Academe Today: Harvard and Affirmative-Action Foe Square Off Again in Boston Courtroom

[Academe Today] Admissions [At One Final Hearing, Harvard and Students for Fair Admissions Squared Off. Here’s What Happened.]( By Eric Hoover Both sides in a closely watched legal battle over race-conscious admissions made closing arguments in federal court on Wednesday. The judge heard allegations of discrimination — and several Orwell references. ADVERTISEMENT Faculty [‘Begging to Have Their Stories Told’: San Diego State Professors Create Living Archive of Migrants’ Letters From Detention]( By Emma Pettit Last summer, scholars wrote letters to people who had been detained by immigration agents at the local prison. Detainees wrote back. PREMIUM Finance [Inside Wright State’s 6-Year Journey Into Financial Trouble]( By Dan Bauman It will take the Ohio university 20 years to return to the fiscal strength it held earlier in the decade. What went wrong? The answer is a mix of spending and scandal. PREMIUM In the Classroom [Is Political Bias in Grading a Myth?]( By Steven Johnson A lecturer’s online discussion raises questions about the presence of partisan ideology in grading. PREMIUM From the Archives [U. of Nebraska Wondered Whether Conservative Students Were Being Silenced. Here’s What It Found Out.]( By Steve Kolowich The university system commissioned a Gallup survey after a liberal graduate student berated a conservative undergrad. Among other things, Gallup found that some students — and faculty members — were anxious about speaking their minds. Students [Nearly Half of Undergraduates Are Now Students of Color. But Black Students Lag Behind.]( By Sarah Brown A new report on race and ethnicity from the American Council on Education finds gaps in achievement and borrowing for black students particularly alarming. Subscribe Today [Get unlimited access]( to expert insight, tools, and practical advice. A New Report for Chronicle Readers [The Truth About Student Success: Myths, Realities, and 30 Practices That Are Working]( Student success is a major institutional priority, but the uncomfortable truth is that helping more students thrive is hard. Our new in-depth report lays out guiding principles to jump-start student-success efforts or take them to the next level. Purchase a copy in the Chronicle Store. Views The Chronicle Review [Colleges Say More Teaching Is Better. They’re Wrong.]( By Aaron Hanlon Reduced teaching loads are not moving scholars away from the classroom — they’re allowing scholars to be better teachers. ADVERTISEMENT In Case You Missed It [The Great Disappearing Teaching Load]( By John T. McGreevy How few courses are too few? PREMIUM Paid for and Created by Rowan University [‘Inclusion Revolution’]( A unified sports program is recognized for being a national leader in promoting inclusivity on and off the playing fields. Job Opportunities [Faculty/Program Director, Dental Assisting]( Davidson County Community College [Mellon/ACLS Public Fellows - fellowships for recent humanities PhDs in the nonprofit & government sectors]( American Council of Learned Societies [Term Faculty in Speech-Language Pathology]( Emerson College [Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs]( The American University [Cancer Disparities and Health Equity]( Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey [Business Administration Instructor/Program Coordinator]( Madisonville Community College [Department Chair and Professor of Leadership]( University of Memphis [FACULTY FELLOW, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, New York University Arts and Science]( New York University Arts and Science [President]( Saint Anselm College [Faculty Positions for Fall 2019]( Drake University [Search The Chronicle's jobs database](. [The Chronicle of Higher Education]( [Stop receiving]( this email. [Sign up]( for other newsletters. [View]( our privacy policy. © 2019 [The Chronicle of Higher Education]( 1255 23rd Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20037