Academe Today

Faculty

How a Student Got Kicked Out of Class — and Became a Conservative Hero

When Lake Ingle got in trouble with his professor, he waged a right-wing media campaign against her. She paid a fearful price as the target of the internet outrage machine.

From the Archives

Inside a Stealth Plan for Political Influence

Evidence of a conservative group’s influence in student-government campaigns can be found on campuses from coast to coast.

Working Students

5 Interesting Things About Walmart’s New (Nearly) Free College Benefit

For one, the effort will be independently evaluated by the Lumina Foundation, which says it expects to release some useful research from the study.

Teaching

What 6 Colleges Learned About Improving Their Online Courses

High-quality digital courses can save students time and money — but colleges have to invest in the right things, too.

‘The Common Good’

2 Associations Forcefully Defend the Liberal Arts

The disciplines’ value is routinely questioned. The Association of American Colleges and Universities and the American Association of University Professors provide a counterargument.

Religion

A Man Says God Told Him Trump Would Be President. Liberty U.’s Making a Movie About Him.

Some students participated in behind-the-scenes work for the new film, The Trump Prophecy. Others aren’t happy about it.

Idea Lab: Academic Overhauls

Revamping a curriculum or academic program is never easy. All too often traditions must be upended and entrenched practices challenged. The Chronicle’s editors have curated this collection of articles and essays to help you find success when making these big changes.

The Chronicle Review

The Criminalization of Knowledge

Why the struggle for academic freedom is the struggle for democracy.

Advice

A Professor’s Last Crucial Decision: When to Retire

Here’s what institutions should be doing to make the transition to emeritus life easier.

Lingua Franca

The Code That’s So Hard to Break

We think of “filler words,” such as like, as indicating lazy speech, says Lucy Ferriss. But in a foreign language, they’re among the hardest components of informal speech to master.