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Trump’s Free-Speech Order Could Have Been Harsher. But Higher-Ed Leaders Still Don’t Approve.
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While the language is retrained, skeptics worry about how federal agencies will determine whether a college is in violation of free-speech laws and policies.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education "Not everyone has a right to speak at a college. Colleges get to choose." 29h
Sports-Bra Outrage And a Fight Over Everyday Sexism
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Women on Rowan University’s cross-county and track-and-field teams had complained for years about subtle sexism, and a ban on sports bras without shirts was a final insult. Now, they say they’re still being treated like the problem.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education Rowan’s ban on women in sports bras sparked international outrage. But that’s only part of the story. 48h
The U. of Southern California Is on the Rise. Why Is It a Hotbed of Scandal?
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The admissions-bribery scandal has poured gas on the fire of a university already smarting from corruption in the athletics department and in the upper administration.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education The university has risen swiftly rankings, reputation, and fund raising, establishing itself as an internationally recognized research institution. Its ascent, however, has been shadowed by repeated scandals. 50h
The Books That Wouldn’t Die
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They’re alive, despite being rebutted, criticized, and cast out of the disciplines from which they came!
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The Chronicle of Higher Education Academic disciplines now enjoy a monopoly over what counts as scholarly. As a result, they're less tolerant of brilliant outliers. 51h
Why Thousands of College Grads Start Their Careers at a Rental-Car Company
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Enterprise is a big employer of college graduates, and what it’s looking for may surprise you.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education Enterprise is a true believer when it comes to the bachelor’s degree. But it doesn’t buy into higher ed’s hierarchy. 3d
USC Picks Carol Folt, Former Chapel Hill Leader, as Next President
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Folt, who recently stepped down as chancellor of the University of North Carolina flagship, will find herself in a familiar situation when she takes over in Los Angeles: navigating a campus that seems to find itself in constant turmoil.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education Breaking news: The University of Southern California has selected Carol Folt, who stepped down in January as UNC's chancellor, as its next president 3d
Arizona State Will Create a For-Profit Spinoff to Court Students in the Work Force
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The chief backer of the venture, which has not been previously disclosed, is an investment fund that was headed by a financier charged in the admissions-bribery case.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education The university is seeking a bigger slice of the market for students whose tuition is paid in whole or in part by their employers, and better connections to that pool of students. 3d
A Prominent Economist’s Death Prompts Talk of Mental Health in the Professoriate
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Alan B. Krueger, a titan in the field, died by suicide last weekend. As colleagues mourned, they also noted an academic culture that makes disclosing mental illness difficult.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education “I’m angry at the universe,” said one colleague. 3d
Advice on Advising: How to Mentor Minority Students
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“I did not always understand how much labor, thought, and care went into meaningful mentoring, how emotionally draining that work can be, and how little prepared I was for it.”
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The Chronicle of Higher Education "If all you do is respond with the sort of assimilative language of ‘inclusivity’ that has taken over higher education, that’s not going to help these students feel like valuable members of the campus." 4d
Presidential Hopefuls Are Pushing Free College Back Into the Spotlight. But What Does ‘Free’ Mean, Anyway?
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Candidates are staking out their positions, and new plans are emerging. But the proposals vary widely, creating confusion about whom they really help.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education “Free-college” proposals, like their sponsors, are all over the map, varying widely in scope, strings attached, and even the definition of free. 4d
One Way to Take the Sting Out of Student Feedback
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A professor shares the benefits of reading his course evaluations in curated form.  
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The Chronicle of Higher Education It's easy to get distracted by “the one harsh comment” from a student. Here's a way to avoid that. 6d
Why Do People Love to Hate Steven Pinker?
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By proclaiming the gospel of human progress, the Harvard psychologist has made a lot of enemies.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education Bill Gates and Richard Dawkins love Steven Pinker. So why doesn’t everyone else? 7d
What the Admissions Scandal Reveals About Secrecy, Privilege, and the Nature of Merit
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Jerome Karabel, author of a lengthy history of Ivy League admissions, thinks the recent headlines can shed light on more deep-seated problems.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education Jerome Karabel has been following the admissions scandal. He thinks it offers deeper lessons about institutional secrecy and the nature of merit itself 8d
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The Chronicle of Higher Education "As America has become more and more unequal, affluent parents have become increasingly desperate to pass on their privileges to their children and avoid downward mobility at all costs." 7d
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The Chronicle of Higher Education "As America has become more and more unequal, affluent parents have become increasingly desperate to pass on their privileges to their children and avoid downward mobility at all costs." 5d
Where Are Students Most and Least Likely to Be Taught by Tenured and Tenure-Track Professors?
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At some colleges, students take being taught by tenured or tenure-track professors for granted. At other colleges, that seldom happens.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education At some colleges, tenured and tenure-track professors are vastly outnumbered by instructional staff members who aren't on the tenure track. 8d
The Foundation at the Center of the Admissions-Bribery Scandal Has a Surprising Item in Its Portfolio: The Versatile Ph.D.
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Harvard, Michigan, Rice, and other universities subscribe to the popular career resource for graduate students. Now, with the foundation’s leader indicted, the service’s future is uncertain.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education New: The Key Worldwide Foundation is at the center of the admissions scandal. About a year ago, it purchased The Versatile Ph.D., a longstanding online community for people seeking careers outside academe 9d
Stanford Students Sue Elite Universities After Admissions Scandal
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They say their applications to universities named in the unfolding scandal weren’t fairly evaluated in a system “warped and rigged by fraud.”
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The Chronicle of Higher Education New: Two Stanford students are suing colleges named in the admissions-bribery scandal, arguing that those who played by the rules didn't get a fair shot 9d
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The Chronicle of Higher Education The students said they would not have paid about $80 in application fees if they knew that the systems were “warped and rigged by fraud.” 8d
They’re Already Rich. Why Were These Parents So Fixated on Elite Colleges?
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What the admissions-bribery scandal reveals about parenting toward a narrow definition of success in an anxious age.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education Lastly, why would parents go to such great lengths to get their children into an elite college, anyway? explores the possibilities 10d
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The Chronicle of Higher Education Admissions mania isn’t just about parents wanting their children to be happy. It’s about parents’ anxiety that their children won’t maintain their privilege. 7d
Caught in the Middle of Their Parents’ Bribery Schemes, Students Stay Silent
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The children — many of whom were admitted thanks to their parents’ alleged involvement in admissions-bribery schemes — have not spoken publicly. Those with high-profile families have tuned out of social media.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education What about the students whose parents were implicated in the admissions-bribery case? They're staying silent, though court documents suggest some of them may have been aware of what was happening. Our latest, from and 10d
The Only Surprise in the Admissions Scandal Is That Anyone Is Surprised
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The rich and powerful have been buying spots at elite institutions for years.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education And more, from Brian Rosenberg: Asking if there's an easy fix is like asking if an average person will ever have the same chance as a billionaire to get tickets to the Super Bowl 10d
Higher Education and the Illusion of Meritocracy
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The admissions-bribery scandal offers a convenient and cartoonish scapegoat for a complex system of affirmative action for wealthy people.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education New on our site: Jason England argues that the scandal offers a convenient scapegoat for a complex system of affirmative action for wealthy people 10d