SOURCES & FURTHER READING  | WINTER 2018

 

1 Praising Liberal Arts—or Burying Them?

 

Sources

When to Wage War, and How to Win: A Guide (New York Times)

Students Said a Keystone Course Was Racist. Here’s What Professors Did About It
(Chronicle of Higher Education)

Can Closing a Humanities College Save a University? (Chronicle of Higher Education)

A University of Wisconsin Campus Pushes Plan to Drop 13 Majors—Including English, History and Philosophy (Washington Post)

The Hardest Course in the Humanities? (Chronicle of Higher Education)

Employment for Everyone (Inside Higher Education)

Reviving the Curriculum (Inside Higher Education)

A Wall St. Titan’s Foray Into Philosophy (Chronicle of Higher Education)

The Business of Learning (New York Review of Books)

There Is No Case for the Humanities (Chronicle of Higher Education)

Defending Disinterest (National Affairs)

 

Further Reading

Intellectual Diversity and Academic Professionalism (Martin Center)

Reed College Bows to the Bullies (Wall Street Journal)

Textbook Racism (Chronicle of Higher Education)

“A Different Kind of University” (Inside Higher Education)

We Must Help Students Master Standard English (Chronicle of Higher Education)

 

2 Head of Heterodox Academy Steps Away From Academia to Help Save It

 

Sources

Mashek to Head Leading Nonprofit Advancing Viewpoint Diversity (About Harvey Mudd College)

STEM Professors Declare That Being Apolitical Means Being Irrelevant (Inside Higher Ed)

A New Leader in the Push for Diversity of Thought on Campus (Atlantic)

 

3  Reinventing Higher Education, One College at a Time

 

Sources

One Year of “College” With No Degree, but No Debt and a Job  (Wall Street Journal)

Is University for All Working?  (Standpoint)

 

 

 4 Professors Fight Back Against Online Attacks

 

Sources

On the Amy Wax Controversy Surrounding the University of Pennsylvania Law School (New Criterion)

What Can’t Be Debated on Campus (Wall Street Journal)

Professors Are Targets in Online Culture Wars; Some Fight Back (NPR)

 

Further Reading

When Professors’ Remarks Conflict With University Culture, Which Must Yield? (Education Dive)

Wisconsin Supreme Court to Hear Professor’s Free-Speech Case (Wall Street Journal)

Why a Penn Professor Was Vilified for Telling The Truth About Race (Minding the Campus)

The Penn Law School Mob Scores a Victory (Wall Street Journal)

 

 

5  Gaps in College Spending Shortchange Black and Latino Students

 

Source

Study Highlights How Racial Spending Gaps Across the Entire Education Pipeline Complicate Access Issue (Education Dive)

 

Further Reading

U of Chicago Police Incident Again Highlights Education’s Need to Address Biases (Education Dive)

5 Takeaways From Turning Point’s Plan to “Commandeer” Campus Elections
(Chronicle of Higher Education)

How to Respond to Racist Incidents (Chronicle of Higher Education)

“Multiple Steves and Pauls”: A History Panel Sets Off a Diversity Firestorm
(Chronicle of Higher Education)

 

 

6  Confucian Spies and Other Curiosities

 

Sources

The Chinese Communist Party Is Setting Up Cells at Universities Across America (Foreign Policy)

Why the End of Greek Life at Penn State Is “Still a Distinct Possibility” (Chronicle of Higher Education)

Final-club Finality (Harvard Magazine)

College Election Crackdown: No Glitter, No iPads, No Mascot Photos (Wall Street Journal)

 

Further Reading

Syracuse Reels as Second Offensive Video Is Published of Now-Expelled Fraternity
(Chronicle of Higher Education)

Judge Tosses Out the Most Serious Charges in the Fraternity Hazing Death of a Penn State Teen (Washington Post)

Enforcing Social-Club Sanctions Won’t Require Oaths (Harvard Magazine)

 

 

7  Purdue Goes Global

 

Sources

Purdue’s Global Arrival (Inside Higher Ed)

Purdue Gets Final Approval to Buy For-Profit Kaplan (Chronicle of Higher Education)

 

 

8  Two Universities

 

Sources

The Two Universities (First Things)

Saul Alinsky Is the Cause of Our Political Divisions (Wall Street Journal)

Better Call Saul: The U.S. Needs Radicalism, Not Extremism (Wall Street Journal)

Students in Charge - Galvanized by Politics and Holding the Power of the Purse Strings, They’re Making Their Voices Heard (Chronicle of Higher Education)

How Universities Make Cities Great—It’s Not Just About Education (Bloomberg)

A Generation Emerging From the Wreckage (New York Times)

 

Further Reading

Whose University Is It Anyway? (Los Angeles Review of Books)

In Collective Identities, We Both Lose and Find Ourselves (Wall Street Journal)

Why Cities Boom While Towns Struggle (Wall Street Journal)

Higher Education Is Drowning in BS (The Chronicle of Higher Education)

How Higher Ed Has Changed. And How It Hasn’t (Yale Alumni Magazine)

How Sports Ate Academic Freedom (Wall Street Journal)

State of Conflict (Chronicle of Higher Education)

How to Bring New Board Members Up to Speed (Chronicle of Higher Education)

This University Gave Trump and Bill Cosby Honorary Degrees. The Faculty Have Deep Regrets (Washington Post)

 

 

9  Stayin’ Alive: How Special Interest-Schools Are Faring

 

Sources

U.S. Colleges Are Separating Into Winners and Losers (Wall Street Journal)

A Sector in Flux: How For-Profit Higher Ed Has Shifted (Chronicle of Higher Education)

Proof That Colleges Adapt, and a Prod for More Change  (Inside Higher Ed)

Can a Signature Program Save Your College?  (Chronicle of Higher Education)

The $44-Million Rescue  (Chronicle of Philanthropy)

“What It Means to Be a Woman Is Not Static”: How Women’s Colleges Are Handling Transgender Applicants (Chronicle of Higher Education)

Measuring the Economic Impact of Mission-Based Higher Education (Fresno Bee)

HBCUs and the Trump Administration (Inside Higher Ed)

Black-College Renaissance: Students Are Once Again Flocking to HBCUs (Chronicle of Higher Education)

 

Further Reading
Tuition Hikes Hurt Diversity (Inside Higher Ed)
A University-Run School District? (Inside Higher Ed)
Another Small College Closing  (Inside Higher Ed)
A Tragic Abandonment of Identity: The Secularization of America’s Religious Colleges and Universities  (Public Discourse)
Budget Deal Could Ease Pressure on Four Historically Black Colleges  (Wall Street Journal)
They Wanted Desegregation. They Settled for Money, and It’s About to Run Out
(Chronicle of Higher Education)

The Disappearance of Desire: The Transgender Movement’s Missing Element (Commentary)
Some Colleges Bail From TIAA, Objecting to Increase in Fund Fees (Wall Street Journal)

 

 

10  Corporations and Universities: Unholy Alliances?

 

Sources

How to Protect Your College’s Research From Undue Corporate Influence

(Chronicle of Higher Education)

Building the Workforce Ready Generation: Strategic Steps Higher Ed Leaders Can Take  (Education Dive)

How Universities Make Cities Great—It’s Not Just About Education (Bloomberg)

Why Cities Boom While Towns Struggle (Wall Street Journal)

 

Further Reading

U.S. Colleges Are Separating Into Winners and Losers (Wall Street Journal)

 

 

11 Is This What Privatization Looks Like?

 

Sources

In Many States, Students at Public Universities Foot Biggest Part of the Bill (Wall Street Journal)
A Growing Number of States are Spending Less on Public College Students. This Chart Shows How (Money)
Contrary to What Everyone Thinks, College Costs Less These Days  (Forbes)

 

Further Reading
Who Foots Most of the Bill for Public Colleges? In 28 States, It’s Students

(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Growing Brain Drain: University of Alabama’s Gain in Drawing Illinois Students Is a Loss for Illinois Schools  (Chicago Tribune)
Tuition Hikes Drive Budget Fight Between Jerry Brown and California Universities (Sacramento Bee)

UC Students Aim to “Shut Down” The Vote on Tuition Increase for Nonresidents at Regents Meeting 
(Los Angeles Times)

 

 

12 Hirings and Firings From All Over

 

Sources
University of Texas Courts Rex Tillerson to Be Next Chancellor (Wall Street Journal)
Former Oil Executive and Big Donor Will Be U. of Oklahoma’s Next President

(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Harvard Names Former Tufts President Lawrence S. Bacow to Lead University (Wall Street Journal)
Harvard Names Lawrence S. Bacow Twenty-Ninth President (Harvard Magazine)
A Tough-Talking President Tried to Fix a College. Then He Came Undone

(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Fred Walker’s Career May Not Be Over. But His Presidency Is (Chronicle of Higher Education)

Tennessee Flagship's Chancellor Is Suddenly Fired After Only One Year (Chronicle of Higher Education)

 

 

13 Michigan State Troubles Continue

 

Sources

Larry Nassar’s Boss at Michigan State Said in 2016 That He Didn’t Believe Sex Abuse Claims (Wall Street Journal)

Former Dean Who Oversaw Nassar at Michigan State Is Arrested (Chronicle of Higher Education)

Nassar Victim Says Michigan State’s Interim President Pressured Her to Accept a Cash Payout

(Chronicle of Higher Education)

Education Department Opens Investigation Into Michigan State in Wake of Nassar Scandal

(Washington Post)

U.S. Lawmakers Expand Probe of Abuse in Olympic Sports (Wall Street Journal)

Michigan State, Plaintiffs Return to Mediation in Suit Over Nassar Allegations (Wall Street Journal)

Costs From Nassar Case Likely to Exceed $500 Million for Michigan State (Wall Street Journal)

 

Further Reading

Michigan State’s Faculty Senate Votes No Confidence in Embattled Trustees

(Chronicle of Higher Education)

Where Was the Board at Michigan State? (Washington Post)

Michigan State Faculty Vote No Confidence in Board, in Wake of Nassar (Washington Post)

Gaps in Michigan State’s Protocols Enabled Nassar's Crimes, Report Finds

(Chronicle of Higher Education)

Nassar’s Ex-Boss Accused of Soliciting Sex From Students (Wall Street Journal)

Can Michigan State Get Its Public Relation Nightmare Under Control? (Chronicle of Higher Education)

U.S. to Investigate Michigan State University Over Nassar Sexual Assaults (Wall Street Journal)

Michigan Faces Costly, Multifront Legal Battle in Wake of Nassar Scandal

(Chronicle of Higher Education)

Michigan State Moves to Fire Medical Dean in Wake of Nassar Scandal (Chronicle of Higher Education)

Michigan State Responds to NCAA Probe Over Role in Larry Nassar Case (Detroit Free Press)

McKayla Maroney’s Dark Journey: Olympic Champion, Abused Gymnast (Wall Street Journal)

 

 

14 Debate Over Expansion of “Post-Tenure Review”

 

Sources

Tennessee’s Trustees Vote to Expand Post-Tenure Review (Chronicle of Higher Education)

Posttenure Review or a Plan to Undercut Tenure? (Inside Higher Ed)

Tennessee System Renews Call for Post-Tenure Review. Faculty See a Threat
(Chronicle of Higher Education)

Chancellor of Tennessee Flagship Is Suddenly Fired (Chronicle of Higher Education)

Adjuncts on Strike (Inside Higher Ed)

 

 

15  For Sex Assault and Violence, the Buck Is Stopping Closer to the President’s Office

 

Sources

In Ruling for Victim In UCLA Attack, California Supreme Court Says Universities Should Protect Students (L.A. Times)

Feds Say UC Berkeley Mishandled Complaints in Sexual Harassment Cases (San Francisco Chronicle)

Duke Settles Student Lawsuit Over Sexual-Misconduct Case (Wall Street Journal)

Artistic Expression or Harassment? (Inside Higher Education)

How Can Campuses and the Office for Civil Rights Work Together to Address Sexual Misconduct? (Higher Education Today)

 

Further Reading

“Paterno” Depicts Penn State’s Most Powerful Men in the Throes of Moral Crisis

(Chronicle of Higher Education)

Duty to Protect (Inside Higher Education)

Court Decision May Signal More Legal Liability for Colleges Over Violent Crimes

(Chronicle of Higher Education)

Why All Colleges Should Pay Attention to a Ruling on Their Duty to Protect Students

(Chronicle of Higher Education)

Schools Have a Duty to Protect Students From Attacks, Rules California High Court

(Wall Street Journal)

Bill Would Hold College Presidents Accountable for Sexual Abuse by Employees

(Chronicle of Higher Education)

Men Wanted: The Feminized Campus Versus Decent Masculinity (Martin Center)

Who’s Reading Your Email?  (Inside Higher Education)

“I Was in Danger”: What Happens When Students Harass Professors (Chronicle of Higher Education)

Campus Feminism: The Real War on Women (Martin Center

 

 

16  Corruption and Special Favors in College Sports

 

Sources
Louisville to Vacate 2013 Men’s Basketball National Championship (Wall Street Journal)
New Colleges Are Named in Basketball-Corruption Inquiry (Chronicle of Higher Education)
The NCAA Cannot Fix College Sports (Wall Street Journal)
Inside Auburn’s Secret Effort to Advance an Athlete-Friendly Curriculum

(Chronicle of Higher Education)
The Three Reasons College Sports Is an Ugly Business (Forbes)

Football Chants (lovetoknow.com)

 

Further Reading
You’d Be Foolish to Think College Football Is Not as Crooked as College Basketball (CBSSports.com)

 

 

17  Chasing Applicants: Bring on the Marching Bands

 

Sources

Harvard Admits 4.6% of Applicants; Other Ivy League Schools Get Tougher, Too (Wall Street Journal)

Who’s at the Door? College Officials Delivering Your Acceptance in Person (Sometimes With a Dog)
(Wall Street Journal)

Visas Issued to Foreign Students Fall, Partly Due to Trump Immigration Policy (Wall Street Journal)

Private Colleges Dole Out Scholarships to Boost Enrollment, but It Isn’t Working (Wall Street Journal)

Higher Education Groups Say the Trump Administration’s Third Travel Ban Threatens Colleges’ Ability to Attract International Students, Scholars (American Council on Education)

 

Further Reading

The Decision That Hurts Your Chances of Getting Into Harvard (Wall Street Journal)

 

 

18 Students Choose Diversity Over Free Speech

 

Sources

Students Say Diversity Is More Important Than Free Speech  (Inside Higher Ed)

Free Expression on Campus: Presidents Respond to 2018 Knight-Gallup Survey of College Students (Higher Education Today)

Reclaiming Their Campuses (Inside Higher Ed)

 

Further Reading

Video: Free Speech on Campus—What Students Think and How We Respond (Higher Education Today)

Hyper-Liberalism (TLS)
The Complications of Free Speech (Inside Higher Ed)

The Dictatorship of the Offended (James G. Martin Center)

Free Speech Gets Expensive (Wall Street Journal)

Judge Blocks School From Charging GOP Group for Security Costs (Wall Street Journal)

Restoring Free Inquiry on Campus (National Affairs)

The Free-Speech University (Wall Street Journal)

Have Campus Protesters Given Up on Charles Murray? (Wall Street Journal)

Planners of Deadly Charlottesville Rally Are Tested in Court (New York Times)

 

 

19  Petit à Petit, DeVos Dismantles Obama-Era Regulations

 

Sources

Era of Deregulation (Chronicle of Higher Education)

Education Dept. Clarifies DeVos Comments on Sexual Assault (Inside Higher Ed)

What’s Next on DeVos’ Regulatory Chopping Block (Morning Education)

 

Further Reading

Betsy DeVos Is Telling States to Stop Cracking Down on Student Loan Companies (Time)
Scrutinize All Colleges, Not Just For-Profit (National Review)

Confusion Over Distance Education Rules (Inside Higher Ed)

Federal Judge Hands a Victory to Embattled Accreditor (Chronicle of Higher Education)

DeVos Gives Controversial Accreditor a New Chance and More Time (Chronicle of Higher Education)

 

 

20  Feds Probe Early-Admit Practices

Sources

Some Colleges Share Lists of Early-Decision Admits. Now the Justice Department Is Investigating. (Chronicle of Higher Education)

Williams, Wesleyan, Middlebury Among Targets of Federal Early-Admissions Probe (Wall Street Journal)

Justice Department Investigates Early-Decision Admissions (Inside Higher Ed)

 

Further Reading

Justice Department Probes Colleges’ Early-Decision Admission Practices (Wall Street Journal)

 

21  New EU Data Privacy Regulations a Major Headache for US Colleges and Universities

 

Source

European Rules (and Big Fines) for American Colleges (Inside Higher Ed)

 

22  Steven Pinker Is Back

 

Sources

Can Science Justify Itself? (Harvard Magazine)

The PowerPoint Philosophe—Waiting for Steven Pinker’s Enlightenment (Nation)

The Dark Side of Enlightenment (Wall Street Journal)

The Edges of Reason (New York Times)

 

Further Reading

Unenlightened Thinking: Steven Pinker’s Embarrassing New Book Is a Feeble Sermon for Rattled Liberals (New Statesman)

Foes of Judgment—Numbers Don’t Always Reveal the True Nature of Things (American Scholar)

Solutions Exist, and We Can Find Better Ones (New Humanist)

Is the World Getting Better or Worse? (Financial Times)

How Bad Is the Government’s Science? (Wall Street Journal)

Universities Are Vital for Bridging the Science Gap (Scientific American)

The Complex Interface Between the Public and Science (Scientific American)

 

 

23  Pinker: In His Own Words 

Sources

“Reason Is Non-negotiable”: Steven Pinker on the Enlightenment (Guardian)

The Intellectual War on Science (Chronicle of Higher Education)

 

 

25  From Obscure Psychology Professor to Conservative Hero

Sources

Jordan Peterson’s Gospel of Masculinity: How Did a Once Obscure Academic Become The Internet’s Most Revered—And Reviled—Intellectual? (New Yorker)

Jordan Peterson & Fascist Mysticism (New York Review of Books)

Jordan Peterson: “I Don’t Want People Falling Down in an Ideological Abyss” (Weekly Standard)

 

 

26   Who’s Afraid of the Frightful Five?

Sources

 Who’s Afraid of the Frightful Five? Monopoly and Culture in the Digital Age (Hedgehog Review)

Tech’s Ethical “Dark Side”: Harvard, Stanford and Others Want to Address It (New York Times)

 

Further Reading

How Zuckerberg’s Facebook Is Like Gutenberg’s Printing Press (Washington Post)

Lumina Foundation Announces 2018 Education Innovation Challenge Prizes (Lumina Foundation)

 

 

27   Congress Deals a Blow to DeVos Agenda

Sources

Editorial: The Agency That Asked for Less Money (Weekly Standard)

More Money? For Betsy DeVos, That’s Just One of the Problems (Wall Street Journal)

Democrats Tell DeVos Her “Head Is in the Sand” on Racial Bias (New York Times)

As Civil Rights Office Gets More Money, It Limits Investigations (Inside Higher Ed)

These Programs Would See Funding Increases in the New Congressional Spending Deal

(Chronicle of Higher Education)

 

Further Reading

More Aid for Student Parents (Inside Higher Ed)

Few Surprises in White House Budget (Inside Higher Ed)

Trump and DeVos Call for Massive Cuts to College Student Aid Programs (Washington Post)

Congress’s Budget for Higher Ed, by the Numbers (Inside Higher Ed)

Trump Aims to Cut Rules Protecting People From Bad Behavior by Student Loan Debt Collector (Time)

 

 

28  Student Sit-In at Howard Might be the Tipping Point for Other HBCUs

Sources

Howard U. Sit-In Could Be the Start of Something Bigger (Chronicle of Higher Education)

Sit-In Ends at Howard U. With Students Claiming 8 of 9 Demands Met (Chronicle of Higher Education)

Deep-Rooted Grievances Prompt Sit-In at Howard U.: “We’ll Be Here as Long as It Takes”

(Chronicle of Higher Education)

In Wake of Sit-In, Howard Faculty Members Vote No Confidence in President (Chronicle of Higher Education)

 

Further Reading

As Howard Sit-In Reaches a Week, Professors Weigh Vote of No Confidence in President

(Chronicle of Higher Education)

 

29  Loan Bankruptcy Criteria and The Meaning of “Undue Hardship”

Sources

Bankruptcy Standards Get New Scrutiny (Inside Higher Ed)

The Student-Loan Problem That Won’t Go Away (Wall Street Journal)

The Rise of the Jumbo Student Loan (Wall Street Journal)

 

Further Reading

Education Inspector General Raises Concerns Over GOP Higher Ed Plan (Washington Post)

Education Dept. Wants to Block States’ Student-Loan Rules. States Are Fighting Back

(Chronicle of Higher Education)

Banks Want a Bigger Piece of Your Student Loan (Wall Street Journal)

Trump Administration Tells States to Stop Regulating Federal Student Loans (Wall Street Journal)

Education Bill Brings Out Some Unusual Lobbying Suspects (Wall Street Journal)

The Prosper Act Will Increase Spending on Higher Education (The Hill)