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Teaching

How Colleges Can Open Powerful Educational Experiences to Everyone premium

By Shannon Najmabadi

Experiential-learning opportunities help students apply the classroom to the real world, but many of them don't get the chance.

Global

Prospective International Students Show New Reluctance to Study in the U.S. premium

By Vimal Patel

Nearly one in three potential applicants say they are less interested because of the current political climate, a survey says.

Students

How GoFundMe Changed 3 Students’ Fortunes

By Lindsay McKenzie

More students and families are turning to the crowdfunding website to raise money for college. Here are three of their stories.

Leadership

In Defending Free Speech, Says Teresa Sullivan, ‘the Middle Ground Is the High Ground’

By Chris Quintana

In remarks to a meeting of college leaders, the University of Virginia president noted campus controversies where free expression has come under attack from both sides of the political spectrum.


Views

Commentary

How Well Do You Know Your Candidate?

By Judith A. Wilde and James H. Finkelstein

You might assume that your presidential-search firm is doing all the appropriate background checks. You might be wrong.

The Chronicle Review

The Secret History of Emotions

By Lisa Feldman Barrett

A half-century of research is lost — then found.

Lingua Franca

Lies, Damned Lies, and Press Releases

We are being asked, more than at any point that Bill Germano can remember, to watch, and listen to, people who don't tell the truth.


Advice

On Course

The Distracted Classroom

By James M. Lang

New research may help us break the impasse over how to cope with digital diversions in the classroom.

Vitae

The Vitae Bookshelf

By Mark Carrigan

Five books everyone should read to understand technology and social media.

Job Opportunities

Dean of the Eberly College of Science and Technology, California University of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania, United States

Two Non Tenure-Track Positions Available, Temple University
Pennsylvania, United States

Dean of the College of Nursing, Resurrection University
Illinois, United States

Director of Enrollment Management, Resurrection University
Illinois, United States

Dean of the School of Business and Graduate Studies, Mount Ida College
Massachusetts, United States

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