Academe Today

Administration

State of Conflict

How a tiny protest at the U. of Nebraska turned into a proxy war for the future of campus politics.

Admissions & Student Aid

A University Promised Full Scholarships to Dozens of Nepalese Students. Months Later, It Revoked the Offer.

Shocked and angry, the students are now scrambling to find affordable options with the help of admissions officials and college counselors all over the world.

Government

Why College Mergers Need to Be More Than Just Cutting Administrators

Declining enrollments mean colleges have to think broadly about which academic programs they can afford to continue, experts say.

Faculty

Famed Cancer Researcher Placed on Leave After Sexual-Harassment Accusations

Eight women told Science magazine that they were sexually harassed by Inder Verma, a molecular-biology professor at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies.

Graduate Students

This Academic Took a Job at BuzzFeed. Here’s Her Advice to Graduate Programs.

Anne Helen Petersen has a Ph.D. in media studies, and she wishes more programs were realistic about the prospect of an academic career.

Community Colleges

Want to Close Achievement Gaps? Focus on Part-Time Students.

When reformers focus on full-time students, too many minority students are left behind, a new study finds.

Administration

After Years of Pressure and a Guilty Verdict, Temple U. Revokes Bill Cosby's Honorary Degree

The day after the disgraced television star was found guilty of sexually assaulting a former Temple employee, his alma mater took back the degree.

Starter Kit: New to the Faculty

Are you an assistant professor new to the job? A department chair who wants to help freshmen on the faculty in their dizzying first year? Chronicle editors have compiled a collection of essays, by experienced professors, with advice for new faculty members. Buy your copy in the Chronicle store.

Advice

Why We Must Stop Relying on Student Ratings of Teaching

The internet has made course evaluations even more unreliable, which contributes to their ineffectiveness as a primary metric for faculty assessment.

Advice

Administration 101: Learn How to Follow the Money

To succeed as an academic leader you must become a bean counter, but a sensitive one.

Lingua Franca

Jane Austen's Guide to Writing

The English novelist’s instructions were largely in her titles. Dear Reader, can you find nine of them in this post?