| Leadership & Governance By Steve Kolowich In 2015, Sweet Briar College’s new president arrived to face a daunting task: resuscitate a campus that the previous administration had left for dead. Here's the inside story of how he did that. |
| Faculty By Peter Schmidt Wake Forest University is using a gift from the Charles Koch Foundation to establish an institute focused on the study of "human flourishing." The result has been a bitter debate over its gift policies and perceived threats to academic freedom. |
| Athletics By Tom Hesse Both big and small programs put a priority on trust in their athletic tutors. "We’ll tell them right off the bat, We almost don’t care what you know," one tutor coordinator says. "The question is: Can you be trusted?" |
| Special Reports By Goldie Blumenstyk The career-focused programs were initially pitched as the antithesis of traditional colleges. But now several boot camps are discovering the value of a more direct connection to universities, and vice versa. |
| Administration By Drew Lindsay (The Chronicle of Philanthropy) Big gifts to higher education last year topped $6 billion for the first time, continuing a postrecession surge in eight- and nine-figure donations. Giving from smaller contributors is declining. |
| We’ve started a new email, for subscribers only, that briefs readers on everything they need to know in higher ed to start the day. Here’s a sample. |
| The Chronicle Review By Steven Conn If historians don’t provide our country with grand narratives, sneaky demagogues will. |
| Lingua Franca Geoff Pullum wishes a happy 80th birthday to his mentor and friend Rodney Huddleston, and explains why he's such a central figure in the grammar world. |
| First Person By Jonathan Nichols Hearing about campus closings is one thing; it’s quite another when it happens to you. |
| Vitae By Jonathan Rees What are the pros and cons of pursuing a faculty career in one place? |
