Academe Today: Data Is Not the Enemy of the Humanities

The importance of supporting student parents; the folly of designating "flagships"; tenure and termination; 190 colleges require vaccines; and more. ADVERTISEMENT [Advertisement]( [logo] Was this newsletter forwarded to you? [Please sign up to receive your own copy.]( You’ll support our journalism and ensure that you continue to receive our emails. [Read this newsletter on the web](. THE REVIEW [Data Is Not the Enemy of the Humanities]( By Dan Sinykin [image] Scholars like Jill Lepore misunderstand the nature of the digital threat. ADVERTISEMENT [Advertisement]( STUDENT LIFE [‘Yes, You Belong Here’: An Expert Explains the Importance of Supporting Student Parents]( By Eric Hoover [image] Nicole Lynn Lewis explores in her memoir how higher education often marginalizes young parents instead of nurturing them. THE REVIEW [The ‘Flagship’ Folly]( By Brendan Cantwell and W. Carson Byrd [image] The nautical metaphor is a shoddy classifier of colleges — but a clear signal of higher ed’s obsession with status. CHRONICLE REVIEW [Tenure and Termination; What Is FIRE, and Whom Does It Help?]( By Len Gutkin Are recent events at Linfield University a harbinger of tenure’s disintegration? NOW 190 CAMPUSES [Here’s a List of Colleges That Will Require Students or Employees to Be Vaccinated Against Covid-19]( By Andy Thomason [image] More colleges are announcing that they will require students to be vaccinated. Here are the ones we know about. PODCAST [How a ‘Layer’ Inside an Academic Department Can Diversify a Field]( By Goldie Blumenstyk [image] This nonprofit teams up with colleges to support students underrepresented in tech and build their career prospects. Virtual Events: Tune In Live - Safely welcome students back to campus this fall. [Sign up here]( for today's forum how colleges can reopen successfully. - Use student input to improve services and programs. [Register here]( for tomorrow's forum on how colleges can better gather and incorporate student feedback. - Help students, faculty, and staff flourish both physically and emotionally this fall. [Sign up here]( for a forum on Wednesday about how colleges can bolster their campus-wellness efforts. Subscribe to The Chronicle The Chronicle’s award-winning journalism challenges conventional wisdom, holds academic leaders accountable, and empowers you to do your job better — and it’s your support that makes our work possible. [Subscribe Today]( Views IN CASE YOU MISSED IT [Is It Time to Eliminate Recommendation Letters? (Hint: Yes)]( By Allison M. Vaillancourt and Özlem H. Ersin [image] This hiring requirement is impeding campus progress on diversity and wasting your time. Paid for and Created by Auth0 [How Blackboard is Unifying Identity for Millions of Users]( Learn how Auth0’s support allowed Blackboard to create a universal identity solution while maintaining the company’s rigorous security standards and reducing user friction. ADVERTISEMENT [Advertisement]( Job Announcement Assistant Professor - Public Relations at Towson University.[Visit jobs.chronicle.com]( for more details. Paid for and Created by Cisco [Enabling Science to Quickly Span the Globe]( As scientists at research universities put their minds to work to address global problems, they continue to wrestle with very large and complex sets of data. Now with a Cisco-powered upgrade to technology, sharing this data around the world is possible. Today's Global Campus Strategies for Reviving International Enrollments and Study Abroad Pandemic travel restrictions cut both ways, causing international enrollments to plummet and limiting study-abroad opportunities. This Chronicle report provides an in-depth look at how the global education experience has changed and offers strategies for assessing and adapting programs to ensure students' exposure to cultural and global diversity. [Order your copy today.]( Job Opportunities [Harvard Business School Tenure Track Position in Marketing]( Harvard University [Resource Acquisition Manager]( University of Central Oklahoma [Assistant Professor of Accounting]( Towson University [Training & Development Senior Manager]( Kappa Delta Sorority [Director of Collegiate Experience]( Kappa Delta Sorority [Director of Assessment, Research and Planning]( Reading Area Community College [Director of Financial Aid]( Winston-Salem State University [Assistant Professor - Public Relations]( Towson University [Search the Chronicle's jobs database]( to view the latest jobs in higher education. What did you think of today’s newsletter? [Strongly disliked]( // [It was OK]( // [Loved it](. [logo]( This newsletter was sent to {EMAIL}. [Manage]( your newsletter preferences, [stop receiving]( this email, or [view]( our privacy policy. © 2021 [The Chronicle of Higher Education]( 1255 23rd Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20037