Faculty By Beckie Supiano Upset by the "vanquished" tenure system in Wisconsin, the outspoken professor is leaving for Temple University. She’ll take her activist scholarship on college affordability with her. |
Admissions By Eric Hoover The new SAT faces an age-old problem: How to stop cheating while offering students, parents, and the curious an understanding of how the test works. |
Politics By Andy Thomason Conventional wisdom says the billionaire’s support comes mostly from the poorly educated. But the scholars who intend to vote for him say they shouldn’t be discounted. |
The Ticker The announcement was made one day after Sujit Choudhry was placed on an "indefinite leave of absence" from the post. |
Vitae By Lowell Handler Students tolerate their own bad behavior; they don’t necessarily have patience for mine. |
The Chronicle Review By Steven Hahn It was an interracial movement from the outset, and slave resistance was crucial to it, a new book argues. |
Lingua Franca Anne Curzan makes the case that English orthography isn't quite as much of a mess as we sometimes think it is. |