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Beleaguered Agencies

Why It Matters That Trump Wants to Kill the NEA and NEH premium

By Lee Gardner

The president’s budget plan may never be enacted, but the call to eliminate the endowments plays to his base and sends a signal about what his administration values.

Spending Priorities

What Trump’s Budget Outline Would Mean for Higher Ed

President Trump’s "skinny budget," which is just an opening offer in the budget-writing process, proposes cuts in several agencies and programs.

First Jobs

Where Will the Government Look for Thousands of New Border Agents? On College Campuses

By Alex Arriaga

The Trump administration wants to hire 5,000 new Customs and Border Protection officers, and colleges are a prime recruiting ground.

Campus Politics

Students for Bernie Find Their Home in Growing Socialist Movements

By Tom Hesse

Awoken by the former presidential contender and spurred on by President Trump’s election, the Young Democratic Socialists are expanding.

On Leadership

A For-Profit-College Company Embraces Its Technology-Focused Past and Its Evolving Future

By Goldie Blumenstyk

Lisa W. Wardell, the new president and chief executive officer of the DeVry Education Group, talks about the regulatory changes she expects under the Trump administration, why DeVry University recently settled several legal problems, and more.


Views

The Chronicle Review

Alt-Right Jane Austen

By Nicole M. Wright

The alt-right wants to co-opt her as a symbol of meek, old-fashioned white womanhood. They don't have a clue.

Lingua Franca

Thinking in Mayan

A visit to the remains of a great civilization in Mexico prompts Lucy Ferriss to wonder just how a language is meant to communicate.

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Recent Grad Brings Autism Treatment to Kuwait
A graduate of UMass Lowell helps open the first affordable autism treatment center in Kuwait.


Advice

Vitae

Prolegomena to My Cover Letter

By Christopher Yates

Dear hiring committee: Can we talk? Here’s what you really need to know about me.

ProfHacker

Writing a Better Conference Abstract

Jason Jones points to a great resource.  

Job Opportunities

Education Librarian - Tenure-Track, Cal State Fullerton University
California, United States

Director of the Center for Academic Advising and Student Success, Trinity Washington University
District of Columbia, United States

Lecturer, Department of Geology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Illinois, United States

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