throws College Policies Into Uncertainty

By Emma Pettit

The proposed restriction contradicts current case law and would create “administrative chaos,” said one scholar who studies transgender issues.

Students

Colleges Should Enhance Resources for Undocumented Students, Report Urges. Here’s How Some Are Doing That.

By Andy Tsubasa Field

A surprisingly large percentage of the immigrants both study and work full time, according to TheDream.US, which says campuses need to step up their services.

Advice

3 Tips for the Minutes Before Class

By Fernanda Zamudio-Suaréz

Looking for a way to improve your teaching? Start by working on your pre-class routine. The minutes before class begins provide a prime opportunity to set the tone for a successful lesson. Fernanda Zamudio-Suaréz tells you how in this Two-Minute Tips video.

Two-Minute Tips

Short videos to help you excel in the academic workplace.


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The Chronicle Review

When Argument Becomes Bloodsport premium

By Amy Olberding

Philosophy is mired in wanton pugilism.

Commentary

Black Graduates Want to Celebrate. We Shouldn’t Stop the Party.

By Darryl Scriven

Forcing students to walk briskly across the commencement stage as they realize a lifelong, sometimes intergenerational dream is historically and culturally insensitive.

Lingua Franca

Genius Move by the MacArthur Foundation

It’s brilliant branding, really, says Ben Yagoda. The foundation is able to wash its hands of the crass “genius” designation, yet is universally known by it.


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Job Opportunities


Multiple Positions Associated with Cluster Hire in Public Health Solutions: Determinants, Disparities and Education, Western Michigan University
Michigan, United States

Vice President for Institutional Advancement, Stephens College
Missouri, United States

Vice President for Enrollment Management, California University of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania, United States

Cancer Cell & Molecular Biologist, Purdue University, Department of Biological Sciences
Indiana, United States

Harry S. Levitan Director of Education, Brandeis University
Massachusetts, United States

Senior Director of Enrollment Management, Catholic Theological Union
Illinois, United States

Registrar, University of Saint Joseph
Connecticut, United States

Assistant Professor of Food Science (Food Chemistry), University of Wisconsin-Madison
Wisconsin, United States

Assistant Professor of English in English Education, University of Texas at El Paso
Texas, United States

System Vice President for Academic Affairs, South Dakota Board of Regents
South Dakota, United States

Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies & Sustainability, Northern Michigan University
Michigan, United States

Dean, The School of Allied Health Professions (SAHP), LSU Health Shreveport
Louisiana, United States

Hoover Fellows, a new path for early-career scholars, Hoover Institution at Stanford University
California, United States

Faculty Fellow in Museum Studies, Program in Museum Studies, New York University Arts and Science
New York, United States

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