Academe Today

Technology

How Artificial Intelligence Is Changing Teaching

New technologies promise to make the classroom experience more interactive and personal, but they also raise concerns about ethics and privacy.

Special Reports

'No Money, No Mission': How Colleges Can Fortify Themselves for the Future

Market forces are bearing down on higher education, and internal inefficiencies can make matters worse. Our new report on the college business model can help you shore up your finances now and consider major transformations ahead. Buy a copy in our store.

Government

Education Dept. Proposes Tossing Gainful-Employment Rule, Which Took Aim at For-Profit Colleges

The department plans to bolster the College Scorecard, or a similar public-facing consumer tool, instead of using student-debt levels to hold underperforming institutions accountable. 

From the Archives

Who Does DeVos’s Department Really Represent?

Advocates for students fret over the education secretary’s loosening of the regulatory reins. But fewer colleges are complaining.

The Chronicle Interview

A Veteran President Calls on Colleges to Stop the Snobbery

Hierarchies die hard, but prestige should be based less on exclusivity and more on serving all students, says Elaine Maimon of Governors State University.

Colleges Need to Prepare for the Future of Learning. Here’s How to Give All Students a Shot at Success.

Campus leaders are under pressure to modernize the educational experience, using technology and the science of learning to improve results. Our new report on the future of learning can help you innovate. Buy a copy in the Chronicle Store.

Advice

That New Hire Needs Your Help

Here’s how to assist your new colleagues in their first year on the campus.

Lingua Franca

In the Fuss Over Core and Relevance, What Will Happen to Rereading?

Teaching is like being a tour guide, says Bill Germano: Only so much can happen the first time through a city, or through a text, for that matter.