Afternoon Update: What determines post-college pay? Luck. (opinion)

Starting academic newsletters; learning while female in Kabul; the wartime faculty fray at three colleges; campus cuts at two colleges; and more. ADVERTISEMENT [Afternoon Update Logo]( You can also [read this newsletter on the web](. Or, if you no longer want to receive this newsletter, [unsubscribe](. THE REVIEW | ESSAY [What Determines Post-College Pay? Luck.]( By Jessi Streib [STORY IMAGE]( For some graduates, the meritocracy gives way to the “luckocracy.” ADVERTISEMENT ADVICE [Adventures in Substack]( By James M. Lang [STORY IMAGE]( How to get started writing and publishing your own academic newsletter. THE REVIEW | ESSAY [Learning While Female in Kabul]( By Lucy Ferriss [STORY IMAGE]( How educators around the world keep hope alive in a hopeless place. THE REVIEW [From the River to the University?]( By Len Gutkin [STORY IMAGE]( Plus: Are donors telling presidents what to say? THE WAR AT HOME I [Professor’s Lawyer Says Video Will Clear His Client of Charges in Death of Protester]( Local prosecutors said they had charged Loay Abdelfattah Alnaji, 50, a computer-scientist professor at California’s Moorpark College, with involuntary manslaughter and battery in the death of Paul Kessler, 69, during an off-campus confrontation this month between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian protesters. Alnaji pleaded not guilty on Friday. (Associated Press) THE WAR AT HOME II [U. of Arizona Suspends 2 Education Professors Over Israel-Hamas Comments]( The suspension followed the release of a student’s audio recording of a class about teaching cultural pluralism in which the faculty members likened Hamas to the Black Panthers in the United States and suggested ways students could boycott Israel. The university said alternative instructors had taken over the course. (Arizona Daily Star) THE WAR AT HOME III [U. of Southern California Professor Is Barred From Campus Over Gaza Comments]( The faculty member, who teaches economics and gerontology, has been the subject of praise and complaints since he was videotaped last week at a campus event memorializing people who have died in Gaza since the Israel-Hamas war broke out. “Every one should be killed,” he said, in reference to Hamas members, “and I hope they all are.” USC said he would have to teach remotely. (Daily Trojan) CAMPUS CUTS I [Park U. Cuts Faculty and More Than a Dozen Programs After Enrollment Decline]( The Missouri-based private university, which at one point had 39 campuses in 21 states but has lost 30 percent of its enrollment in the last few years, will lay off 16 faculty members and eliminate three master’s programs and about a dozen majors, certificates, concentrations, and minors. It also plans to close an unspecified number of those campuses. (The Kansas City Beacon) CAMPUS CUTS II [Drake U. Prepares to Cut Faculty and Academic Programs to Save $10 Million]( The Iowa university blamed enrollment declines for its need to make unspecified cuts. It said its faculty and staff would have “significant involvement and input” in deciding what to eliminate. (KCCI) ONLINE LEARNING [2U Parts Ways With Its Leader After Deal Ends With U. of Southern California]( The online-program manager said on Friday that it was replacing its cofounder and chief executive, Christopher (Chip) Paucek. The announcement followed word that 2U and the university [would end]( their relationship. [Online-program managers]( have [drawn fire]( over their [lucrative deals]( with colleges, which have been [criticized]( for [outsourcing instruction](. (USA Today, Higher Ed Dive, The Chronicle) NEWSLETTER [Sign Up for the Teaching Newsletter]( Find insights to improve teaching and learning across your campus. Delivered on Thursdays. 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