Academe Today

Working Smarter, Not Harder, in Admissions

A team-based approach to initial reviews of applications can often save time and may allow for better evaluations.

‘A Belief Change’ at One University

An admissions official at the University of Pennsylvania explains its new way to do holistic review and why other colleges are following suit.

Administration

Diversity Officers Under Trump: Rattled but Voicing Resolve

College administrators whose task is making campuses inclusive say recent political trends have made their jobs both much more difficult and much more important.

Faculty

From Video of Campus Forum, Virtual Venom Flows

A conservative website created a wider audience for a student’s recording of professors at Northern Arizona University. The ensuing discomfort was felt on all sides.

Students

Are Students at Elite Colleges More Likely to Protest Controversial Speakers?

An analysis by two researchers at the Brookings Institution suggests that they are. But there are some obvious problems, they admit, in drawing such conclusions.

The Ticker

Senate Democrats Seek Answers on Delayed Enforcement of Gainful Employment

A dozen lawmakers asked the Department of Education for an explanation of the decision last week to defer the controversial rule until July 1.

Commentary

Long-Sought Research Deregulation Is Upon Us. Don’t Squander the Moment.

Professors should expect administrators to exempt low-risk human-subject research from the scrutiny of institutional review boards.

Lingua Franca

Done and Done

Ben Yagoda finds the British antecedent for a recently popular phrase.

The Two-Year Track

Filling the Yawning Leadership Gap

A new field manual on the community-college presidency should be required reading for administrators.

Vitae

The New Version of Administrative Creep

A pervasive administrative lens increasingly seems to color almost everything we do as faculty members.