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Northwestern's new $75-million deal with the Trump administration releases $790 million in research funding that has bee...
11/29/2025

Northwestern's new $75-million deal with the Trump administration releases $790 million in research funding that has been held up for months.

The agreement releases $790 million in research funding that has been held up for months amid concerns about how the university handled disruptions from a 2024 pro-Palestinian encampment.

Opinion | Getting some clarity on two controversial AAUP statements. https://chroni.cl/485Dmj2
11/26/2025

Opinion | Getting some clarity on two controversial AAUP statements. https://chroni.cl/485Dmj2

Plus: The catastrophic decline of funding for international studies.

A guest columnist in this week's issue of The Edge says professors should remember three main principles: 1. Forgetting ...
11/26/2025

A guest columnist in this week's issue of The Edge says professors should remember three main principles: 1. Forgetting is part of learning, 2. learning is not linear, and 3. the brain learns in context. https://chroni.cl/4pCyGY2

Improving education depends on understanding how the brain matures and processes information.

At what would have been Charlie Kirk’s last stop on his “American Comeback Tour” at UC Berkeley, student protestors viol...
11/26/2025

At what would have been Charlie Kirk’s last stop on his “American Comeback Tour” at UC Berkeley, student protestors violently clashed with event attendees. There are now two different investigations into the university's reaction to the protest. https://chroni.cl/48kTsEv

The newest review, led by the Education Department’s Office of Federal Student Aid, will examine whether Berkeley violated the Clery Act, the federal campus-safety law.

Vahid Abedini, an assistant professor of Iranian studies, was arrested by ICE on Saturday while traveling to a conferenc...
11/26/2025

Vahid Abedini, an assistant professor of Iranian studies, was arrested by ICE on Saturday while traveling to a conference in Washington, D.C. On Monday night, he was released after what the agency called “standard questioning.” https://chroni.cl/4rnXWTs

Vahid Abedini, an Iranian scholar who began teaching at the University of Oklahoma in June, was arrested en route to an academic conference.

"There's enough indoctrination going on at universities already. We should eliminate it, not mimic it from the other sid...
11/26/2025

"There's enough indoctrination going on at universities already. We should eliminate it, not mimic it from the other side," says Robert P. George. https://chroni.cl/3LTZjcn

As progressive orthodoxy weakens, academe’s most influential conservative warns of a growing illiberalism on the right.

About 25 percent of faculty members have used AI to save time in creating more engaging in-class activities or generatin...
11/25/2025

About 25 percent of faculty members have used AI to save time in creating more engaging in-class activities or generating quizzes and other assessments. Yet talking about AI use is taboo in some quarters.

Some believe in the technology’s promises; others are simply desperate for help.

In Advice | A long-time adjunct offers advice on how to manage the uncertainties of the part-time faculty job market and...
11/25/2025

In Advice | A long-time adjunct offers advice on how to manage the uncertainties of the part-time faculty job market and find institutions that pay fairly. https://chroni.cl/44r1Pgr

Initially disillusioned by part-time teaching, an instructor found ways to forge a successful career.

Opinion | Len Gutkin talks to the AAUP about recent intense disputes over their policy. https://chroni.cl/4rjwJBl
11/25/2025

Opinion | Len Gutkin talks to the AAUP about recent intense disputes over their policy. https://chroni.cl/4rjwJBl

The AAUP’s approach is alienating some supporters. Three leaders explain their thinking.

Centers for “civic discourse” and the study of “leadership” or “democracy” are one of academe's latest and most popular ...
11/25/2025

Centers for “civic discourse” and the study of “leadership” or “democracy” are one of academe's latest and most popular trends. Leaders at some of these centers say student interest is catching up to external forces. https://chroni.cl/4pzUP9m

New, sometimes controversial, centers have been pushed as a way to emphasize civic and classical education. So far, students aren’t flocking to their courses.

University of Maryland-Eastern Shore president Heidi Anderson is seeking $1M in damages after a former faculty member pu...
11/25/2025

University of Maryland-Eastern Shore president Heidi Anderson is seeking $1M in damages after a former faculty member publicly claimed she plagiarized her dissertation. The ex-professor says she faced discrimination as a white woman at the HBCU. https://chroni.cl/3M16nDZ

At the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore, a former faculty member is sparring with the institution’s president over plagiarism and defamation claims.

Opinion | An emphasis on teaching and the business of publishing may help save struggling university presses.
11/24/2025

Opinion | An emphasis on teaching and the business of publishing may help save struggling university presses.

Closures and cutbacks loom, but there’s still time for innovation.

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