Athletics

Inside Auburn’s Secret Effort to Advance an Athlete-Friendly Curriculum

Documents show that academic leaders discussed tailoring programs for the specific benefit of athletes, and no one is seriously asking if that’s a problem.

Faculty

How These Professors Assign Their Own Books With a Clean Conscience

Putting one’s own work on the syllabus can be logical. But the mild self-enrichment — or appearance of such — has some academics jumping through hoops to avoid it.

Students

Running Out of Time in the Land of Opportunity

She’s an undocumented student fearing the death of DACA. He’s a Haitian citizen with a deadline to leave the United States. They’ve fallen in love. What do they do now?

The Chronicle Interview

His Video on Black Men's Frustrations Went Viral. Now He’s Getting a Ph.D.

As an undergraduate, Sy Stokes shared his insights in spoken word. Now he sees "different avenues for disrupting the system."

The Daily Briefing

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

The Chronicle Review

The Improbable Friendship That Shaped a Generation of Literary Scholarship

Lionel Trilling and Jacques Barzun seemed an intellectual odd couple. What made their relationship last?

Advice

10 Tips for Successful Grant Writing

How to write a grant proposal that has the best chance of getting approved.

Lingua Franca

One Small Step (Backward) for the Parts of Speech

Sen. Rand Paul Rand Paul spent government money on a slick poster criticizing academe but couldn't be bothered to get his grammar right. Ben Yagoda helps him out.