Academe Today: This Is What the End of a Presidency Looks Like

[THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION] #subscribelink [Subscribe Today]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Subscribe to The Chronicle today to get access to premium content and more.]( Academe Today Thursday, May 24, 2018 --------------------------------------------------------------- [Sign up for this newsletter]( Today’s News --------------------------------------------------------------- Leadership [Max Nikias Is Standing Firm as Scandals Mount at USC. But This Is What the End of a Presidency Looks Like.]( [premium] By Jack Stripling With his judgment again called into question, this time over the University of Southern California’s handling of misconduct complaints against a gynecologist, Max Nikias faces the sort of mobilized opposition that can sink a college leader. Administration [Pitfalls That Can Doom a Presidency]( Missteps of all kinds can derail a presidency, including inadequate response to protesters, conflicts over shared governance, and incautious remarks. Students [3 Takeaways From a Book-Length Federal Report on ‘The Condition of Education’]( By Beckie Supiano While the annual deep dive into education data — from pre-K to post-college — breaks little new ground, it offers a good reminder of how higher ed differs from popular perceptions of it. Work-Force Education [Here’s How Western Governors U. Aims to Enroll a Million Students]( By Goldie Blumenstyk The online university has set up a new component, WGU Advancement, for work-force development, and will raise money for scholarships from outside sources. Special Reports [Does Your College Have a Cavern? 7 Learning Spaces Beyond the Classroom]( [premium] By Dan Berrett The Chronicle collected images from institutions across the country that use the landscape, loosely defined, to foster learning. Exclusively for You --------------------------------------------------------------- [Idea Lab: Academic Overhauls]( Revamping a curriculum or academic program is never easy. To help college leaders make such big changes a success, we’ve pulled together a collection of articles and essays with lessons and tips. Buy it in [the new Chronicle Store.]( Views --------------------------------------------------------------- Advice [5 Big-Picture Mistakes New Ph.D.s Make on the Job Market]( By Karen Kelsky All sorts of magical thinking can distort the realities of the tenure-track job hunt. Lingua Franca [There Is No ‘There’re’ There]( Anne Curzan reflects on why some contractions are not in dictionaries, and on the inconsistency in our judgments of which ones are OK to write, even in informal prose. [Â]( Paid for and Created by Texas Tech University [Student Startup Funded by Campus Accelerator]( Texas Tech student works with Innovation Hub to launch product to prevent children from being left behind in cars. Job Opportunities --------------------------------------------------------------- [Vice President for Digital Strategy and Chief Innovation Officer]( University of North Texas Texas, United States [Vice President of Operations]( Central Washington University Washington, United States [Communications Director for Student Affairs]( Stanford University California, United States [Kania School of Management Faculty Positions in Marketing, Management (Organizational Behavior and Entrepreneurship) and Business Law]( The University of Scranton Pennsylvania, United States [Assistant/Associate Professor in the Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Studies]( Indiana University Indiana, United States Tools & Resources --------------------------------------------------------------- [Free Dossier Service]( Get organized with The Chronicle’s Vitae dossier service. Manage all of your professional documents in one convenient place — safely, securely, and at no cost. Applying for jobs online is simpler, saving you time and money. [Start your free dossier.]( [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=63d80ed545174a95b7041a03b2fedba5&elq=37e5e126b54e4e7c8e33bf480e41f72b&elqaid=19192&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=8710) [Subscribe Today]( Get the insight you need for success in academe. [Stop receiving this newsletter]( Copyright © 2018 The Chronicle of Higher Education