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Friday, October 28, 2016


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Teaching

The Tricky Task of Teaching About Trump

By Peter Schmidt

The Republican nominee’s boundary-defying presidential campaign has political-science professors debating how much to express their views in the classroom.

The Ticker

Education Dept. Details New Measures on How Defrauded Borrowers Can Seek Relief

Among other things, the new defense-to-repayment rules make it possible for loan forgiveness to be granted to groups of borrowers, rather than only to individuals one by one.

Students

What BYU’s New Immunity Clause Could Mean for Sex-Assault Victims premium

By Sarah Brown

To encourage students to report cases of sexual violence, the Mormon university will grant them amnesty from Honor Code discipline.

Students

How 3 Colleges Are Hoping to Head Off the Specter of Costume Controversy premium

By Nadia Dreid

Asking students to reconsider Halloween costumes that perpetuate harmful stereotypes has placed some colleges under attack.


Views


Commentary

Trump as a Teaching Moment

By Robert Zaretsky

Rousseau and Thucydides can shed light on our era, a historian argues.

The Chronicle Review

The Enigma Next Door premium

By Ian Ward

We have obligations as citizens. What are our obligations as neighbors?

Special Reports

Latino Success Stories Can Help All Students

By Sarita Brown and Deborah Santiago

The group Excelencia in Education recognizes programs that benefit Latino students. Those practices could help others, too.

Lingua Franca

Point of Order

First drafts often have an awkward rhythm or ambiguous meaning, or both, says Ben Yagoda. The first step in addressing the issue is looking at the sequence of the sentence's elements.


Advice


Vitae

The Postdoctoral Bait and Switch

By Andrew Thaler

How to tell if a fellowship is a genuine career-development opportunity or a revolving door to nowhere.

ProfHacker

Tips for Effective Online Learning

Get help when you need it, manage your time well, and more.    


Job Opportunities


Multiple Positions at Assistant Professor Level and Engineering Educators, Wichita State University
Kansas, United States

Assistant Professor of Economics, St. Lawrence University
New York, United States

Visiting Assistant Professor in Film and Representation Studies, St. Lawrence University
New York, United States

Assistant Professor of Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling, St. Thomas University
Florida, United States

Associate Director of Center for Language Education (CLE), Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen, China
China

Faculty Positions in Intelligent Systems Engineering, Indiana University, School of Informatics and Computing
Indiana, United States

Tenure Track Faculty Openings, El Paso Community College
Texas, United States

Director, Merritt Writing Program and Associate Dean, Office of Undergraduate Education, University of California, Merced
California, United States

Tools & Resources


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