Academe Today Wednesday, December 13, 2017 Sign up for this newsletter | Todayâs News | Admissions & Student Aid By Eric Hoover Verification, an overlooked part of the federal-aid process, isn’t meant to hinder low-income students, but that’s often what it does. |
| Admissions & Student Aid By Eric Hoover and Scott Carlson For many low-income students, college is a question mark. The guidance that they need is often in desperately short supply. Download this booklet to see their lives unfold, and you’ll see a tangle of circumstances as complex as the students themselves. |
| Sexual Harassment By Nell Gluckman When Karen Kelsky, an academic career adviser, created an online survey so scholars could describe their experiences with sexual misconduct, the responses poured in. |
| Government By Adam Harris and Eric Kelderman In a session of the House education committee that seemed likely to stretch into Wednesday morning, members debated a plan that could mean sweeping change for academe. |
| Faculty By Ben Gose High-school students from low-income and minority backgrounds gain valuable skills, and colleges get an edge in recruiting. |
| The Chronicle Interview By Tom Bartlett And what is creativity? A neuroscientist and a composer explored that question together. |
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| As anxiety and depression increase among students, colleges are struggling to respond. Here’s what they’re doing to cope with mental-health issues. |
| Online learning has made it possible to track each student’s path toward mastering course content. Here’s how data can be tapped to improve teaching. |
Views | The Chronicle Review By Geoffrey Miller Speech codes impose impossible behavioral standards on people with personality quirks or mental “disorders.” |
| On Course By James M. Lang Why I gave peer instruction and polling a try, and how they’ve changed my teaching. |
| Lingua Franca Ben Yagoda finds an example of the Britishism âkicked into the long grassâ that predates the OEDâs oldest citation, and makes language history. |
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Missouri, United States
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