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Monday, December 4, 2017


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Government

Passage of Senate Tax-Reform Bill Leaves Colleges Scrambling

By Adam Harris, Eric Kelderman, and Andy Thomason

As lawmakers prepare to hash out the differences in bills passed by both chambers of Congress, here’s what each would mean for higher ed.

Higher Education Act

What You Need to Know About the GOP Bill to Bring Sweeping Changes to Higher Ed

By Adam Harris

The legislation, to reauthorize the Higher Education Act, would repeal the gainful-employment regulation, codify Title IX guidance, simplify the Fafsa, and eliminate the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.

Administration

Everyone Agrees on Value of Apprenticeships. The Question Is How to Pay for Them. premium

By Scott Carlson

Advocates for the job-training positions also face challenges stemming from loose definitions of what they are and negative public perceptions of who they serve.

Faculty

Professor at UC-Santa Cruz Disputes Sexual-Assault Accusations

By Katherine Mangan

Campus officials say they are "deeply concerned" about anonymous allegations of sexual assault and harassment by Gopal Balakrishnan.

Sexual Misconduct

Sexual Harassment and Assault in Higher Ed: What’s Happened Since Weinstein

By Nell Gluckman, Brock Read, and Katherine Mangan

Revelations about the film producer’s apparent pattern of sexual misconduct are just a couple of months old, but the reverberations have been deeply felt across academe. Here are the latest updates, on cases at Kentucky, Princeton, UC-Santa Cruz, and Virginia.

News

Have You Experienced Sexual Harassment? Here’s How to Tell Us About It

The Chronicle is devoting more resources to coverage of sexual harassment in higher education, and we’d like to hear from you. Do you have a story to share? Find out how to contact us here.

Students

Spotted at a White-Power Rally, but Still Popular With Campus Republicans

By Steve Kolowich

James Allsup, former head of the Washington State U. College Republicans, won re-election as president of the campus chapter. But he was found to be ineligible for the office because he will soon graduate.


Views


The Chronicle Review

Academe’s in Distress. Become a Stoic. premium

By Clancy Martin

The Stoics are useful when things are going well, but they’re at the top of their game when things fall apart.

Advice

Rate My Job Applications

By Rebecca Schuman

In Part 2 of the series “Ice Skating in Hell,” a Ph.D. offers a rundown of where she applied, and why.

Lingua Franca

Susan B. Anthony’s Boogeyman

William Germano considers child-snatching specters — the imagined ones that kept 19th-century women from the ballot box, the Homme Sept Heures of Quebec, and more.


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Job Opportunities


ADJUNCT FACULTY, NYU School of Professional Studies, Center for Applied Liberal Arts, New York University School of Professional Studies
New York, United States

NEH Cullen History and Business, University of Houston
Texas, United States

Faculty positions, Graduate School of Business, Nazarbayev University
Kazakhstan

Vice Chancellor of Business Services, South Orange County Community College District
California, United States

Multiple Open Rank Positions in various fields of biology, IT, humanities and social sciences, School of Advanced Studies, University of Tyumen
Russian Federation

Dean, College of Security and Intelligence, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Arizona, United States

Professor in Quantitative Social Psychology, Durham University
United Kingdom

Multiple Faculty Openings, University of South Carolina
South Carolina, United States

Tenure-Track Assistant/Associate Professor in Asia-Pacific Architectural History/Theory and Urban Design, University of Hawaii at Manoa-School of Architecture
Hawaii, United States

The Kim and Steve Bepler Chair in Chemistry - Fordham University, Fordham University
New York, United States

Tools & Resources


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