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The Chronicle Review

What Is Seth Abramson Trying to Tell Us?

A professor of English has won himself a big audience by building a case against President Trump on Twitter. But the real meaning of his online crusade is in the subtext.

Faculty

AAUP Rebukes College for Firing Professor Who Called Armed Student a Threat

Spalding University, in Kentucky, asserts that a faculty member behaved inappropriately in complaining about a student who brought a gun to the campus. The university stands accused of violating the professor’s workplace rights.

Teaching

How a University Helped Save a Failing High School

The University of Rochester is overhauling a local high school in hopes of developing strategies and solutions for challenged urban schools.

Research

What Researchers of Voter Fraud See in Trump’s New Commission

Some scholars who have studied fraudulent voting fear the effort will be fueled by partisanship.

re:Learning Video

The Successes (and Failures) of an Experimental College’s New Approaches to Teaching

Theories like “design thinking” and “intrinsic motivation” are more than buzzwords, says Richard K. Miller, president of the 18-year-old Olin College of Engineering. Once students are immersed in those ideas, he says, “you can’t stop them from learning.”  

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The Chronicle Review

When Humanists Undermine the Humanities

In justifying their field, they turn to “critical thinking” and social-science criteria.

Lingua Franca

Pump Priming

As a financial metaphor, the phrase goes back nearly a century, writes Lucy Ferriss. What could Trump have meant when he said he invented it?

First Person

On Not Writing a Book Right Now

Why I won’t be asking you about your next big project.

Vitae

Now You’re in Charge

Warning: You may be surprised by the realities of an administrative position.