Academe Today

Faculty

She Left Harvard. He Got to Stay.

Did the university’s handling of one professor’s sexual-harassment complaint keep other women from coming forward for decades?

Leadership & Governance

Wisconsin-Superior Leaders Mulled Their Ability to Skirt Shared Governance in Cutting Programs

Emails show that administrators discussed whether they could eliminate more than two dozen programs without consulting professors.

Faculty

Rochester Faculty Senate Censures Professor Accused of Harassment

In a narrow vote, professors condemned T. Florian Jaeger, who was largely cleared of misconduct by an independent investigation.

Research

How to Protect Your College’s Research From Undue Corporate Influence

Public scandals and private worries have prompted efforts to rethink the management of university-industry ties.

On Leadership

A New Approach for California’s Community Colleges

Eloy Ortiz Oakley, chancellor of the California Community Colleges system, talks about a major new project to create fully-online competency-based programs for job training.

Chronicle Focus

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How Students Cheat in a High-Tech World

With students going online and around the globe to find ghostwriters and other illicit aids, here’s what educators are doing to stem the rising tide of deception.

A Guide to Writing Good Academic Prose

Steven Pinker and other experts offer advice to make your scholarly work less cumbersome or convoluted, more clear and cogent, and maybe even a joy to read.

Commentary

Arming the Faculty: a Few Questions

For example, would weapons training count toward the service component of a person’s tenure file, or would it be lumped in with teaching evaluations?

Advice

Forget Mentors — What We Really Need Are Fans

Not the obsessive type, but the kind whose support shows your work has reached people.

Lingua Franca

Bully or Victim? Learning From ‘Rita’ (Part 2)

Allan Metcalf asks: Who or what is the perpetrator of the school kid Liam’s aggression? You decide.