Academe Today Monday, January 15, 2018 Sign up for this newsletter | | The Chronicle Review By Jefferson Pooley The academy has always been a hothouse of invidious comparison. This website makes it worse. |
| Special Reports Colleges want to track students and help them succeed, to find out what works in the classroom, and to measure professors' productivity. Read a special report that unpacks what big data can and can't do. |
Also in Todayâs News | Athletics By Emma Kerr Victoria Jackson, a lecturer at Arizona State University, drew attention for her Los Angeles Times op-ed about how college athletics “contributes to the undervaluing of black lives.” |
| Faculty By Andy Thomason Teresa Buchanan, a former associate professor of curriculum and instruction, was fired in 2015 over complaints that, among other things, she had used obscene language in front of students. |
| On Leadership By Ruth Hammond Kellye Testy describes signs that the outlook for many law schools may be improving. The number of applications is beginning to rise again. And the current political climate has engendered more interest in law and the effect it can have on issues like immigration and social justice. |
Views | Commentary By Erik Gilbert A recent journal report says that measuring learning outcomes is not working — and that this is no surprise to assessors. |
| Lingua Franca Sometimes, writes Ben Yagoda, redundant words are not only useful but powerful. |
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