Academe Today: Why Colleges Must Promote Knowledge in an Age of Unreason

[THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION] #subscribelink [Subscribe Today]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Subscribe to The Chronicle today to get access to premium content and more.]( Academe Today Thursday, March 9, 2017 --------------------------------------------------------------- [Sign up for this newsletter]( The Chronicle Review --------------------------------------------------------------- [Promoting Knowledge in an Age of Unreason]( [premium] By Todd Gitlin Colleges are its most crucial defenders. They don’t have time to wallow in self-pity. Today's News --------------------------------------------------------------- Government [177 Private Colleges Fail Education Dept.’s Financial-Responsibility Test]( By Chris Quintana and Joshua Hatch The number — for the 2014-15 academic year, the latest available — reflects a rise of 18 since the previous year. Research [Universal Basic Income: An Idea Whose Scholarly Time Has Come?]( [premium] By Paul Basken Business leaders like Elon Musk and Bill Gates have given weight to the notion that every adult should someday receive a cost-of-living stipend. It’s a bold notion that academic researchers have largely had trouble tackling. Faculty [Why One Professor Decided Not to Strike for International Women’s Day]( By Fernanda Zamudio-Suaréz Rachel Williams, of the University of Iowa, says it’s important for students to recognize social and economic disparities, and to recognize women who couldn’t participate in the day’s strike. In Brief [Senate Does Away With Obama Administration's Teacher-Prep Regulations]( [Ohio State Is Investigating Possible Scientific Misconduct by Prolific Professor]( Views --------------------------------------------------------------- The Chronicle Review [Why Administrators Should Teach]( [premium] By Richard A. Greenwald It keeps them grounded, savvy, empathetic, and focused on a college’s mission. The Chronicle Review [It's Not All Relative]( By Alan Jay Levinovitz Can a devotion to cultural tolerance lead to the triumph of alternative facts? Lingua Franca [Data Mining for Personally Targeted Politics]( Recent developments suggest that current technology can utilize data about your thoughts and preferences for political ends, says Geoff Pullum. You should worry. Paid for and Created by Inceptia [Students Repaying Their Loans on Time — Thanks to a Letter]( A loan summary is a simple letter that explains what a student owes. Learn how institutions are seeing big changes in student success both academically and financially by incorporating it into their financial-aid services. Advice --------------------------------------------------------------- First Person [Transcending the Job Market]( By A.W. Strouse Why I don’t regret my Ph.D. in English, even though I probably should. Vitae [Competing Facts Are a Fact of Life]( By Rob Jenkins As teachers, we should help our students understand there are myriad ways that information can be both factual and dead wrong. Job Opportunities --------------------------------------------------------------- [Visiting Scholar - Research Interest in Quantitative Methods]( Securities and Exchange Commission District of Columbia, United States [Faculty Openings (Fall 2017)]( Maryville University Missouri, United States [Assistant Professor of Theatre]( Columbia University School of the Arts New York, United States Tools & Resources --------------------------------------------------------------- [Free Dossier Service]( Get organized with The Chronicle’s Vitae dossier service. Manage all of your professional documents in one convenient place — safely, securely, and at no cost. Applying for jobs online is simpler, saving you time and money. [Start your free dossier.]( [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=e04fecf9a9c94ad3abc5b4ed3729e1d1&elq=79b1e6c6fd364bbfbd53aad0d2372aa0&elqaid=12882&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=5305) [Subscribe Today]( Get the insight you need for success in academe. [Stop receiving this newsletter]( Copyright © 2017 The Chronicle of Higher Education