Chief Executives

What’s on the Mind of the Private-College President? 3 Insights From a New Report

The Council of Independent Colleges took the pulse of campus leaders and found race, representation, and a hostile political climate among their concerns.

Special Reports

Innovation: What Every College Leader Needs to Know

Our latest booklet aims to help college leaders build a culture of innovation on their campuses. It includes examples of how colleges are developing and taking new approaches; tips on what it takes to be an innovative president; and ways to look for ideas outside of higher ed. Buy your copy in the new Chronicle Store.

Leadership & Governance

U. of Tennessee Considers a Politically Connected Businessman to Run Its System

Randy Boyd doesn’t have experience in academe, but the scandal-plagued system could use “an outside-in perspective,” as the chair of the Board of Trustees put it.

Research

Journals Retract 6 More Articles by a Controversial Cornell Food Scientist

Brian Wansink called the latest retractions, which bring his total to more than a dozen, “very unjust.” Meanwhile, the university said its own investigation of the researcher is about to conclude.

From the Archives

Spoiled Science

How a seemingly innocent blog post led to serious doubts about Cornell’s famous food laboratory.

Data

Which Colleges Have the Most Managers per Student?

The median number of managers per 1,000 students in 2016 was twice as high for four-year private nonprofit colleges as it was for four-year public colleges.

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Advice

Before You Write a Cover Letter for a Nonfaculty Job, Try This Exercise

For Ph.D.s, figuring out how to describe your “transferable skills” is a lot harder than it looks.

Lingua Franca

To Each Their Own

Everyone understands their own language a little differently. Could that assumption lead us to the anonymous White House blogger? Allan Metcalf explains why not.

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