Weekly Briefing: The President Has Spoken, and Edinboro U. Is Reeling

[THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION] #subscribelink [Subscribe Today]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Subscribe to The Chronicle today to get access to premium content and more.]( Weekly Briefing Friday, March 23, 2018 --------------------------------------------------------------- [Sign up for this newsletter]( This Week’s Highlights --------------------------------------------------------------- [The President Has Spoken, and Edinboro U. Is Reeling]( By Jack Stripling Professors at a state university in Pennsylvania say they are angered, hurt, and shocked after reading a Chronicle profile of Fred Walker, who said he could never reason with faculty members, and much more. [A Tough-Talking President Tried to Fix a College. Then He Came Undone.]( [premium] By Jack Stripling In a snowy corner of Pennsylvania, Edinboro University’s Fred Walker is brazenly shaping the public narrative to support his agenda. [How to Bring New Board Members Up to Speed]( [premium] By Kathryn Masterson If you want to avoid governance disasters, you need to be systematic about orienting trustees. [I Set Out to Find the College With the Best Name. Help Me Pick the Winner.]( By Steve Kolowich Oxnard. Brazosport. Moody Bible. Assumption. Defiance. Slippery Rock. Truckee Meadows. Dordt. Which college has the best name? [Are Small Classes Best? It’s Complicated]( [premium] By Beckie Supiano The idea that a professor teaches better when there are fewer students makes intuitive sense. But even when that’s true, it comes with trade-offs. The Chronicle Review --------------------------------------------------------------- [When Faculty Had Power]( [premium] By Peter Brooks Once, their voices spoke louder than money. We can no longer count on that. Commentary --------------------------------------------------------------- [A Fair Wage for Elite Athletes? How About $750,000?]( By Paul F. Campos While the NCAA sticks to its “amateur” story line, the value of elite unpaid players to their colleges’ revenue is soaring. Advice --------------------------------------------------------------- [Candidacies Killed by a Typo]( By Dennis M. Barden Instead of being a deal breaker, a mistake on a cover letter should be a chance to build trust on an executive search committee. People --------------------------------------------------------------- [A Wall St. Titan’s Foray Into Philosophy]( [premium] By David Wescott Bill Miller explains why he gave $75 million to the philosophy department at the Johns Hopkins University. [Appointments, Resignations, Deaths]( Maud S. Mandel will leave Brown University to lead Williams College; the University of Maryland at College Park appointed its first female director of athletics bands. Blogs --------------------------------------------------------------- Lingua Franca [In an Old House in Paris, Thinking of ‘Madeline’]( Abed in Paris, Lucy Ferriss realizes what a deeply strange book is Madeline, about another recovering patient away from home. ProfHacker [Ungrading My Class: Reflections on a Second Iteration]( Maha Bali reflects on trying to ungrade her class within institutional constraints. [View the Latest Jobs in Higher Education]( Tools & Resources --------------------------------------------------------------- [Need support navigating your career in higher ed?]( View our popular webinars: [Negotiating an Academic Job Offer]( [Acing the Academic Interview]( [And more!]( [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=7ea8297b35e14a0484cdba873a3ff4a8&elq=13e0364ba2544d0481237a7578eccf73&elqaid=18322&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=8197) [Subscribe Today]( Get the insight you need for success in academe. [Stop receiving this newsletter]( Copyright © 2018 The Chronicle of Higher Education