The Weekly Briefing: Guilty Verdict Puts a Dark Coda on Spanier's Fall

[THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION] #subscribelink [Subscribe Today]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Subscribe to The Chronicle today to get access to premium content and more.]( Weekly Briefing Monday, March 27, 2017 --------------------------------------------------------------- [Sign up for this newsletter]( This Week's Highlights --------------------------------------------------------------- [Guilty Verdict Puts a Dark Coda on Spanier’s Fall]( By Jack Stripling The former Penn State president, charged in connection with Jerry Sandusky’s sexual abuse, was found guilty on one count of endangering the welfare of children, but not guilty on two other charges. [At Moment of Danger, NIH’s Director Is Seen as Its Chief Protector]( [premium] By Paul Basken President Trump wants to cut the agency’s budget by nearly 20 percent. Like other directors before him, Francis Collins is now thrust into a position at odds with his president. [The 2 North Carolinas]( [premium] By Karin Fischer Higher education transformed the state’s economy. But the shift has left some residents behind. [Committing to Collaboration]( [premium] By Ben Gose More private colleges want to form partnerships to share costs and administrative responsibilities. But such coordination isn’t easy. The Chronicle Review --------------------------------------------------------------- [Free Speech Is Not an Academic Value]( [premium] By Stanley Fish You don’t have the right to say whatever you want on a college campus. Commentary --------------------------------------------------------------- [March for Science Can Inform and Inspire]( By Sherry Pagoto Scientists should seize the opportunity to share their exciting discoveries so that taxpayers can see the benefits of their investment. Advice --------------------------------------------------------------- [Why I Dread the Accommodations Talk]( By Gail A. Hornstein Because what students with mental-health issues actually need may be different from what their form letter says. People --------------------------------------------------------------- [‘How to Think Clearly’]( [premium] By Tom Bartlett Eugenia Cheng, an accomplished pianist, mathematician, and YouTube personality, proposes that learning advanced math has value beyond calculating your mortgage. [Hookup Culture Varies at 3 Types of Catholic Colleges]( [premium] By Peter Monaghan A professor of theology delves into how the cultural pressure to engage in casual sex affects students at different religious institutions. [Appointments, Resignations, Deaths]( Compiled by Anais Strickland A new president will lead Yale-NUS College, in Singapore, and the University of Oregon’s School of Law appointed a new dean. Blogs --------------------------------------------------------------- Lingua Franca [The Total Tell]( Lucy Ferriss examines the president's effervescent use of intensifiers. ProfHacker [Find Open-Access Articles Faster With Unpaywall]( Maha Bali tests the new browser extension that helps you find open-access versions of paywalled articles. Vitae — for Your Academic Life --------------------------------------------------------------- [Before You Buy Another Planner]( If the journals and calendars aren’t working, it’s time to identify your particular time-use problem. [Do Their Stereotypes Affect Your Teaching?]( Your style of dress, your language, your gender, your height, your skin color — all contribute to students’ perceptions of you. [The Professor Is In: Can I Negotiate?]( Bargaining is not only for candidates with multiple offers. [When ‘Academia or Else’ Goes From Unfortunate to Unthinkable]( Revisiting a 2009 murder to grasp why graduate students understood the killer’s motivations. [View the Latest Jobs in Higher Education]( Tools & Resources --------------------------------------------------------------- [On Hiring and Diversity This Week]( Also this week: why flex-time policies favor men; the gender pay gap in the professoriate. [Read more.]( [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+](chroniclehighereducation/posts?elqTrackId=48182a6c8b7144468e077b8c7db99057&elq=5b35f9d0ed734575bf029a807bd3a8ca&elqaid=13142&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=5444) [Subscribe Today]( Get the insight you need for success in academe. [Stop receiving this newsletter]( Copyright © 2017 The Chronicle of Higher Education