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Wednesday, March 21, 2018


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Idea Lab: Colleges Solving Problems


Leadership & Governance

How to Bring New Board Members Up to Speed premium

By Kathryn Masterson

If you want to avoid governance disasters, you need to be systematic about orienting trustees.

Commentary

What One Trustee Wishes He Had Known Going In

By David W. Miles

A seasoned board member considers the ways his own orientation fell short.

Special Reports

A World of Ideas in Idea Lab

A collection of nearly 50 explorations of the problems that colleges face, and how they are solving them. The articles include news, analysis, data, advice, and opinion.


Today’s News


Campus Speech

After a Comedian Makes an Off-Color Joke, Loyola Chicago Silences His Mic

By Bianca Quilantan

Hannibal Buress apparently violated his performance contract by mentioning child abuse in the Catholic Church. Should the university that hosted him have been surprised?

Leadership & Governance

Can Michigan State Get Its Public-Relations Nightmare Under Control?

By Sarah Brown

As the university’s interim president faces widespread criticism for his defiant comments in recent days, many are wondering if the institution’s communications strategy has gone off the rails.

Research

Why One Academic Filed a Claim Against Cambridge Analytica to Get His Own Data

By Fernanda Zamudio-Suaréz

For David Carroll, a media scholar at Parsons School of Design, it’s personal.

Teaching

Women’s-Studies Students Across the Nation Are Editing Wikipedia

By Emma Kerr

The director of the National Women’s Studies Association describes progress in mobilizing students to close the gender gap in the online resource.


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Executive Summary: Adult Students

A new Chronicle report explores how demographic changes and economic pressures are pushing colleges to expand their programs for adult students. To get a taste of the 56-page publication, download our free executive summary. It highlights how the deep-dive report can better prepare your campus for the nontraditional student.


Views


Commentary

We’re Teaching Grit the Wrong Way

By David DeSteno

To get students to choose schoolwork over immediate pleasures, stop focusing on willpower.

Advice

Faculty Service and the Difference Between Opportunity and Exploitation

By Helene Meyers

Who and what is served when nontenure-track faculty members do academic service?

Lingua Franca

Happy 179th, OK!

Allan Metcalf encourages everyone to celebrate the birthday of America’s greatest word on March 23 by using it often.


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