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Thursday, February 16, 2017


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Students

Undocumented Students’ Fears Escalate After a DACA Recipient’s Arrest

By Katherine Mangan

A Mexican immigrant who had been granted protections was detained and threatened with deportation. People like him say they’re growing tired of living in limbo.

The Chronicle Interview

Meet the Guy Who Turns Off the Lights When a College Closes premium

By Lawrence Biemiller

When the 130-year-old Virginia Intermont College had to shut its doors, an executive business consultant stepped in to settle its affairs.

On Leadership

Closing Students’ Achievement Gaps at the National Level

By Kelly Field

Karen A. Stout, president of Achieving the Dream, says the organization has fostered a conversation around data-driven decision making, and helped improve student outcomes, at the more than 200 colleges it has worked with since 2004. But she says much more needs to be done.


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Views


The Chronicle Review

How Not to Fight Islamophobia premium

By Nazia Kazi

Where was the outrage when spying on mosques became commonplace, or when it became legal for the president to assassinate anyone he deemed an "imminent threat"?

The Chronicle Review

Why Great Critics Make Disastrous Judgments

By Joseph Luzzi

Voltaire thought Shakespeare "a drunken savage," and Mencken dismissed Gatsby as an improbable "glorified anecdote."

Lingua Franca

Futurist Shock

Now more than ever, says Bill Germano, we need history to help us sort out an enormous mess we just can’t future.


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Creating More Effective Cancer Drugs
The physics of cells is helping researchers develop drugs that better target tumors.


The Future of Enrollment


Where Colleges Will Find Their Next Students

What does the future hold for enrollment and admissions? Gain insights into the latest demographics, student migration patterns, and the changing admissions field to prepare your institution for the decade ahead.


Advice


Counsel

You Will Be Assessed and Found Mediocre

By Ms. Mentor

How to cope with the endless urge to evaluate every aspect of faculty work.

Vitae

Same Lesson, Different Semester

By David Gooblar

Class prep gets easier and easier the more you teach a particular course. But is that always a good thing?


Job Opportunities


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Washington, United States

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Florida, United States

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