Academe Today

Reckoning With History

The KKK Once Gave UVa $1,000. These Professors Want the University to Admit It.

As the University of Virginia grappled with the issue of white supremacists who stormed the campus this past weekend, administrators faced another problem: their institution’s historical ties to the Ku Klux Klan.

Town and Gown

One Way to Improve Your College Town: Pay Your Faculty to Live There

The University of the Ozarks is offering bonuses to employees who buy homes in Clarksville, Ark. The benefit is one of several initiatives colleges are deploying to try to develop their local communities.

The Chronicle Interview

Enrollment Managers’ No. 1 Job: Communicating With Campus Leaders and Professors

Newly retired as Purdue University’s enrollment chief, Pamela Horne reflects on the importance of explaining all that data — and the value of college.

The Ticker

Troubled Charlotte School of Law Will Close Its Doors, Reports Say

The for-profit institution lost access to federal funds in December and lost its license to operate in North Carolina last week.

Dark Side of the Sun

Want Your Eclipse With a Side of Greasy Hash Browns? This Professor’s Got You Covered

Riffing off of a Twitter joke, a professor charted Waffle House locations in the path of the August 21 solar eclipse.

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This new resource brings together insights about teaching and learning. Here's a sample.

Lingua Franca

Of Cans and Cabooses

Mainstream journalism seems to lack an adequate way of referring to the body part involved in Taylor Swift's lawsuit against a groper, writes Ben Yagoda.

Vitae

Why We Need Ph.D. Career Fairs

Graduate schools can’t afford to wait for employers to come to us.