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How Universities Should Deal With the Trump Administration

Higher education needs clear rules of engagement: no honorary titles, no named lectures, no keynote speeches.

From the Archives

What Trump’s Win Compels Scholars to Do

How to carry on in a post-truth era.

Campus Climate

What the U. of Kentucky Did About a Controversial Campus Fresco Depicting Slavery

Amid criticism of the artwork, the university commissioned a new one and added context to the original.

Athletics

Admitting Significant Mistakes, Maryland Accepts Responsibility for Football Player’s Death

The university’s president and athletics director said they met with Jordan McNair’s family on Tuesday as outrage over the administration’s response swirls.

Research

Researchers, Posing as Students, Quizzed Campus Officials About Sexual Assault. How Did They Do?

Most of the administrators who responded correctly answered basic questions. But a few didn’t, and many didn’t even pick up the phone.

Faculty

Central Washington U. Fires Tenured Professor Who Is State Lawmaker. He Fires Back.

Matt Manweller was dismissed after an university investigation found evidence of inappropriate behavior.

Re:Learning

Can This Tiny Career College Really Become ‘America’s Work-Force Partner’?

ECMC Group didn’t earn many fans for how it handled the decline and fall of its Corinthian Colleges campuses. But the organization’s new, scrappier approach to career education might be worth your attention. Here’s why.

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Advice

Will My Students Actually Want to Do This Assignment?

The best way to start motivating students to do well in your course is to ask them what they want out of the class.

Lingua Franca

The Privilege of Language

Kentucky’s governor mocks the study of French as career preparation. Maybe what bothers him, writes Lucy Ferriss, is the opportunity to open doors beyond a job description.