Academe Today Wednesday, October 5, 2016 Sign up for this newsletter | Today's News | Community Colleges By Lawrence Biemiller Founded before the Civil War to educate young women, small-town Mitchell Community College has survived by keeping up with its county’s changing needs. |
| Inclusion By Katherine Knott The seal features images of a frontiersman and a conquistador. For decades, critics have protested it as racist. Now, there’s hope it might finally be changed. |
| Administration By Timothy Sandoval (The Chronicle of Philanthropy) Fund raisers debate the university's decision to end phone-athons, weighing the costs of annoying donors versus the benefits of acquiring more of them. |
| On Leadership By Karin Fischer In a Chronicle video, Nariman Farvardin, president of the Stevens Institute of Technology, describes balancing its hands-on majors with the liberal arts. |
| The Ticker A spokesman for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey organization says the panic over scary clown sightings is "a distraction for our clowns, who just want to make people laugh." |
In Brief
Views | The Chronicle Review By Baz Dreisinger Can America escape mass incarceration? |
| The Chronicle Review By John J. Lennon In a room without a view, an inmate learns to see. |
| Lingua Franca Geoff Pullum relaxes with five German-speaking friends, eager for a little conversational experience. But that is not what he gets. |
Advice | Vitae By Melanie Nelson To answer that question, here are four other key questions you need to ask yourself. |
| ProfHacker George H. Williams describes an initiative at Vanderbilt University to encourage teachers -- both new and experienced -- to visit one another's classrooms to observe pedagogical strategies. |
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Tools & Resources | 2026: The Decade Ahead — Free Webinar
Join Jeffrey J. Selingo and Michelle R. Weise on Thursday, October 6, as they examine The Chronicle's recent report, "2026: The Decade Ahead." They’ll discuss issues such as the change in student demographics, technology in the classroom, and scrutiny over tenure policy. Register today to learn how this could affect your institution. |
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