Academe Today

Business Schools Have No Business in the University

Even measured by their own standards, these finishing schools for junior executives are academic failures.

Labor & Work-Life Issues

Tennessee System Renews Call for Post-Tenure Review. Faculty See a Threat.

A new proposal, like one that was scuttled in 2015, is perceived by faculty on the Knoxville campus as signaling "the end of tenure."

Faculty

Shadowy ‘Group of 17 Faculty’ Adds Confusion to Chapel Hill’s Silent Sam Debate

The group, claiming to represent senior faculty members, vowed to take down the Confederate monument on its own. Then it eased off the threat.

From the Archives

Chapel Hill’s New Civil War

A monument to the Confederacy known as Silent Sam stands at the main entrance of the University of North Carolina. It’s ripping the campus apart. So what’s keeping it there?

Global

Amid Fear of Foreign Influence, Colleges’ Confucius Institutes Face Renewed Skepticism

The China-sponsored institutes, on more than 100 campuses, are drawing increased scrutiny as America’s rivalry with China grows and as worries about Russian meddling expand.

Campus Speech

Richard Spencer Will Speak at Michigan State — Way Out on a Farm

The white supremacist is scheduled to speak on Monday at the university’s Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education, in an auditorium typically used for livestock auctions.

The Adult Student: The Population Colleges — and the Nation — Can’t Afford to Ignore

America’s adult students have long been an afterthought in higher education. But demographic changes and economic pressures will soon require institutions to expand their horizons. This Chronicle report explores the growing imperative for colleges to support the adult-student movement.

Commentary

How to Sway Higher Ed’s Skeptics

Americans doubt that a college education is worth the cost. It’s our job to let them know it’s the value of a lifetime.

Advice

The Professor Is In: The Sham National Search

Why bother if an inside candidate is in line for the job?

Lingua Franca

From ‘Reboot’ to ‘Chat’: a Train

Ben Yagoda considers associated words that, whenever he encounters them, prompt a particular memory, or a quote, or a different word — like a line of connected cars pulled by a locomotive.