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The Almanac of Higher Education, 2018-19

Numbers tell the story of the current state of higher education: the results of its diversity efforts, the decline in enrollment, and the growth in student debt. 

Student Debt Is Worse for Women

By Julia Piper

A college degree falls short of putting women on equal economic footing with men, and they have the student-loan burden to prove it.

How Women Fare Compared With Men in College and Afterward

Almanac 2018

If college success is measured in terms of financial rewards, women are trailing men considerably.

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Today’s News


Sexual Misconduct

Did Ohio State’s Football Coach Overlook Domestic Abuse? 5 Lessons From an Investigation of Urban Meyer

By Katherine Mangan

An investigation found that the coach treats “respect for women” as a “core value.” But it also criticized his oversight of an assistant coach charged with attacking his wife, and doubted whether Meyer was entirely truthful with investigators.

Leadership

What’s Next for Silent Sam? UNC Says It Would Be ‘Irresponsible’ to Speculate

By Sarah Brown

Speaking about the protest that toppled the Confederate statue, Chancellor Carol Folt said, “None of us were happy with the way that went.”

Research

Why a Federal Rule Change Has Some Scholars Worried They’ll Be Priced Out of Their Own Research

By Joshua Hatch

Institutional review boards, which act as checks on research that involves human subjects, don’t come free. And now the cost might be passed on to researchers.

Teaching

How a Faculty Trip to Silicon Valley Changed the Classroom Experience

Business professors from Miami University brought lessons on technology and culture back to their Ohio campus.  

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Leadership Insights: Innovation

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Views


Commentary

Sports Scandals Soil the Land-Grant Legacy

By Stephen M. Gavazzi

Some of the public universities have strayed far from their original promise, to the detriment of their students and the nation.

Advice

Student Affairs Has an Association; Faculty Affairs Needs One, Too

By Jessica R. Pesce

Professors should be alarmed at the amateurish way in which faculty-employment issues are often handled.

Lingua Franca

Streaming Consciousness

The president has said he has the best words. Ben Yagoda imagines the freshet that is their source.


Job Opportunities


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California, United States

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California, United States

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Illinois, United States

Senior Staff Economist, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy
District of Columbia, United States

Provost's Postdoctoral Fellow/Assistant Professor in Migration and Multicultural Societies, University of Chicago
Illinois, United States

Full-Time Tenure Track Faculty/Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, The Ohio State University
Ohio, United States

Tenure Track Open Rank Professor - Early Detection and Intervention Program, AJ Drexel Autism Institute
Pennsylvania, United States

Provost and Dean of the College, The Citadel
South Carolina, United States

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