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Monday, August 21, 2017


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The Almanac of Higher Education

View 80 tables on faculty members, administrators, students, and finances, along with data on the demographics, enrollment, graduation rates, faculty pay, and tuition costs for each state and the United States, and more. 

Fears of Disrupting a Faculty Pipeline premium

By Peter Monaghan

At small, out-of-the-way colleges, and in departments of all kinds, some people worry that the supply of qualified faculty members from abroad may diminish.

For Needy Students, Geography Can Be Destiny premium

By Peter Olsen-Phillips

Two Southeastern states have taken different directions on access: One has reined in tuition. The other state let it grow.

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Also in Today’s News


Administration

A Professor Says She Was Penalized for an Instructor’s Tweet

By Chris Quintana

The controversy that cost an adjunct a job offer at Montclair State University affected a professor who didn't hire him but would have supervised him.

Teaching

Professors See Charlottesville as a Starting Point for Discussions on Race

By Fernanda Zamudio-Suaréz

Recent events have inspired faculty members not only to talk about race in class, but to show students how to respond to hate groups.

The Ticker

After White-Supremacist Violence, UVa Will Review What Activities Are Allowable on Campus

The university is also hiring a contractor to review its safety infrastructure and more staff members and police officers “to ensure safety and security" as the semester begins.


Views


The Chronicle Review

How Colleges Are Strangling Liberalism premium

By Mark Lilla

An obsession with identity has made students less likely to engage with a world beyond themselves.

The Graduate Advisor

What Do You Mean, ‘Job’?

By Leonard Cassuto

Our career lexicon for graduate students is in need of a makeover.

Lingua Franca

‘Alt’ Alternatives

Lucy Ferriss asks whether alt-left will stick, and if it does, will it be an insult or a new claim to identity?


Job Opportunities


Multiple Positions, Athens State University
Alabama, United States

Vice President, Academic Services, Lincoln Land Community College
Illinois, United States

President, Silver Lake College
Wisconsin, United States

Deans, Community College of Rhode Island
Rhode Island, United States

President, National Taiwan University


Tools & Resources


Last Chance to Place Job Ads in the Biggest Careers Issue of 2017
Qualified candidates turn to this highly anticipated issue, Academic Year Kickoff, for its extensive listing of faculty and administrative positions. Don’t miss the chance to fill all your open positions in one place. Place your ad today.


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