Academe Today

Tenure

U. of Arkansas System Considers Changes to Ease Tenured-Faculty Firings

The university says the proposal is merely an effort to align with “current law and best practices.” Some professors say making collegiality a criterion in faculty evaluations is an attack on academic freedom.

Faculty

After Outcry, U. of Wisconsin Drops Plan to Suspend Admissions to 2-Year M.B.A. Program

With declines in applications at many American business schools, especially from abroad, students and alumni fear their programs will close.

Title IX

Candice Jackson on Campus Sex Assault: ‘We’re Not Asking Schools to Step In as Courts of Law’

The acting assistant secretary for civil rights spoke to a congressional task force as the Education Department weighs changes in Title IX policy.

Government

Advocate for Jewish Civil Rights Is Tapped to Lead Key Education Dept. Office

Kenneth L. Marcus, president of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and a professor at Baruch College of the City University of New York, has criticized the department for overreaching on sexual harassment.

Teaching

Ways to Talk Teaching With Colleagues

Discussions about teaching are often confined to the department level. But dialogue across disciplines can be fostered in unexpected ways.

Innovators: 10 Classroom Trailblazers

Meet some devoted faculty members who might spark your interest in taking risks and trying new things in class. 

Commentary: A Newer Education for Our Era

We need to teach creativity, collaboration, and adaptability.

Order Your Own Copy of ‘Innovators: 10 Classroom Trailblazers’

Copies of the full report on our teaching innovators are available here.

The Chronicle Review

Trump Is the New ________

Historical analogies are simplistic, misleading, and absolutely essential.

First Person

2 Campuses, 2 Countries, 1 Seminar

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

Commentary

The Wisdom of Hosting a Presidential Debate — or Not

Go for it, says one administrator who’s been through the experience, but only if you can respond with a confident “yes” to four questions.

Lingua Franca

BuzzFeed Has Style Too

“There is no such thing as correct style,” writes the BuzzFeed copy chief. Geoff Pullum explains why she doesn’t mean it.