The Weekly Briefing: On the Front Lines of a New Culture War

[THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION] [Subscribe Today] --------------------------------------------------------------- [Subscribe to The Chronicle today to get access to premium content and more.] Weekly Briefing Tuesday, January 3, 2017 --------------------------------------------------------------- [Sign up for this newsletter] This Week's Highlights --------------------------------------------------------------- [On the Front Lines of a New Culture War] [premium] By Steve Kolowich St. Cloud State University spent 15 years trying to become a beacon of diversity and tolerance while its city fought over the arrival of Muslim refugees. Then Donald Trump came along. [Clearing the Path for Transfer Students] [premium] By Ben Gose Colleges are making changes to simplify the steps a student must take to move from a two-year to a four-institution. [The Transfer Experience: a Student Perspective] [premium] By Ben Gose Andy Hedrick, who started at a community college and graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington, says he could have used more guidance from the institutions on course credits and other topics. [Setting Ambitious Goals, With an Eye on the Rankings] By Ruth Hammond Andrew Ainslie, dean of the Simon Business School at the University of Rochester, analyzes which business-school strategies serve students well and which fall short. The Chronicle Review --------------------------------------------------------------- [Anatomy of a Hoax] [premium] An oral history by Jennifer Ruark How a group of humanists fell for a physicist’s sham article, and why it still matters. Commentary --------------------------------------------------------------- [The Surprising Value That Need-Based Aid Brings] [premium] By Sandy Baum Making higher education possible for students who could not otherwise afford to enroll — not necessarily just the poorest — should be a priority for colleges. Advice --------------------------------------------------------------- [Administration 101: Deciding to Lead] By David D. Perlmutter Are you prepared for the types, scale, and severity of management challenges? People --------------------------------------------------------------- [Campus Identity Politics Is Dooming Liberal Causes, a Professor Charges] [premium] By Evan R. Goldstein Rage over racial, gender, and sexual identity has no sense of proportion and creates a damaging spectacle, says Mark Lilla, a professor of humanities at Columbia University. [Appointments, Resignations, Deaths] An arts dean at a State University of New York campus will lead the California Institute of the Arts. Pomona College has appointed its first female and first African-American president. Blogs --------------------------------------------------------------- Lingua Franca [Getting Over Gifting] Bill Germano considers the complexities of reciprocity, but he's OK with the verb. ProfHacker [Academic Resolutions for 2017?] The start of a new year and the start of a new term provide natural opportunities for reflection. Anastasia Salter offers some practical academic resolutions. [View the Latest Jobs in Higher Education] Tools & Resources --------------------------------------------------------------- [Use the Top-Rated Recruiting Practice] Learn why 94 percent of recruiters use, or plan to use, some form of social networking, such as Vitae, for their recruiting. [Schedule your demo.] [Your Guide to the Ins and Outs of Negotiating in Academe] Kudos on having an offer in hand. But that’s just the starting point for negotiations. Our experts tell you how to weigh the terms and broker a better outcome. [Download it 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+] [Subscribe Today] Get the insight you need for success in academe. [Stop receiving this newsletter] Copyright © 2017 The Chronicle of Higher Education