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Thursday, April 20, 2017

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Facilities

In Renting Out Space, Do Colleges Invite Trouble? premium

By Peter Schmidt

Both Auburn and Texas A&M Universities got unwelcome visits from a prominent white supremacist as a result of policies that let outsiders stage events on campus.

Paying for College

Behind Financial Literacy's Appeal, a Racial Bias May Lurk premium

By Jack Stripling

In a provocative paper, researchers argue that the emphasis on money-management skills perpetuates false stereotypes that black people lack basic financial sense.

Students

How a Group That Defended Affirmative Action Evolved Into an Anti-Trump Force

By Alex Arriaga

The group, known as By Any Means Necessary, has roots in battles over the use of race in college admissions. It has now embraced a new phase of its radical activism: "Defeat Trump by any means necessary."

Teaching

An Instructor Saw Digital Distraction in Class. So She Showed Students What She’d Seen on Their Screens.

By Chris Quintana

A graduate student at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor cataloged every instance of students getting distracted in class, and then presented her findings to them.


Views

Commentary

The Federal Budget’s Threat to Foreign Policy

By Thomas B. Pepinsky

With U.S. foreign-policy making under threat from the Trump administration’s shortsightedness, the voice of the American university has never been more important.

The Chronicle Review

Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité, Racisme?

By Ursula Lindsey

French intellectuals differ on what poses the greatest threat to liberal values: Islamization or Islamophobia.

Lingua Franca

Weighty Words of Yesteryear

Allan Metcalf remembers the days when newsrooms were filled with manual typewriters and No. 1 pencils.

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Advice for Attracting International Students
A former ambassador and current VP for international programs at Washington State discusses the travel ban and his own immigration story.


Advice

First Person

You Are Not a Public Utility

By Robin Bernstein

When strangers seek your expertise, do you have to respond? What if it’s a student?

Vitae

Getting Our Students Wrong

By David Gooblar

Why is it always so surprising when our initial impression of a student turns out to be mistaken?

Job Opportunities

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California, United States

Visiting Professor of Psychology and Chief Officer of Latin America Relations, Dixie State University
Utah, United States

Rector, University of Macau
China

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