Academe Today

Faculty

Lots of People Want to End Tenure. This University Wants to Start It.

The Florida Institute of Technology has functioned for 60 years without tenure. Why change now? Competition for faculty, its leaders say.

From the Archives

Want to Kill Tenure? Be Careful What You Wish For

Restive administrators and trustees may see tenure as a burden. But eliminating it could bring unanticipated costs.

Leadership & Governance

U. of Texas Board’s Pick for Chancellor: a Higher-Ed Insider, but a Lone Star Outsider

Call it the nontraditional traditional pick. James Milliken’s lack of connection to Texas politics left some state insiders surprised by the system’s choice.

Students

BYU Is Under Fire, Again, for Punishing Sex-Assault Victims

An immunity clause added in 2016 to encourage students to report assaults doesn’t help when their bishops control their eligibility to attend college.

Politics

What Does This Professor Know About Conspiracy Theorists That We Don’t?

When outlandish stories about powerful people enter the mainstream, Joseph Uscinski’s phone rings off the hook. The political scientist discusses why so many people believe those tales — and how to communicate with those true believers.

The Daily Briefing

The Daily Briefing tells individual subscribers everything they need to know about higher ed. Here’s a sample.

The Chronicle Review

Is Higher Ed Omnivorous or Sucked Dry?

A recent description of the university’s self-destructive “appetite” simply isn’t accurate for the majority of American institutions.

The Chronicle Review

Why the University’s Insatiable Appetite Will Be Its Undoing

It’s time for higher education to do less.

Lingua Franca

So-Called False Titles Sound Perfectly Normal in Journalism. So Why Do Some News Sites Avoid Them?

Geoff Pullum enlists Lane Greene of The Economist to explain why the magazine insists on using explanatory phrases, as in “Uber, a ride-hailing company,” instead.