Students

Building Latino Male Achievement

A mentoring program at the University of Texas at Austin is part of a small but growing effort to get more Latino men into and through college.

Commentary

A First-Generation Student’s Survival Strategy: Work More, Sleep Less

Now a tenure-track professor, David Hernández found the road to his education littered with roadblocks. Colleges could ease the journey for the working poor.

Special Reports

A World of Ideas in Idea Lab

A collection of more than two dozen explorations of the problems colleges face, and how they are solving them. The articles include news, analysis, data, advice, and opinion.

Government

Silence From the Secretary, Despite Major Rules Changes

It’s been a month since Betsy DeVos has taken reporters’ questions, or made other senior officials available to explain policy shifts.

Technology

Should the Future of Education Include a ‘Personalized Prescription’ of Video Games?

Adam Gazzaley, a neuroscientist at the University of California at San Francisco who studies the effects of games and other physical and cognitive challenges, says they can improve memory and multitasking, and even treat attention-deficit disorders.

Chronicle Focus

In a new feature, available to individual subscribers only, The Chronicle offers carefully curated collections of articles on important issues in higher education. So far, there are more than 25. Here are a couple of examples:

The New Landscape for International Students

President Trump’s executive orders seeking to limit travel to the United States from several predominantly Muslim countries have affected many people around the world who were considering studying in the United States. This 28-page collection looks at what colleges are doing to overcome the uncertainties the orders have triggered.

The Faculty-Retirement Conundrum

Professors may want to retire, but they also have jobs they love and don’t want to give up. Articles in this 36-page collection examine ways that administrators can make faculty members’ paths into retirement easier.

Advice

How to Talk to Famous Professors

A cheat sheet for making a potential contact without gushing or embarrassing yourself.

Lingua Franca

Impactful, Impact-Empty

Bill Germano finds impactful really ugly, but it’s not an argument he can win.

Vitae

Using Social Media to Recruit Guest Speakers

How I used Twitter to land my students a conversation with a Seinfeld star.