Academe Today

Advice

The Case for Inclusive Teaching

If we can’t recruit additional students, we need to make every effort to keep more of the ones we have.

Teaching

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Sexual Misconduct

Anita Hill Will Speak at Wesleyan’s Commencement After First Choice Is Accused of Sexual Comments

Daniel Handler, the author of the Series of Unfortunate Events books, stepped aside as graduation speaker at Wesleyan University, in Connecticut.

Government

Is Student Debt Big Enough to Hold Back the Economy? What the Research Says

The chairman of the Federal Reserve told senators on Thursday that America’s student-loan burden could affect economic growth. When it comes to homeownership or small-business creation, he might be right.

Lessons for College Leaders

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Commentary

In Times of Scandal, Conflicts With College Lawyers Multiply

The Michigan State sexual-abuse case illustrates the complex, often misunderstood, role of those whose job it is to legally protect an institution.

Lingua Franca

The Fictional Possessives-With-Gerunds Rule

After clashing with his editor at The Chronicle on a point of grammar, Geoff Pullum exhumes the work of the two Edwardian eccentrics responsible for the myth that subjects of “verbal nouns” must always be in the possessive.