| By Joseph Heath Why is an adversarial culture worth defending? Because in some cases, a blanket stance of supportiveness diminshes the quality of academic work. |
| Government By Adam Harris The data-retrieval tool will be back online for people on income-driven repayment plans at the end of the month, but there is little respite for many prospective students who rely on it. |
| Research By Shannon Najmabadi Researchers are looking into whether administering an electrical pulse to nerves around the head and neck can improve cognitive function. |
| Special Reports By Erica Lusk and Ben Myers. Photos and audio by Claire Bangser. Six people who learned that they descended from slaves sold by Georgetown University more than 175 years ago reflect on family and life. |
| The Chronicle Interview By Steve Kolowich A co-founder of MIT’s Initiative on the Digital Economy warns artificial-intelligence luminaries that if technological-unemployment trends continue, "the people will rise up before the machines do." |
| Commentary By Elizabeth N. Mulvey If neither side is entirely happy with the result, that might indicate that the process was sound. |
| The Chronicle Review By Derek S. Jeffreys For prisoners, learning often comes with evangelical strings attached. |
| Lingua Franca Geoff Pullum helps investigate a fictive "grammar blunder." His reward is to be misquoted and to get no answer when he complains (though a correction is quietly made later). And journalists wonder why academics are sometimes reluctant to take their calls. |
| First Person By Daniel McCormack They warn you about the job market but not necessarily all the other ways in which you might not fit faculty life. |
| Vitae By David Gooblar Why you should be encouraging your undergraduate and graduate students to write in the first person. |
