From Liberal Arts to Making a Living

Critical-thinking skills and a broad education aren’t enough. Small colleges are making career services a priority too.

The Future of Work: How Colleges Can Prepare Students for the Jobs Ahead

In the eyes of many students and their parents, higher education is tied to a job. And yet the world of work is poised to undergo a number of sharp changes over the next 10 years. This report explores the future job market, reinventing colleges’ career services, and higher education’s role in the work force.

A World of Ideas in Idea Lab

A collection of some three dozen explorations of the problems colleges face, and how they are solving them. The articles include news, analysis, data, advice, and opinion.

Leadership & Governance

UC-Davis Chancellor Seeks to Get Campus Past Scandals

Bad news from his predecessor’s rocky term in office keeps on coming, and the demand for change on campus hasn’t receded, says Gary May.

Special Reports

In Depth: Curbing Faculty Harassment

This collection of articles hand-selected by our editors provides an in-depth look at one of 2017’s most important issues: sexual harassment in academe, and the ways colleges and scholarly societies are cracking down on it. Purchase a copy here.

Government

Republicans Want to Talk About Campus Free Speech. What About the Rise in Hateful Speech?

In a letter on Wednesday, Senate Democrats said President Trump’s rhetoric had helped fuel a rise in hateful incidents on college campuses.

Students

Public Colleges Backslide on Access, Report Says

With income inequality in the headlines, colleges are playing up their role as engines of opportunity. But a new report says some of those institutions now admit a smaller share of needy students than they did 20 years ago.

Research

What a Longtime JFK Scholar Expects From the Looming Document Release

The declassification of more than 3,000 files on JFK’s assassination might give rise to new conspiracy theories, but one professor believes the new documents will not solve any great mysteries.

The Chronicle Review

Milo’s Coming

Faculty members, not students, should decide who gets to speak on campus.

Commentary

Higher Education’s Message to Ex-Felons: No Second Chances

In denying grad-school admission to a woman convicted 21 years ago, Harvard illustrates academe’s disregard for the incarcerated and those who ever have been.

Commentary

Could Apple Computer Have Survived Higher Ed?

Ideas for improving academic culture abound, but too many die on the vine. Universities can change that.

Lingua Franca

Breaking News: I’m From Missouri

Allan Metcalf learns the true origin of a famous saying from the latest issue of Comments on Etymology.

First Person

2 Campuses, 2 Countries, 1 Seminar

In search of good pedagogy to break the sound barrier in the networked classroom.

ProfHacker

Digital Picketing

A faculty strike in Ontario highlights the potential of digital picketing.