Academe Today Monday, November 6, 2017 Sign up for this newsletter | Todayâs News Faculty By Nell Gluckman Dartmouth’s Mark Bray has become the scholar who explains antifa to the world. What’s his place in academe? | Economic Development By Paul Basken The company's proposed $5-billion project stands to have a transformative effect on one region and its higher-ed sector. But it's unclear how much of a selling point that sector will be. |
Diversity By Sam Hoisington Members of minority groups at Michigan and Wisconsin reported feeling discriminated against more often than white students did. |
Teaching Some projects in psychology courses can be used to help students develop their integrative- and lateral-thinking skills. |
Government By Andy Thomason Tell us how your professional life has changed since November 8, 2016. |
Faculty By Julia Martinez Dan Reichart, an astronomy professor at the University of North Carolina, attempted to put out a small fire on the Chapel Hill campus, but ended up with burns on his face and arms after a bomb exploded. |
More on the Troubles at Evergreen State Leadership By Steve Kolowich The conflict at Evergreen State College this past spring epitomized colleges’ struggles to make people of color feel safe. New documents and video clips reveal the tensions between two campus leaders over that goal. |
Campus Chaos By Steve Kolowich How a season of racial protests turned Evergreen State College’s self-examination into a national spectacle. |
Views The Chronicle Review By David Bromwich Students are leading the assault on free speech — and faculty members and administrators are enabling them. | The Chronicle Review David Bromwich argues that college administrators and faculty members “sympathize with the rule-breakers.” Do you disagree? Tell us why here. |
Lingua Franca Geoff Pullum looks aghast at the array of evidence suggesting that people still worry irrationally about ending sentences with the part of speech that would do it the best. |
Paid for and Created by University of Central Florida Innovations in Online Learning UCF meets students’ demands by rapidly scaling their digital courses. |
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