Academe Today

Faculty

The Big Lie

A professor schemed to get a raise and win his department’s respect. Instead he wrecked his career.

The Chronicle Interview

There Is No Campus Speech Crisis

Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of Berkeley Law, thinks the arguments about free speech at colleges could use a few more reasonable people.

Students

No More Hard Liquor at Fraternity Houses, National Group Says

The ban is a sign that the North-American Interfraternity Conference is phasing out its traditional hands-off approach, amid a wave of recent hazing deaths that have provoked widespread outrage.

Re:Learning

Do Corporate-Style NDAs Have a Place in Higher Ed?

Even if a controversial policy at Purdue University Global is an anomaly, it could be yet another harbinger of the rising corporatization of academe.

Idea Lab: Mergers and Collaboration

Many colleges are looking to potentially merge or collaborate with their peers. But what do leaders need to know to do this well? Our latest Idea Lab collection offers advice and tips from colleges that have merged or formed partnerships to cut costs and expand academic programs. It’s available in the Chronicle Store.

Advice

Administration 101: How Do You Decide Which ‘Great Idea’ to Back?

Emotion, ego, and ideology jumble with finances, and the solutions are never simple and self-evident.

Lingua Franca

How Americans Speak: the Facts

Allan Metcalf looks at the latest issue of American Speech, a journal inspired by H.L. Mencken and founded by Louise Pound, now in its 93rd year.