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Thursday, January 4, 2018


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Public Health and Education


Research

Why Education Matters to Your Health

By Karin Fischer

Men and women who haven’t been to college live shorter, less healthy lives, and they’re actually losing ground compared with college graduates. It’s about more than money.

Special Reports

A Dying Town

By Sarah Brown and Karin Fischer

Here in a corner of Missouri and across America, the lack of a college education has become a public-health crisis.


Also in Today’s News


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 Columbia University, the School of Visual Arts, and the Universities of Arizona, California, and Texas.

Students

How Universities Are Trying to Do Right by Puerto Rico premium

By Brianna Tucker

Colleges on the mainland recognize that enrolling students from the island can unintentionally harm their home institutions.

Leadership & Governance

Serving Neurodiverse Students

By Alexander C. Kafka

Peter Eden, president of Landmark College, chats with The Chronicle about Landmark’s pedagogical approach, the changing culture around neurodiversity, and the rewards and challenges of the college’s mission.


Views


The Chronicle Review

How Facebook Stymies Social Science

By Henry Farrell

When private companies hold data that scholars need, what becomes of academic research?

Advice

The 21st-Century Academic

By Manya Whitaker

How an emphasis on diversity, in all its forms, is reshaping faculty roles and academic culture.

Lingua Franca

Telling and Counting

What are we saying when we describe some quantity, some big number, as untold? Bill Germano decodes the term.


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Job Opportunities


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Washington, United States

Founding Dean of the IUPUI School of Education, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis
Indiana, United States

Technology and Engineering, University of Houston
Texas, United States

Engineering, Tenure-Track Assistant/Associate Professor, University of California, Irvine
California, United States

President's Professor of Quantitative Fisheries and Ecosystems, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Alaska, United States

College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences Assistant or Associate Professor, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Alaska, United States

Multiple faculty , Lone Star College
Texas, United States

Dean, School of Graduate Studies, East Tennessee State University
Tennessee, United States

Provost , University of Alaska Fairbanks
Alaska, United States

Vice President for Business and Finance, Illinois Wesleyan University
Illinois, United States

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