Academe Today: Why the University's Insatiable Appetite Will Be Its Undoing

[THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION] #subscribelink [Subscribe Today]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Subscribe to The Chronicle today to get access to premium content and more.]( Academe Today Tuesday, July 31, 2018 --------------------------------------------------------------- [Sign up for this newsletter]( The Chronicle Review --------------------------------------------------------------- [Why The University's Insatiable Appetite Will Be Its Undoing]( [premium] By Adam Daniel and Chad Wellmon It's time for higher education to do less. Today’s News --------------------------------------------------------------- Faculty [2 Scholars Quit UVa Center Over Appointment of Former Trump Administration Official]( By Emma Pettit The two historians resigned their posts at the Miller Center for public policy over the appointment of Marc Short. The center’s director maintained that Short will provide valuable expertise. Government [Issues of Accreditation Predominate in New Rulemaking Announced by Education Dept.]( By Eric Kelderman The process, crucial to colleges’ eligibility for federal student aid, will be the focus of a new round of negotiated rulemaking. From the Archives [What’s Rule-Making Like? ‘I Can’t Overstate How Deeply Dull the Process Is’]( By Suhauna Hussain With the renegotiation of two major federal rules on the horizon, past participants reflect on the lengthy process of “neg-reg,” in which efforts can approach the heroic. In the Hot Seat [Higher Ed’s Biggest Moral Failure? And 4 Other Questions for U.C. Irvine's Chancellor]( By Sarah Brown “In the Hot Seat,” a new series in which college administrators are asked a series of surprise questions, talks with Howard Gillman, chancellor of the University of California at Irvine. Exclusively for Individual Subscribers --------------------------------------------------------------- [The Daily Briefing]( The Daily Briefing tells individual subscribers everything they need to know about higher ed. Here’s a sample. Views --------------------------------------------------------------- Commentary [Don’t Get Rid of the Income-Based Loan Repayment System. Fix It.]( [premium] By Sandy Baum Here are the steps Congress should take to eliminate the excesses and shortcomings of current student-debt programs. Lingua Franca [Getting a Fix on ‘Fixers’]( Is a fixer a good guy or a bad guy? Lucy Ferriss looks at the history of the word, which she always thought of as pejorative. In 2018, it no longer raises eyebrows. Paid for and Created by University of Exeter [Saving Our Seas]( Plastic threatens the lives of marine animals more than oil spills and vastly contributes to the degradation of our oceans. Job Opportunities --------------------------------------------------------------- [President]( Terra State Community College Ohio, United States [President for Nationwide Consortium (location flexible)]( The New American Colleges & Universities Massachusetts, United States [Richard C. Notebaert Distinguished Chair of International Business & Global Studies]( University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Wisconsin, United States [Senior Lecturer in Costume Design]( Stanford University California, United States [Dean - School of Education and Health Sciences]( North Central College Illinois, United States [Tenure-Track Searches for the College of Business Administration]( California State University, Long Beach California, 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=712faee26d064ec4b45e3cf3765fc9ea&elq=71e01f59da5848b6b80604f94634b8fd&elqaid=19928&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=9256) [Subscribe Today]( Get the insight you need for success in academe. [Stop receiving this newsletter]( Copyright © 2018 The Chronicle of Higher Education