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Thursday, December 14, 2017


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Campus Speech

A Campus-Politics Whodunit: Who Invited James O’Keefe to Speak at Middlebury?

By Chris Quintana

When emails announcing a visit by the Project Veritas founder bombarded campus in-boxes, few had heard of the student group behind it all.

From the Archives

Inside a Stealth Plan for Political Influence premium

By Michael Vasquez

Evidence of a conservative group’s influence in student-government campaigns can be found on campuses from coast to coast.

Government

Proposed Tax on Graduate Students’ Tuition Waivers Appears to Be Dead

By Adam Harris

A conference committee, convened to reconcile differing House and Senate versions of tax legislation, was reported to have dropped the controversial proposal.

Administration

No One Likes to Talk About Them, but Deferred-Maintenance Costs Won't Go Away

By Lee Gardner

California’s public-college systems need at least $47.2 billion to cover construction, renovation, and retrofitting over the next five years, a report says.

Sexual Misconduct

Tracking Higher Ed’s #MeToo Moment: Updates on Sexual Assault and Harassment

By Nell Gluckman, Brock Read, and Katherine Mangan

Revelations about sexual misconduct have been deeply felt across academe. Here are the latest updates, on cases at UC-Davis and Columbia College Chicago.

Admissions & Student Aid

ACT and College Board to Offer Free Test-Score Reports for Needy Students

By Eric Hoover

Testing companies get a lot of scrutiny — and scorn. But sometimes they do something that’s bound to make people happy.


Views


The Chronicle Review

What I Know About My Students

By Rachel Toor

My classrooms are filled with farm kids and military vets. They know how to work hard, care about a job well done, and view education as a privilege.

The Professor Is In

How to Write a Good Job Ad

By Karen Kelsky

Do candidates and their letter-writers a favor: Don’t ask for documents you don’t actually need at the initial screening stage.

Lingua Franca

‘False News’ Is Safer Than ‘Fake’

Allan Metcalf reveals the dark side of fake news, and he nominates it for Word of the Year for 2017. What would you choose?


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Job Opportunities


Executive Vice President, Aims Community College
Colorado, United States

Dean of the School of Education, University of St. Thomas
Minnesota, United States

DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF EXTENDED STUDIES, San Diego State University
California, United States

Assistant Professor of Crustal Dynamics, University of Wyoming
Wyoming, United States

CHANCELLOR, University of Massachusetts
Massachusetts, United States

Director of the School of Education, Iowa State University
Iowa, United States

DIRECTOR OF LIBRARY SERVICES, Prairie View A&M University
Texas, United States

PRESIDENT, Mayville State University
North Dakota, United States

Dean, Donald L. Harrison College of Business, Southeast Missouri State University
Missouri, United States

Multiple Open-Rank, Tenured or Tenure-Track Faculty Positions, University of South Carolina
South Carolina, United States

Tools & Resources


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