Students

Protesters Tear Down Chapel Hill’s Divisive Confederate Monument

The statue’s presence on the North Carolina campus had been the focus of increased activism since last August’s white-supremacist violence in Charlottesville, Va.

From the Archives

Chapel Hill’s New Civil War

A monument to the Confederacy known as Silent Sam stood — until Monday night — at the main entrance of the University of North Carolina. For years it ripped the campus apart. What kept it there so long?

Leadership & Governance

A Florida University May Drop the Name of an Outspoken Ex-President From Its Main Campus

Now that Modesto Maidique is a critic of Florida International University, its board is having second thoughts.

Accreditation

No More Yardsticks for Accountability. Just You Do You.

What if accreditation went more like this: “You tell us what you’re trying to do here, and you show us that you’re doing it”? That, says John Katzman, an education entrepreneur, could make the process a more powerful tool.

Special Reports

‘No Money, No Mission’: How Colleges Can Fortify Themselves for the Future

Market forces are bearing down on higher education, and internal inefficiencies can make matters worse. Our new report on the college business model can help you shore up your finances now and consider major transformations ahead. Buy a copy in our store.

The Chronicle Review

The Unsexy Truth About the Avital Ronell Scandal

The erotic aspects obscure the fundamental issue: power.

From the Archives

The Erotic Professor

Money and the murky boundary of teaching and sex.

The Daily Briefing

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

Advice

What Is Your Responsibility as a Bystander to a Colleague Having Problems?

You often have several chances to intervene and shift the dynamics of a workplace situation that is on course to end badly.

Lingua Franca

George Ade, Humorist, Playwright, Columnist – and Champion of a Now-Ubiquitous Word

Allan Metcalf, the world’s expert on the history of OK, discovers a supporter of slang who may have brought the word into popular culture.