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Monday, May 8, 2017


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Politics

Inside a Stealth Plan for Political Influence premium

By Michael Vasquez

Evidence of a conservative group’s influence in student-government campaigns can be found on campuses from coast to coast.

Publishing

A Journal Article Provoked a Schism in Philosophy. Now the Rifts Are Deepening.

By Lindsay McKenzie, Adam Harris, and Fernanda Zamudio-Suaréz

Critics blasted an article in Hypatia as harmful and insensitive to issues of race and gender, and its associate editors apologized. But the journal’s leaders say the statement doesn’t speak for them.

Administration

In Purdue’s New Vision, How ‘Public’ Will Kaplan U. Be?

By Goldie Blumenstyk

Here’s what we know about that question — and several others that have sprung up in the wake of the university’s surprising purchase of the for-profit institution.

Race on Campus

At American U., a Week of Racial Turmoil Ends With Accord on Students’ Demands

By Sarah Brown

Protesters shut down traffic in a show of frustration over what they felt was a sluggish response by administrators.

Government

After Outcry Over Rejected Grants, DeVos Forbids Formatting Rules

By Goldie Blumenstyk

The Education Department came under criticism after officials summarily rejected dozens of colleges’ applications for Upward Bound grants. The secretary’s new order prohibits officials from setting any page or formatting rules for grant applications.


Views


Commentary

Academe’s Poisonous Call-Out Culture

By Suzanna Danuta Walters

There are real, imminent threats to freedom and social justice. So why are scholars attacking an ally?

The Chronicle Review

How Anarchy Can Save the University premium

By David J. Siegel

Informal networks and freewheeling discussions make the intellectual world go ’round.

Lingua Franca

Blogger Ben Yagoda on False Titles

They're "journalese," which is why some newspapers, including The Chronicle, avoid them (but not here).

Advice

A Tenure Track for Teachers?

By Leonard Cassuto

We should have debated a dual-track tenure system 15 years ago. It’s not too late.


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