The Weekly Briefing: Inside a Stealth Plan for Political Influence

[THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION] #subscribelink [Subscribe Today]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Subscribe to The Chronicle today to get access to premium content and more.]( Weekly Briefing Monday, May 8, 2017 --------------------------------------------------------------- [Sign up for this newsletter]( This Week's Highlights --------------------------------------------------------------- [Inside a Stealth Plan for Political Influence]( [premium] By Michael Vasquez Evidence of a conservative group’s influence in student-government campaigns can be found on campuses from coast to coast. [A Journal Article Provoked a Schism in Philosophy. Now the Rifts Are Deepening.]( By Lindsay McKenzie, Adam Harris, and Fernanda Zamudio-Suaréz Critics blasted an article in Hypatia as harmful and insensitive to issues of race and gender, and its associate editors apologized. But the journal’s leaders say the statement doesn’t speak for them. [After Outcry Over Rejected Grants, DeVos Forbids Formatting Rules]( By Goldie Blumenstyk The Education Department came under criticism after officials summarily rejected dozens of colleges’ applications for Upward Bound grants. The secretary’s new order prohibits officials from setting any page or formatting rules for grant applications. [Helping Professors Overcome Midcareer Malaise]( [premium] By Peter Monaghan After tenure, many faculty members feel unmotivated. Here’s how to keep them on track. The Chronicle Review --------------------------------------------------------------- [‘You’re Wrong’: The Case for Intellectual Confrontation]( [premium] By Joseph Heath Not all criticism can be constructive. Some ideas and arguments are genuinely devoid of merit. Commentary --------------------------------------------------------------- [Educating the Public on the Value of a College Degree]( [premium] By Molly Corbett Broad The perception of higher education’s worth has dimmed, and it’s up to people within the industry to do some enlightening. Advice --------------------------------------------------------------- [A Tenure Track for Teachers?]( By Leonard Cassuto We should have debated a dual-track tenure system 15 years ago. It’s not too late. People --------------------------------------------------------------- [Scholar Finds That Academe's 'Chilly Climate' for Single Mothers Persists]( [premium] By Kelly Field An academic who wrote a book on single mothers in college describes the struggles such women face and recalls her own experience getting a Ph.D. as an unmarried mom. [Appointments, Resignations, Deaths]( A former U.S. assistant attorney general will be the first woman and the first African-American to lead the John Jay College of Criminal Justice of the City University of New York. [Selected New Books on Higher Education]( [premium] Compiled by Nina C. Ayoub Among the new books is a collection of autobiographical essays by 13 Native American undergraduates and graduates of Dartmouth College. Blogs --------------------------------------------------------------- Lingua Franca [Blogger Ben Yagoda on False Titles]( They're "journalese," which is why some newspapers, including The Chronicle, avoid them (but not here). ProfHacker [Open on Whose Terms?]( The more vulnerable we are online, the more imperative it is for us to control our existence/presence online on our own terms, writes Maha Bali. Vitae — for Your Academic Life --------------------------------------------------------------- [How to Stop Sneering]( Just because you can disparage a student or a colleague doesn’t mean you have to. [In Praise of the First Person]( Why you should be encouraging your undergraduate and graduate students to write in the first person. [The Professor Is In: The Book Question]( When do you need a published book to secure a tenure-track job? [The Vitae Bookshelf: Leonard Cassuto]( Five necessary books to read about American colleges and universities. [View the Latest Jobs in Higher Education]( Tools & Resources --------------------------------------------------------------- [On Hiring and Diversity This Week]( The secret to keeping tenured professors happy; unfair pay practices; the remarkable benefits of biking to work. [Read more.]( [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=c4b17b1ff4e84c439d68e32331118cf7&elq=08443d3e0ecd446e9ddcf74d75a7271b&elqaid=13827&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=5761) [Subscribe Today]( Get the insight you need for success in academe. [Stop receiving this newsletter]( Copyright © 2017 The Chronicle of Higher Education