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The Chronicle Review
By Joseph G. Ramsey
 

By not standing up for adjuncts, tenure-track professors have undermined their own power. PREMIUM

 
 
Government
By Steven Johnson
 

Given the chance to weigh in on a proposed overhaul of how colleges are required to handle sexual-misconduct complaints, Americans have flooded the Education Department with personal stories, statistics, and pleas. PREMIUM

Legal
By Cailin Crowe
 

The attorney general of Michigan said in a scathing report that the former sports doctor’s continuing sexual abuse of hundreds of women was “a failure of people” seeking to safeguard the university’s reputation.

Leadership & Governance
By Julia Schmalz
 

Astrid S. Tuminez, the new president of Utah Valley University, sees technology as key to disrupting higher education and eroding the differences between “the haves and the have-nots.” Her experiences growing up in a Philippine slum and working for Microsoft have given her a unique perspective.

In Case You Missed It
 

We posed that question to several current and former presidents. Here are their stories of confronting — and overcoming — biases and stereotypes. PREMIUM

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Advice
By David D. Perlmutter
 

Whether you are a chair, a dean, or a provost, the academic freedom that you defend vociferously for others is constricted for you.

 
 
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Colleges design programs to keep students’ skills relevant in an era where 80 million American workers face the prospect of automation.

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