Government

A Small College With a Big Endowment Gets Snared in Tax Bill

Kentucky’s Berea College, which charges no tuition and serves primarily low-income students, will probably have to pay a 1.4-percent tax on its endowment earnings after a revote on tax legislation.

Government

New Tax Law Takes Aim at Higher Education’s Millionaires Club

In 2015, private nonprofit colleges minted 158 millionaires. Their institutions would have to pay a 21-percent tax.

Behind Bars

Can a College Education Solve the Nation’s Prison Crisis?

Professors hope a federal experiment will prove that offering Pell Grants to prisoners is a good investment. It’s just as likely, though, that the program will be shut down by its political opponents.

Teaching

A New High-Tech Learning Center Changed How These Professors Teach

Special classrooms now available at the University of Maryland at College Park are making faculty members rethink the way they engage students.

Teaching

Innovators: 10 Classroom Trailblazers

Meet some devoted faculty members who might spark your interest in taking risks and trying new things in class.

Chronicle Focus

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Reining In Fraternities

Fraternities, havens of good times, darker events, or both, stand accused of fostering excessive drinking and indifference to students’ well-being. Here’s what colleges are trying to do about it.

Applying Research to Real-World Problems

How can scientists turn their work into solutions to societal problems? Here’s a primer on what the true mission of university research should be.

Advice

On Faculty and Mental Illness

Finally, academe has a guide for how to better treat its psychiatrically disabled workers.

Lingua Franca

It’s the Wine Talking

Geoff Pullum tries his hand at crafting evocative oenological descriptions. Can you top them?