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Monday, November 6, 2017


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Faculty

The Button-Down Anarchist premium

By Nell Gluckman

Dartmouth’s Mark Bray has become the scholar who explains antifa to the world. What’s his place in academe?

Economic Development

In the Competition for Amazon’s New Headquarters, Will Universities Tip the Scale? premium

By Paul Basken

The company's proposed $5-billion project stands to have a transformative effect on one region and its higher-ed sector. But it's unclear how much of a selling point that sector will be.

Diversity

2 Flagship Universities Surveyed the Campus Climate. Here’s What They Found.

By Sam Hoisington

Members of minority groups at Michigan and Wisconsin reported feeling discriminated against more often than white students did.

Teaching

How to Infuse Creativity in the Classroom

Some projects in psychology courses can be used to help students develop their integrative- and lateral-thinking skills.

Government

Academics, What Has the Year Since Trump’s Election Meant for You?

By Andy Thomason

Tell us how your professional life has changed since November 8, 2016.

Faculty

This Professor Was Taking an Ice-Cream Break. Then He Saw a Fire. Then … Boom.

By Julia Martinez

Dan Reichart, an astronomy professor at the University of North Carolina, attempted to put out a small fire on the Chapel Hill campus, but ended up with burns on his face and arms after a bomb exploded.


More on the Troubles at Evergreen State


Leadership

How a Clash Over ‘Safety’ Pitted a College President Against His Police Chief

By Steve Kolowich

The conflict at Evergreen State College this past spring epitomized colleges’ struggles to make people of color feel safe. New documents and video clips reveal the tensions between two campus leaders over that goal.

Campus Chaos

A Radical College’s Public Meltdown premium

By Steve Kolowich

How a season of racial protests turned Evergreen State College’s self-examination into a national spectacle.


Views


The Chronicle Review

The New Campus Censors premium

By David Bromwich

Students are leading the assault on free speech — and faculty members and administrators are enabling them.

The Chronicle Review

What Do You Think Fuels the Campus-Speech Wars?

David Bromwich argues that college administrators and faculty members “sympathize with the rule-breakers.” Do you disagree? Tell us why here.

Lingua Franca

Final-Preposition Terror

Geoff Pullum looks aghast at the array of evidence suggesting that people still worry irrationally about ending sentences with the part of speech that would do it the best.


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Associate or Full Professor with Tenure in the Isermann Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
New York, United States

Assistant Professor of Instruction/Lecturer (Non-tenure track instructional) positions in Computer Science, The University of Texas at Austin
Texas, United States

Department Head of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology Department, Colorado State University
Colorado, United States

University of Maryland Biology Faculty Research and Education Position with First-Year Innovation & Research Experience (FIRE) Program, University of Maryland
Maryland, United States

TENURE-TRACK FACULTY POSITION IN BIO, MICRO AND NANO-SYSTEMS, Virginia Tech
Virginia, United States

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