Academe Today Thursday, December 8, 2016 Sign up for this newsletter | Idea Lab: Colleges Solving Problems | By Katherine Mangan Students have complained for generations of feeling like nameless specks in a cavernous lecture hall. Faculty members often dread such a sea of blank faces. Now universities are experimenting with ways to liven up those classes. |
| By Katherine Mangan The University of Georgia organizes faculty learning communities to help professors rethink the lecture. |
| By Katherine Mangan Flipping the classroom has gotten the most attention, but professors have a variety of approaches in their toolkits to improve the student experience. |
Also in Today's News | Labor Unions By Peter Schmidt A proposed union at the university, which would be the first of its kind at a private institution, is caught up in a familiar debate over whether such employees should be considered students or workers. |
| The Chronicle Review By Marc Parry Historians and economists battle over the role slavery played in capitalism. |
| On Leadership By Jack Stripling Eli Capilouto, Kentucky’s president, stopped by The Chronicle's offices this week to talk about the case and the university’s broader efforts to create an environment where victims feel they can safely and confidentially report those crimes. |
| The Ticker The $1-billion organization said it would shed its loan-guarantee affiliates, allowing it to pursue its new mission of ensuring that college leads to meaningful results for students. |
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Views | The Chronicle Review By Brandon Keim Scientists scrutinize both their methodologies and their consciences. |
| Lingua Franca Allan Metcalf, executive secretary of the American Dialect Society and founder of its almost 27-year-old Word of the Year contest, describes how the choice for 2016 will be made on January 6, and offers some nominations. Do you have more? Post them here. |
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Advice | First Person By Galen Leonhardy A letter to my writing students on why they have more freedom to create than they seem to think. |
| Vitae By Terry McGlynn The open exchange of ideas remains essential, as our new science-denying president prepares to take office. |
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