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New model state legislation would require non-STEM faculty members to teach a 3/3 course load. Here’s what you need to know about the proposal. https://chroni.cl/4pX4N4v
A New Blueprint for Conservative Lawmakers Aims to Curb ‘Unserious’ Research
The latest model legislation from a trio of right-wing groups targets faculty in non-STEM fields and would also increase teaching loads.
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December 9, 2025 at 7:12 PM
New model state legislation would require non-STEM faculty members to teach a 3/3 course load. Here’s what you need to know about the proposal. https://chroni.cl/4pX4N4v
The Education Department says it will send students a notice of “lower earnings” for colleges where graduates earn less than a high-school graduate four years after completion. Most are for-profit technical and cosmetology schools. https://chroni.cl/3MvNDN2
Nearly One-Fourth of Colleges Will Come With a Warning When Students Apply for Financial Aid
The Education Department says it will start flagging institutions where graduates on average don’t earn as much as high-school graduates. Most are for-profit technical and cosmetology schools.
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December 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The Education Department says it will send students a notice of “lower earnings” for colleges where graduates earn less than a high-school graduate four years after completion. Most are for-profit technical and cosmetology schools. https://chroni.cl/3MvNDN2
After being placed on probation and cutting staff, enrollment at Rider University continues to slide — and more spending cuts are in store. Can Rider avoid a death spiral? https://chroni.cl/4pskIIw
Why a College Says It Had to Cut 20 Percent of Its Faculty
Rider University in New Jersey is right-sizing after being placed on probation by its accreditor. But an exhausted faculty is losing faith after several rounds of reductions.
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December 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
After being placed on probation and cutting staff, enrollment at Rider University continues to slide — and more spending cuts are in store. Can Rider avoid a death spiral? https://chroni.cl/4pskIIw
An enrollment turnaround is hard to pull off. So how is La Salle making progress?
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This University Was Struggling. Now It’s Engineering an Enrollment Turnaround.
La Salle University’s once-tumbling enrollment is rebounding thanks to fixes both large and small.
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December 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
An enrollment turnaround is hard to pull off. So how is La Salle making progress?
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Grading is a mess. How can instructors redesign it so that it is meaningful, clear, and fair? https://chroni.cl/4axISws
How Do You Make Grading Meaningful?
Professors are unhappy with how they evaluate students. What can be done?
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December 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Grading is a mess. How can instructors redesign it so that it is meaningful, clear, and fair? https://chroni.cl/4axISws
This is not just a book about Yale: it is a case study of how deeply slavery was embedded in the personal and professional lives of the white establishment in both the north and south. https://chroni.cl/49Xp05I
Reckoning With Yale’s Ties to Slavery
An institutional history of the “peculiar institution.”
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December 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
This is not just a book about Yale: it is a case study of how deeply slavery was embedded in the personal and professional lives of the white establishment in both the north and south. https://chroni.cl/49Xp05I
Opinion | "Last week Northwestern became the fifth American university to cut a deal with the Trump White House to restore research funds frozen by the administration." https://chroni.cl/48Vz3am
Opinion | Deals With Trump Will Haunt Universities
The fine print could shape higher education for generations.
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December 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Opinion | "Last week Northwestern became the fifth American university to cut a deal with the Trump White House to restore research funds frozen by the administration." https://chroni.cl/48Vz3am
SM1: Beginning in 1990, a series of acts by Congress aimed to make colleges more transparent to the public. It's led to a national panic attack about admissions. @jeselingo explains. https://chroni.cl/44iFSjM
Opinion | The College Search Is Broken
How a push for transparency created an admissions system that serves no one well.
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December 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
SM1: Beginning in 1990, a series of acts by Congress aimed to make colleges more transparent to the public. It's led to a national panic attack about admissions. @jeselingo explains. https://chroni.cl/44iFSjM
International graduate-student enrollment has already taken a hit, and that's likely to compound. https://chroni.cl/4oHU90H
Has the Graduate-School Collapse Begun?
The Trump administration’s policies, and institutional budget cuts, are straining the delivery of master’s and doctoral degrees.
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December 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
International graduate-student enrollment has already taken a hit, and that's likely to compound. https://chroni.cl/4oHU90H
Finding a mentor can be difficult for a college student. But once they connect, their companionship can offer a mentee a refreshing counterpoint to larger pressures. https://chroni.cl/4rMCpUL
What One Student’s Mentor Taught Him
Our guest columnist reflects on his wise, and sometimes maddening, mentor.
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December 5, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Finding a mentor can be difficult for a college student. But once they connect, their companionship can offer a mentee a refreshing counterpoint to larger pressures. https://chroni.cl/4rMCpUL
In Advice | Just as you did to prepare for comprehensive exams in graduate school, you will need to read yourself into your new career field. https://chroni.cl/4iFQwqI
Advice | How to Pivot to a Nonacademic Job Search
Be curious and open-minded about your options, and network, network, network.
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December 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
In Advice | Just as you did to prepare for comprehensive exams in graduate school, you will need to read yourself into your new career field. https://chroni.cl/4iFQwqI
Opinion | The scandal in Oklahoma was a failure of pedagogy. https://chroni.cl/48TwBRJ
Opinion | The Grading Scandal That Should Worry Higher Ed
It was wrong to fail a student for citing the Bible in an essay on gender.
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December 5, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Opinion | The scandal in Oklahoma was a failure of pedagogy. https://chroni.cl/48TwBRJ
In an unexpected turn, rural areas are expected to account for the largest raw increase in 12th graders between 2023 and 2033, more than what will be seen in urban and suburban areas and towns. https://chroni.cl/3KEuEzn
One of Higher Ed’s Emerging Growth Areas Is One It Struggles to Serve
Rural regions are expected to see increases in high-school seniors. But the sector has had trouble reaching them.
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December 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
In an unexpected turn, rural areas are expected to account for the largest raw increase in 12th graders between 2023 and 2033, more than what will be seen in urban and suburban areas and towns. https://chroni.cl/3KEuEzn
Southern flagships' enrollment success has come with shifts in their student bodies, which are now often whiter and more affluent. https://chroni.cl/4avPUlg
How SEC Universities Won the Enrollment Wars
The ascendance of Southern flagships is a story of sun, football, and a sophisticated recruitment strategy.
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December 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Southern flagships' enrollment success has come with shifts in their student bodies, which are now often whiter and more affluent. https://chroni.cl/4avPUlg
Anxiety is high about the potentially deleterious effects of American-government policy on international enrollments. But there’s a sleeper issue that should keep college officials up at night: cost. https://chroni.cl/3Y7eRvX
American Education’s Price-Tag Problem
Foreign students can take years more to pay off a U.S. degree than for studies in less costly countries.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Anxiety is high about the potentially deleterious effects of American-government policy on international enrollments. But there’s a sleeper issue that should keep college officials up at night: cost. https://chroni.cl/3Y7eRvX
A new working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research found that the steady decline in undergraduate enrollment since the end of the Great Recession has been driven largely by falling numbers at community colleges. https://chroni.cl/48QVOMD
Are 4-Year College Costs Scaring Students Off? Maybe Not, a New Study Finds
Since the end of the Great Recession, a strong job market has driven many more people to enter the work force rather than attend community college.
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December 4, 2025 at 7:12 PM
A new working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research found that the steady decline in undergraduate enrollment since the end of the Great Recession has been driven largely by falling numbers at community colleges. https://chroni.cl/48QVOMD
UVa community members made nearly 200 references to Thomas Jefferson and used the F-word nine times in feedback on the Trump administration's proposed "compact." https://chroni.cl/4pO9NID
UVa Asked Its Community to Weigh in on Trump’s Compact. Here’s What They Said.
A survey seeking opinions on the controversial document elicited more than 2,000 responses — overwhelmingly in opposition.
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December 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
UVa community members made nearly 200 references to Thomas Jefferson and used the F-word nine times in feedback on the Trump administration's proposed "compact." https://chroni.cl/4pO9NID
Can you sum up the year in teaching in one word? We asked listeners. Here's what they said. Plus, a conversation with Beth McMurtrie and Beckie Supiano on teaching college students in 2025. https://chroni.cl/3KGrjQf
The Year in Teaching Was …
We gave professors a tough assignment: Sum up 2025 in a single word.
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December 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Can you sum up the year in teaching in one word? We asked listeners. Here's what they said. Plus, a conversation with Beth McMurtrie and Beckie Supiano on teaching college students in 2025. https://chroni.cl/3KGrjQf
Diversity is out. Is constructive dialogue in? Campus leaders say such programs are meant to counter the ongoing effects of social isolation. But faculty members and some students fear constructive-dialogue training acts as a conduit for conservative political influence. https://chroni.cl/3MmQnME
‘Constructive Dialogue’ Is All the Rage. What Does It Mean to Teach It?
Elite institutions are investing heavily in speaker series and training sessions to foster productive disagreement. Is this a Trump-era fad, a serious movement, or both?
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December 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Diversity is out. Is constructive dialogue in? Campus leaders say such programs are meant to counter the ongoing effects of social isolation. But faculty members and some students fear constructive-dialogue training acts as a conduit for conservative political influence. https://chroni.cl/3MmQnME
Across the nation's college campuses, students are learning that networking happens anywhere and everywhere. At the University of Delaware, it’s becoming part of the curriculum and everyday life. https://chroni.cl/48gYjb1
How One College Helps Students Get Jobs
Networking can be mysterious and scary. The University of Delaware teaches students how to build connections that support their education and increase career opportunities.
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December 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Across the nation's college campuses, students are learning that networking happens anywhere and everywhere. At the University of Delaware, it’s becoming part of the curriculum and everyday life. https://chroni.cl/48gYjb1
Opinion | Northwestern denies it, but there's a cost to caving to the White House. https://chroni.cl/3MBiK9W
Opinion | The Dishonesty of the Northwestern Deal
The university claims it preserved academic autonomy. It didn’t.
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December 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Opinion | Northwestern denies it, but there's a cost to caving to the White House. https://chroni.cl/3MBiK9W
In an unusually far-reaching move, the University of Alabama suspended two student-run magazines, about fashion and Black culture, citing DOJ guidance about "unlawful discrimination.” https://chroni.cl/4prl8yw
A University Shuts Down 2 Campus Magazines Because They Might Look Like DEI
The suspensions are the latest in cuts to programs that would seem to support minority students. Experts say the moves violate the First Amendment.
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December 3, 2025 at 6:08 PM
In an unusually far-reaching move, the University of Alabama suspended two student-run magazines, about fashion and Black culture, citing DOJ guidance about "unlawful discrimination.” https://chroni.cl/4prl8yw
Texas Tech’s chancellor just imposed sweeping new limits on how faculty can teach about race, gender, and sexuality. Courses discussing gender identity or sexual orientation now require review by the Board of Regents. https://chroni.cl/3Kuf2OI
At Texas Tech, Professors Now Need Permission to Teach About Race and Gender
Faculty say the policy is vague and a violation of the First Amendment.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Texas Tech’s chancellor just imposed sweeping new limits on how faculty can teach about race, gender, and sexuality. Courses discussing gender identity or sexual orientation now require review by the Board of Regents. https://chroni.cl/3Kuf2OI
Years of what have been seen as curricular and cultural clashes at the U. of Tulsa are in fact traceable to a deep financial hole. So how did a university with a billion-dollar endowment find itself with a $31-million deficit? chroni.cl/48BVAI3
The University That Couldn’t Stop Reinventing Itself
The U. of Tulsa was a commuter campus that tried — and tried again — to become a regional powerhouse. Now it’s drowning in red ink.
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December 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Years of what have been seen as curricular and cultural clashes at the U. of Tulsa are in fact traceable to a deep financial hole. So how did a university with a billion-dollar endowment find itself with a $31-million deficit? chroni.cl/48BVAI3
The number of recent graduates who list study abroad on their professional profiles has skyrocketed, suggesting that job seekers might use the experience as a signal that they have valuable skills. https://chroni.cl/49MXfN9
Amid Rising Tensions, Colleges Are Still Setting Up Campuses Abroad, New Data Show
Most global outposts of U.S. institutions are in China. But India could soon surge ahead.
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December 2, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The number of recent graduates who list study abroad on their professional profiles has skyrocketed, suggesting that job seekers might use the experience as a signal that they have valuable skills. https://chroni.cl/49MXfN9