Academe Today

Leadership

Behind a Stagnant Portrait of College Leaders, an Opening for Change

The latest figures in the American Council on Education’s long-running survey show college presidents remain overwhelmingly white and male, but more than half say they plan to step down in five years.

Data

In Improving Outcomes, Institutional Researchers Can Be an Untapped Resource

Just 12 percent of presidents say that using data to inform their decisions is a future area of importance.

Campus Consolidation

Georgia’s Mergers Offer Lessons, and Cautions, to Other States

The consolidation of 14 public colleges has produced some benefits, but not a windfall in savings.

Technology

Students’ Rising Expectations Pose Challenge to Online Programs

But some of their demands — for convenience and speed, among other things — may come at an academic price.

The Chronicle Interview

‘What Are the Pathways?’ Listening to Black Men on Campus

A sociologist at the University of Louisville describes what colleges need to do to graduate more black males.

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Balancing Act

We Solved Our 2-Body Problem — by Moving to Malaysia

What does it take for an academic couple to find two tenure-track jobs in the same place?

Lingua Franca

Hunting Witches

When he charges witch hunt, what does our president mean? Lucy Ferriss examines the possibilities.

Vitae

The Art of Peer Pressure

Hello, prospective grad student. Come in under the shadow of this red rock.