Academe Today Friday, April 13, 2018 Sign up for this newsletter | The Digital Campus | By Lee Gardner In enrollment, advising, and campus facilities, the revolution is spreading fast. |
| By Goldie Blumenstyk Professors say it’s not only faster but fairer. |
| Other futuristic content in this issue includes advice on how to spice up your classroom with virtual technology, and a report on the growing number of academic programs focused on drone technology. |
Todayâs News | Faculty By Beckie Supiano A study classifies faculty members based on the time they devote to research, teaching, and service. |
| Students By Chris Quintana A new study purports to show that many students are using loan money to invest in cryptocurrency. At least one expert is skeptical. |
| Teaching Why some professors encourage students to practice contemplation. |
| Students By Katherine Mangan Threats and leafleting by white supremacists, a controversial opinion piece in the student newspaper, and a student-government standoff have fueled a year of unrest. |
| Faculty By Emma Kerr About 60 percent of the university’s voting faculty members declared they had no confidence in the leadership of Wayne A.I. Frederick. Last week student protesters concluded an eight-day sit-in at the campus’s main administration building. |
A New Feature for Chronicle Readers | Are you a department chair who wants to give new faculty members a guide to teaching? Or a Ph.D. student looking for tips on what it takes to be a good instructor? Chronicle editors have compiled a collection of articles and essays that offer lessons for those teaching in the college classroom for the first time. Buy your copy of the 38-page booklet in our new Chronicle store. |
Views | Commentary By Patricia McGuire When students arrive on campus unprepared for even the most minimal expectations of college work, they are set up to fail. Here’s how college leaders can change that. |
| Lingua Franca Why does the tired phrase without further ado still get so much air time? William Germano investigates. |
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From the Brink of Extinction
UF doctoral student leaves high-power job to pursue her passion for protecting wildlife. |
Job Opportunities | Patent Development Engineer, Slater Matsil, LLP
Texas, United States
Dean of the Roy G. Perry College of Engineering, Prairie View A&M University
Texas, United States
Faculty - Electrical/Mechatronics, State University of New York at Delhi
New York, United States
Faculty - Architecture, State University of New York at Delhi
New York, United States
Director-Advising, Counseling & Career Services, Lincoln Land Community College
Illinois, United States
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Missouri, United States
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