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Friday, October 20, 2017


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Campus Speech

Heckling Is a Staple of Controversial Campus Speeches. Should Colleges Intervene? premium

By Liam Adams

Some institutions have changed their policies to mandate punishment for hecklers. In other cases, state legislatures have gotten involved.

The Ticker

Grad Student Sounds Alarms Over Penn’s Response to Online Attacks

The student was using a teaching method that aims to give a greater voice to marginalized students by calling on them more frequently than others.

The Chronicle Interview

Why This Year’s Hazing Death Is Different premium

By Sara Lipka

You should know the details, captured on video, of how Timothy Piazza died at Penn State, says Caitlin Flanagan. Then maybe colleges would reconsider their relationship with fraternities.

Teaching

Making It OK to Ask for Help

High-achieving students, especially, may believe they’re supposed to go it alone.

The Ticker

A Bunch of Conservative Students Dressed Up as Babies to Protest Safe Spaces

The Kent State University chapter of Turning Point USA mocked the concept of campus sanctuaries in a protest on Wednesday.


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Chronicle Focus

In a new feature, available to individual subscribers only, The Chronicle offers carefully curated collections of articles on important issues in higher education. So far, there are more than 25. Here are a couple of examples:

How to Be an Interim President

When a chief executive departs suddenly, an interim president must take charge just as a college is wobbling and set it on a steady course again. This 16-page collection discusses some of the challenges interim leaders face, and how they navigate them.

From the Reservation to College

Tribal colleges, community colleges, and some state universities are seeking new strategies to guide Native American students. The articles, photo essay, and charts in this 40-page collection describe how those efforts are faring.


Views


Commentary

The Sexism That Permeates the Academy

By Peggy O’Donnell

Believing gendered hierarchy should not exist in the world that we want does not mean that gendered hierarchy does not exist in the world that we have.

Advice

Social Media Is Scholarship

By Mark Carrigan

Used properly, it’s not just an unwelcome drain on productivity but a way to manage your research activities more effectively.

Lingua Franca

One Tweet in the Life of Donald J. Trump

Ben Yagoda offers a close reading of one about Sen. Bob Corker, Republican of Tennessee, and checks the facts.


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TCU Students Learn Conservation and Protection
Professor takes students to South Africa to study a disappearing rhino population.


Job Opportunities


ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN ISLAMIC HISTORY, Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCE, New York University, New York University Arts and Science
New York, United States

Faculty Positions, A. B. Freeman School of Business Tulane University
Louisiana, United States

Chairperson, Department of Computer Science, Baylor University
Texas, United States

Assistant Professor in Public Relations and Strategic Communication, Colorado State University, Journalism and Media Communications Department
Colorado, United States

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN LATINO/A HISTORY, Department of History, ARTS AND SCIENCE, New York University, New York University Arts and Science
New York, United States

Dean, The University of Iowa College of Public Health, The University of Iowa
Iowa, United States

Provost and Senior Vice President for Academics, Eastern Kentucky University
Kentucky, United States

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