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Campus Safety

How the Shooting in Dallas Turned a College Into a Crime Scene

By Katherine Mangan

New details reveal a clearer timeline of what happened after the man suspected of killing five police officers burst into a building at El Centro College.

Publishing

The U. of Missouri Press Almost Closed 4 Years Ago. Here’s How It Bounced Back. premium

By Emma Pettit

Aided by a public outcry, the publisher thwarted a plan to shut it down. It’s now on firmer footing, but like other university presses, it is still weathering the challenges of a shifting market.

Journals

When the President of the United States Writes an Article in Your Journal

By Arielle Martinez

How do you edit Barack Obama? The Chronicle spoke to the editor in chief of a journal that published the president’s article on the future of health-care reform on Monday.

Textbooks

As Free Textbooks Go Mainstream, Advocate Says Colleges Should Do More to Support Them premium

By Goldie Blumenstyk

Hal Plotkin, a longtime supporter of open educational resources, says efforts like the Zero Textbook Cost degree could save students billions of dollars.


Views

Commentary

The Lessons of Brexit for the Humanities

By Robert Zaretsky

Professors may think they can no longer live within their universities. But they certainly cannot live outside them.

Lingua Franca

The Worst Form of Government

Geoff Pullum looks into the origin of a Churchillian quotation that fails to make him smile the way it used to.

Vitae

Explaining the 9-Month Contract

By Karen Kelsky

No, academics do not get the summer "off." They're just not paid for the research they do in those months to earn tenure.

Job Opportunities

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President, University of Sioux Falls
South Dakota, United States

Associate Vice President & University Controller, Florida International University
Florida, United States

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