Academe Today

Higher Ed’s Real Productivity Problem

Scholars have absorbed administrators’ obsession with measuring and ranking, and it’s keeping us from taking intellectual risks.

Faculty

This Professor Made Up a Job Offer From Another University. Now He Faces a Criminal Charge.

The Colorado State University professor managed to get a $5,000 raise, until the university suspected his competing job offer was fake. 

Immigration

For Georgetown Alumni, a Fellow Graduate’s Defense of Child Separation Touches a Nerve

A group of Georgetown University alumni has circulated a petition calling for the resignation of Kirstjen Nielsen, secretary of homeland security.

The Stakes of the Supreme Court

What Justice Kennedy’s Retirement Means for Higher Education

President Trump has nominated Brett M. Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. The man he’ll seek to replace voted with conservatives on most higher-education rulings but offered some surprises on affirmative action.

Technology

Apps Can Help Advise First-Generation Students. But It Takes a Human to Say, ‘I Believe in You.’

Buoyed by a $20-million gift, the College Advising Corps is doubling down to help more minority, low-income, and first-generation students get into college. Without them, says its founder and chief executive, Nicole Hurd, “we won’t have the democracy we want.”

Students

How to Help First-Generation Students Succeed

Students whose parents lack bachelor’s degrees face significant financial, cultural, and educational barriers. Here’s how colleges can help them graduate.

The Daily Briefing

The Daily Briefing tells individual subscribers everything they need to know about higher ed. Here’s a sample.

The Chronicle Review

When Neo-Nazis Love Your Book

Can a liberal education create enemies of liberalism?

Commentary

Our Best and Brightest Bankers

What Drew Faust’s new gig at Goldman Sachs says about the priorities of students on America’s elite campuses.

Lingua Franca

Is ‘You Guys’ Replacing ‘Y’All’ in the South?

If you live in the American South, which do you say? Allan Metcalf would like to know.