Afternoon Update: Biggest Problem for State Higher-Ed Policy? Federal Higher-Ed Policy

[THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION] #subscribelink [Subscribe Today]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Subscribe to The Chronicle today to get access to premium content and more.]( Afternoon Update Tuesday, January 16, 2018 --------------------------------------------------------------- [Sign up for this newsletter]( Today’s News --------------------------------------------------------------- Government [The Biggest Problem for State Higher-Ed Policy? Federal Higher-Ed Policy]( By Eric Kelderman It's not affordability, free speech, or sexual assault. The top issue, according to the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, is what's happening in Washington. Fund Raising [Johns Hopkins Just Got the Largest Donation Ever Given to a Philosophy Department]( By Julian Wyllie The department will pocket a $75-million gift from Bill Miller, a well-known Wall Street investor. What’s Popular on Chronicle.com --------------------------------------------------------------- [An Insider’s Take on Assessment: It May Be Worse Than You Thought]( By Erik Gilbert A recent journal report says that measuring learning outcomes is not working — and that this is no surprise to assessors. [Higher Education Is Drowning in BS]( By Christian Smith It is not just contributing to this country’s disastrous political condition; it is putting decent civilization at risk. [In a Region With Few College Degrees, People Pin Their Hopes on Trump]( By Sarah Brown Job losses in the manufacturing and agricultural sectors are piling up in the Missouri Bootheel. [The NCAA as Modern Jim Crow? A Sports Historian Explains Why She Drew the Parallel]( By Emma Kerr Victoria Jackson, a lecturer at Arizona State University, drew attention for her Los Angeles Times op-ed about how college athletics “contributes to the undervaluing of black lives.” [View the Latest Jobs in Higher Education]( [THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION] 1255 Twenty-Third St., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20037 [Like us on Facebook]( [Follow us on Twitter]( [Add us on Google+](chroniclehighereducation/posts?elqTrackId=7e4973336c794999a920887a5b7a9fc8&elq=681014db7cd844618527aa4a405635dc&elqaid=17470&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=7649) [Subscribe Today]( Get the insight you need for success in academe. [Stop receiving this newsletter]( Copyright © 2018 The Chronicle of Higher Education