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Friday, July 21, 2017


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Leadership & Governance

When Substance Abuse Hits the C-Suite premium

By Jack Stripling

The University of Southern California’s cautious response to a former dean’s drug-fueled double life highlights an uneasy balance of compassion and accountability that such cases often evoke.

Facilities

Need Dorms? Here’s One College’s ‘Crazy’ Idea to Recycle 3 Buildings

By Lawrence Biemiller

Instead of demolishing and rebuilding the 55-bed residence halls, Goucher is moving them, intact, to another spot on the Maryland campus.

Special Reports

Buildings That Foster Collaboration premium

By Lawrence Biemiller

Colleges have put up a wide range of buildings designed to give scholars with divergent interests reasons to talk with one another. Now the interdisciplinary approach includes the humanities and even the arts.

Faculty

A Case of Mistaken Identity Spurs Hateful Messages for a Sikh Professor

By Chris Quintana

The website Campus Reform corrected an article that initially purported to show the professor (it was actually his brother) giving two middle fingers to Trump Tower. But not before the hate started pouring in.


Views


The Chronicle Review

Climate Scientists Should Embrace Public Debate premium

By Christopher J. Ferguson

Ducking the skeptics only increases the credibility of outlandish views and fuels conspiracy theories.

Commentary

Yes, the Trump Budget Would Hurt Students — but It Could Be Worse premium

By Sandy Baum

Proposed cuts in the Education Department’s budget represent both a lost opportunity to strengthen student financial-aid programs and a diversion of funds to questionable priorities.

Lingua Franca

Hemingway’s Cuban English

The Havana experience of the author, born 118 years ago today, summons intriguing questions about multilingualism and writing.

Vitae

I Found a Tenure-Track Job: The Big Picture

By Jeremy Yoder

My experience on the market was just one data point, not a complete description of a highly stochastic process.


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Job Opportunities


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Maine, United States

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Missouri, United States

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Utah, United States

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