Weekly Briefing: How to Create a Syllabus

[THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION] #subscribelink [Subscribe Today]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Subscribe to The Chronicle today to get access to premium content and more.]( Weekly Briefing Friday, September 14, 2018 --------------------------------------------------------------- [Sign up for this newsletter]( This Week’s Highlights --------------------------------------------------------------- [How to Create a Syllabus]( By Kevin Gannon There’s never a bad time to re-examine and rethink your syllabus. This guide will walk you through everything you need to know to craft an effective one. [How a Famous Academic Job-Market Study Got It All Wrong — and Why It Still Matters]( [premium] By Vimal Patel The Bowen Report predicted lush times for humanities Ph.D.s. Nearly 30 years later, they’re still waiting. [How Colleges Are ‘Setting Up a Generation for Failure’]( [premium] By Sarah Brown Greg Lukianoff, president of FIRE, which advocates free speech on campuses, talks about his new book, The Coddling of the American Mind. [In Sociologists’ #MeToo Moment, Does Their Response Heed the Lessons of Social Science?]( [premium] By Marc Parry One prominent sexual-assault researcher says clear, evidence-based policies are needed but have yet to be created. [These Parents Want to Change the Frats Where Their Sons Died]( [premium] By Sarah Brown A partnership, announced on Monday, brings together families and the governing organizations of the nation’s fraternities and sororities. The coalition follows months of meetings among them. The Chronicle Review --------------------------------------------------------------- [‘I Want to Burn Things to the Ground’]( [premium] By Tom Bartlett Are the foot soldiers behind psychology’s replication crisis saving science — or destroying it? Commentary --------------------------------------------------------------- [Don’t Dismiss the Value of Free-College Programs. They Do Help Low-Income Students.]( By Sara Goldrick-Rab and Michelle Miller-Adams Two new reports ignore the many ways that state plans make a college education more affordable — and more realistic — for financially needy families. A New Resource for Chronicle Readers --------------------------------------------------------------- [The Chronicle Productivity Guides]( As the landscape of higher education continues to shift, the role of faculty is also expanding on campuses across the country. The new Chronicle Productivity Guides are filled with indispensable advice and insights to support your work and help you overcome obstacles to research, writing, teaching, and service. Get the four-book collection today. Advice --------------------------------------------------------------- [Should We Still Cite the Scholarship of Serial Harassers and Sexists?]( By Nikki Usher The process of building on academic work burnishes the reputations of people whose scholarship may be good but whose characters are awful. [Why I Left a Tenured Job for a Career in Policy]( By Katherine E. Bliss As a Ph.D., you shouldn’t feel embarrassed to admit your interest in a career outside of the professoriate. [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=5ef310ea4830436292c7554bd827bb00&elq=3d752a118f524a5992c5645567360e66&elqaid=20522&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=9655) [Subscribe Today]( Get the insight you need for success in academe. [Stop receiving this newsletter]( Copyright © 2018 The Chronicle of Higher Education