Academe Today Thursday, August 3, 2017 Sign up for this newsletter | A New Challenge for Affirmative Action | Government By Peter Schmidt Any federal challenge to colleges that consider applicants’ race will bump up against the Supreme Court’s repeated blessings of such policies. |
| Admissions & Student Aid By Adam Harris The notion that race-conscious admissions are systematically biased against some applicants has been a rallying cry of critics for decades. The data paint a different picture. |
| Admissions & Student Aid By Beckie Supiano The answers haven’t really changed in light of reports about the Justice Department’s apparent interest in potential racial bias in admissions, experts say. But it’s a good time for a refresher. |
| Opinion By Erwin Chemerinsky Campus leaders shouldn’t overreact to the Justice Department’s steps. But on the horizon lies a real cause for concern. |
Also in Todayâs News | Publishing By Chris Quintana Authors’ blown deadlines may extend across decades. That’s not what editors want, but in many cases they’re content to wait. |
| Administration By J. Clara Chan The University of North Carolina system is one step away from stripping a civil-rights center’s ability to litigate. Here’s why law professors nationwide are worried. |
| The Ticker The professor, Christian Ott, had been placed on leave and banned from the campus in connection with a university investigation. He will officially depart by the end of the calendar year. |
| The Ticker The university faced withering criticism for withdrawing offers to some 500 prospective students after acknowledging that it had exceeded its anticipated enrollment by 850. |
Clarification | An article in Wednesday’s newsletter misstated how Kevin Allred, an adjunct instructor, lost his job at Rutgers University at New Brunswick. The university declined to renew his contract; it did not fire him. |
Views | Lingua Franca Geoff Pullum laments that what makes a hot story about language for the news media is not the fascinating new technological applications of linguistics, but that some schoolboy used an extra-long word. Talk about fake news. |
| First Person By Lee Burdette Williams A giant placement fair is convenient for us but too costly for a lot of struggling early-career professionals. |
| Vitae By Rob Jenkins Your objective is to get an interview. So make sure your letter isn’t just informational, but persuasive. |
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