How Ed Schools Became a Menace

They trained an army of bureaucrats who are pushing the academy toward ideological fundamentalism.

Students

5 Takeaways From Turning Point’s Plan to ‘Commandeer’ Campus Elections

The shadowy conservative group’s playbook reveals the breadth and depth of its efforts. “I’ve never seen anything like this,” says an expert on student government.

Faculty

Piano Students at Utah State U. Endured Humiliation and Sexual Harassment, Report Says

The program’s longtime coordinator, described as having created a “toxic” atmosphere of psychological abuse and discrimination against women, has retired.

Athletics

One Leader Wants to Move Beyond His University’s Controversial Mascot. Here’s What He Has in Mind.

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign retired its Native American mascot, Chief Illiniwek, more than a decade ago. Its staying power has prompted the chancellor, Robert Jones, to put on a series of “critical conversations.”

Athletics

The Mascot Is Fiction. The War Is Real.

Why Chief Illiniwek, retired more than a decade ago, still inspires anger, pain, and pride in an Illinois college town.

Leadership

Most College Presidents Worry That Speech Issues Could Trigger Violence

The American Council on Education found that nearly all of the college presidents it surveyed, when asked to choose, would prefer allowing students to be exposed to many types of speech rather than protecting them by prohibiting speech.

Teaching

With Its Model Under the Gun, an Online-Education Leader Makes the Case for Mentors

Last year Western Governors University was hit by a federal audit that said its teaching model didn’t provide enough interaction between students and instructors. Now, with its federal student aid on the line, it cites a Gallup survey as evidence that its approach works.

The Daily Briefing

The Daily Briefing tells individual subscribers everything they need to know about higher ed. Here’s a sample.

Advice

4 Ideas for Avoiding Faculty Burnout

Teaching is the main source of faculty burnout. So doesn’t it follow that our teaching — and our students’ learning — will suffer the more stressed and exhausted we become?

Lingua Franca

When Martin Luther King Jr. Spoke at Cornell U.

Allan Metcalf wrote in 1960 about his encounter with the most charismatic speaker he has ever met.

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