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As Freshmen, They Voted for Trump. Has College Changed Their Minds?
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Some see higher education as a place to encounter new ideas. Others see a bastion of indoctrination.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education A college education was a dividing line in whether someone supports Donald Trump. But what role does the college experience itself have on how one feels about Trump? 79d
Presidents, Lose the Politesse. Oppose Trump’s Re-election.
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Academic leaders are wary of sounding off on politics. It’s time to lose that restraint.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education In Opinion: If ever there was a moment for a college leader to openly oppose a presidential candidate, the moment is now, says Brian Rosenberg. 81d
DHS Arrests International Students, Threatens College Staff for ‘Willful Ignorance’ of Student-Visa Program
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Some college officials will likely have their certification to administer student visas on their campuses revoked as part of the investigation.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education Fifteen international students have been arrested as part of a Homeland Security investigation into a work program for international graduates. Another 1,100 will lose their work authorization. 83d
Students Cheat. How Much Does It Matter?
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As the pandemic continues, the debate grows louder.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education Why are some professors so worried about cheating on remote exams? In some cases, because they’ve already caught a bunch of students doing it. 85d
What’s at Stake for Higher Ed in the Election?
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Scholars and academic leaders on what matters — and why.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education In Opinion: This election will change everything. What will that mean for universities? 90d
Opinion| Right-Wing Trolls Attacked Me. My Administration Buckled.
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On the cravenness and cowardice of the corporate university.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education In Opinion: How not to respond when your faculty members are targeted by right-wing bullies. 90d
Rumor Had It Students Were Getting Covid-19 for Cash. The College Was Taking No Chances.
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As coronavirus cases climbed, Brigham Young University-Idaho issued a warning based on reports that, at any other time, might have seemed too bizarre to take seriously.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education The university is one of three in Idaho that the White House’s coronavirus task force recommended move completely online. 90d
‘We Haven’t Begun to Feel the Real Economic Damage’
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A Chronicle survey explores the impact of the pandemic on fall enrollments and how colleges are planning for the spring.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education About two-thirds of colleges reported that their undergraduate enrollment in the fall of 2020 had decreased from last year. 92d
Reactionary Propaganda Rides Again
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Is academe biased against conservatives? No: Reality is.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education In Opinion: Is academe biased against conservatives? No: reality is. 93d
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The Chronicle of Higher Education In Opinion: Conservative think tanks would have you believe that academe suffers a liberal bias. They're wrong. 92d
Higher Education’s Nightmare Scenario
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Finances are already strained — and yet public colleges await budget-busting cuts.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education Opinion: The hiring freezes and cuts so far may merely be prelude to a historic contraction. 94d
As the Pandemic Grinds On, Here Are 5 Big Worries of College Presidents
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Concerns about campus mental health and tattered institutional finances occupy the minds of higher-education leaders.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education College presidents are worried about the mental health of both students and employees. 94d
Life in the Quarantine Dorms
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At this university, quarantined students can’t leave their residence halls except for medical care. Here’s what it’s like inside.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education “I literally have not even opened my door unless to get food,” one quarantined student said. 95d
Days After Appearing Unmasked at White House, Notre Dame’s President Tests Positive for Covid-19
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The university announced that the Rev. John I. Jenkins sought a test after a colleague tested positive, and is exhibiting mild symptoms.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education Students called on Jenkins to resign. “Our university deserves a leader who’s vigilant in the midst of a global pandemic, before it personally affects them," one student said. 96d
How One Prominent Journal Went Very Wrong
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The threats, rumors, and infighting traumatized staff members and alienated contributors. They blame its editor.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education This journal was a respected publication. But some who worked for it said they were threatened routinely and their pay was unfairly withheld. 97d
Teaching: How Professors Can Help Students Get Through the Semester
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A student leader describes ways in which faculty members can support students through a particularly difficult fall.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education A student leader describes ways in which faculty members can support students through this particularly difficult semester. 97d
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The Chronicle of Higher Education “A lot of faculty members are coming from a good place, but there’s still not that understanding of the scope and to what degree students are struggling right now.” 97d
The Moral Failure of Father John Jenkins
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Academics at the Rose Garden event gave tacit approval to Trump’s offenses against human dignity.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education In Opinion: Guests at the nomination of Judge Barrett betrayed their responsibilities to care for others, writes Patricia McGuire, president of Trinity Washington University. 97d
Beware the Instant Global Campus Movement
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Universities should stop trying to buy their way to online dominance.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education In Opinion: Colleges shouldn't buy their way into overnight online dominance. 98d
Colleges Comb Diversity Programs for Content That Could Trigger Feds
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An executive order banning training that is “offensive and anti-American” leaves college leaders scratching their heads.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education Colleges that use a heavy hand to purge trigger phrases from their diversity programs risk trampling free-speech and academic-freedom rights, one observer of Trump's executive order notes. 99d
The New Order
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How the nation’s partisan divisions consumed public-college boards and warped higher education.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education Professors may be liberal, but conservatives have far more power to determine who has the final say on the nation's flagship campuses. 106d
More Doctoral Programs Suspend Admissions. That Could Have Lasting Effects on Graduate Education.
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Many departments are opting to focus funding on current students rather than bringing in a new cohort next fall.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education More than 50 doctoral programs in the humanities and social sciences won't be admitting new students in the fall of 2021 — a response to the pandemic and ensuing economic turmoil. 107d
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The Chronicle of Higher Education Princeton University's sociology department was among the first to announce its decision, in mid-May, and more programs followed throughout the summer. 107d
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The Chronicle of Higher Education Suspending admissions for a year may allow administrators to reimagine their doctoral curricula to account for the flagging Ph.D. job market. 104d