Some observers dismiss a year of bad returns as of little consequence for the world’s richest university. Others see a cautionary tale over how elite institutions use and invest their endowments.
Deborah E. Lipstadt, a historian at Emory University, talks about a new movie, Denial, based on her experience of being sued by a Holocaust denier and defeating him in court.
Instead of prompting violence or dividing the campus, an offensive stunt at East Tennessee State University led to a larger conversation about race relations.
Ben Yagoda finds a list of word prohibitions, purportedly from Steven Pinker, and discovers it to be a dispiriting example of the degradation of what used to be called journalism and is now merely "content."
Also in our weekly roundup of the best conversations from The Chronicle's discussion forums: how to write a second book when you have a heavy teaching load, and tips on getting students to read.
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