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Wednesday, February 21, 2018


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Admissions

You Can Help Make Sure Freshmen Show Up. Here’s How. premium

By Beckie Supiano

Colleges are experimenting with a high-tech system that uses old-fashioned personal attention to curb enrollment’s “summer melt.”

From the Archives

The Long Last Miles to College premium

By Eric Hoover

All along they wanted the same thing: to leave home, decorate a dorm-room wall, and shape a new life. Find out how two Texas students weathered an uncertain summer.

The Chronicle Interview

The Urgent Plea of an Undocumented Trustee premium

By Katherine Mangan

“Dreamers” must stay in school, and lawmakers must provide a path forward, says Jorge Reyes Salinas, a student trustee for the California State University system.

Leadership & Governance

Claims of Bullying and an Offensive Costume Follow Adams State President’s Departure

By Fernanda Zamudio-Suaréz

The Colorado university’s Board of Trustees placed Beverlee J. McClure on leave last week.

Campus Deal

As Kaplan Sale Faces Final Hurdle, Purdue President Criticizes Faculty Opponents

By Chris Quintana

“If that had been turned in on a term paper, you’d have given it an F,” Mitch Daniels said of a letter opposing his university’s deal to acquire the for-profit institution.

Government

Education Dept. Eyes Changes in Bankrupt Borrowers’ Ability to Discharge Loans

By Adam Harris

The Trump administration may be signaling that it wants to take a closer look at streamlining the forgiveness process. That may find some unlikely allies on Capitol Hill.


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Advice

Why I Collapsed on the Job

By Katerina Bodovski

Academics are silent workaholics — so free to work whenever we want that many of us end up working all the time.

Lingua Franca

Our Parent Who Art in Heaven

Lucy Ferriss applauds the Episcopal Church’s decision to expand the language for God.


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Job Opportunities


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Texas, United States

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Massachusetts, United States

Supervisory Librarian, Discovery Services, Smithsonian Libraries
District of Columbia, United States

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Virginia, United States

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Michigan, United States

President, Meridian Community College
Mississippi, United States

Deputy Superintendent for Academics and Dean of the Faculty, Virginia Military Institute
Virginia, United States

Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Western Michigan University
Michigan, United States

Vice Chancellor, National University of Science and Technology
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