Global: U. of Michigan Professor Refuses to Recommend Student Whose Destination Is Israel

[THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION] #subscribelink [Subscribe Today]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Subscribe to The Chronicle today to get access to premium content and more.]( Global Wednesday, September 19, 2018 --------------------------------------------------------------- [Sign up for this newsletter]( This Week’s Highlights --------------------------------------------------------------- [U. of Michigan Professor Refuses to Recommend Student Whose Destination Is Israel]( By Steven Johnson His university, however, says the scholar’s personal politics are out of place. [U. of Pennsylvania Says It Will Be First Ivy to Offer Online Bachelor’s Degree]( By Beth McMurtrie The program, aimed at nontraditional students, illustrates the growing credibility and popularity of online education. [How a Common Course Fosters Teaching Collaboration on One Campus]( A required, interdisciplinary introduction to social science at the University of Dayton gets instructors from different departments talking, in meetings and more informally. [How the Great Recession Reshaped American Higher Education]( [premium] By Lindsay Ellis Pressure from state governments and prospective students pushed public research universities, private colleges, and other institutions to promote their job-ready graduates and their impact on the local economy. Views --------------------------------------------------------------- [Back to the Classroom After 11 Years in Administration]( By George Justice A former dean chronicles the challenges of returning to full-time teaching. [‘Bob Down,’ ‘Browned Off,’ and Other Britishisms]( Ben Yagoda examines the etymology of another phrase from the Sceptr’d Isle, and a commenter helps him deduce why the Missouri-born novelist Chester Himes deployed it. [Â]( [View the Latest Jobs in Higher Education]( Tools & Resources --------------------------------------------------------------- [Focus: The New Landscape for International Students]( President Trump’s executive orders seeking to limit travel to the United States from several predominantly Muslim countries have affected many people around the world who were considering studying in the United States. [This 28-page collection]( looks at what colleges are doing to overcome the uncertainties the orders have triggered. [See our other Focus collections here.]( [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=b3114feb5f574585932725e82ade3489&elq=5a11efab4c81442299f2d1c2c377e338&elqaid=20594&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=9699) [Subscribe Today]( Get the insight you need for success in academe. [Stop receiving this newsletter]( Copyright © 2018 The Chronicle of Higher Education