| Curriculum By Bianca Quilantan The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has combined liberal-arts majors with computer science, while Assumption College has cut shrinking majors as it gambles on new career-focused programs. |
| Commentary By Jeffrey J. Selingo The taxonomy of academic majors that broadened significantly over the past hundred years can no longer keep pace with the churn of knowledge needed to compete in nearly every profession. |
| Faculty Revamping a curriculum or academic program is never easy. To help college leaders make such big changes a success, we’ve pulled together a collection of articles and essays with lessons and tips. Buy it in the new Chronicle store. |
| Students By Emma Kerr In March, the Mormon university sponsored a panel on LGBT issues — something it had never done before. How it got there is a story of mixed motivations and incremental progress. |
| Leadership & Governance By Fernanda Zamudio-Suaréz In a letter they accused University of Southern California leaders of having “kept wrongdoing quiet.” |
| Government By Eric Kelderman The 18 members of the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity are supposed to help guide federal policy and practice. But they’re wrestling with the question of their own relevance. |
| For current and would-be deans, raising money is a tough skill to master. And with colleges increasingly reliant on private donors, more administrators are expected to be good at it. This collection of articles from Idea Lab, our section on helping college leaders solve problems, offers insight for both new and experienced deans on how to ask for money and cultivate donors. Buy your copy in the Chronicle Store. |
| Advice By George Justice Some colleagues will drop you before the ink dries on the announcement of your return to the faculty. But others will renew your faith in people. |
| Lingua Franca Literary predecessors from Dickens to Joyce to Updike probably inspired his writing style, says Ben Yagoda. |
