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Wave of Campus Activism Brings Fresh Challenges for College Lawyers premium

By Eric Kelderman

Protests over race relations and debates over the rights of transgender people are among the campus issues fueling new conversations on longstanding civil-rights issues.

Legal Education

Law Schools Cut Back to Counter Tough Financial Times premium

By Katherine Mangan

Many were once a boon to their universities, with revenues that subsidized money-losing parts of the institution. Now the money is frequently going in the opposite direction.

Students

Arkansas’ ‘Pathways’ Program Could Be a Model for Spurring Completion premium

By Gabriel Sandoval

With enough financing from state and federal sources, the program could help many more disadvantaged students graduate and prosper, officials say.


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Commentary

The Gifts of Pat Summitt

By Donna A. Lopiano

She was not just No. 1 among women’s basketball coaches. Beyond statistics, she was one of a kind.

Commentary

Amazon’s Quiet Dominance of Higher-Ed Learning Platforms premium

By Phil Hill

More and more colleges have moved their learning-management software to "the cloud." What they don’t realize is that it’s all on the same cloud.

Vitae

9 Tools for the Accidental Writing Teacher

By Daveena Tauber

Help for faculty members who aren’t composition instructors yet are still expected to teach writing.

Lingua Franca

There's Trump, OK?

The Republican candidate deploys America's greatest word with tactical effectiveness, says Allan Metcalf.

Job Opportunities

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN RESIDENCE IN MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY, University of Connecticut
Connecticut, United States

Associate Director, Student-Alumni Engagement, Princeton University
New Jersey, United States

Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Biological Oceanographic Processes, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Canada

Assistant Professor, Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner, The Sage Colleges
New York, United States

Assistant, Associate or Full Professor, Physiology, St. George's University
United Kingdom

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