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Community Colleges

As Plans for Free Community College Spread, Educators Seek to Include Adult Learners  

In a wave of new initiatives, here’s a look at two states’ decisions to help older students.

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Faculty

A New Lifestyle Magazine for Adjuncts Hits the Road

Adjunct Commuter Weekly, an online publication designed to appeal to the growing number of contingent faculty members, features news, opinion, poetry, parody, and more.

Admissions & Student Aid

Tech Company Rekindles Lawsuit Against Common Application

The fight between two rivals in the college-admissions market is headed for another round in court.

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Students

Colleges' Climate for Low-Income Students Shapes Academic Confidence  

The "warmth" or "chilliness" of institutions’ messages about their socioeconomic-diversity efforts can influence students’ self-perception.

The Ticker

ACLU of Missouri to Appeal Decision Allowing College to Require Drug Tests

Earlier this month, an appellate court sided with the two-year technical college, which wants to screen all incoming students for drug use.

Wired Campus

Looking Back at the Year in Ed Tech

Concerns about Yik Yak and analysis of MOOCs and online teaching were among the most popular stories this past year on our Wired Campus blog.

Administration

How Does a College Get an Exemption From Title IX?

An advocacy group found that dozens of colleges had sought and received waivers to some provisions of the federal gender-equity law. Here’s a guide to some key questions about those exemptions.

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Administration

‘Trying to Get By,’ Umpqua Finishes Out a Tragic Term  

Classes resumed at the Oregon college 11 days after the shootings in October. For many, teaching and learning where gunshots rang out has remained a struggle.

Government

California’s Community Colleges Can’t Live With Accreditor, Can’t Live Without It

A federal panel has limited the accreditor’s ability to approve new baccalaureate programs, to the dismay of colleges that have attacked the agency over its treatment of the City College of San Francisco.

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Leadership & Governance

At Home on the Range, Liberty U.’s President Talks Guns and God  

While firing off a few rounds during target practice, Jerry Falwell Jr. explains that he never intended to be a spokesman for gun rights. But he is not backing down from his controversial remarks.

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The Chronicle Review

My Life as Socrates  

Lecturing in a toga risks ridicule, but risk is part of the lesson.

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Advice

2015: The Vitae Year in Review

As 2015 draws to a close, and we prepare to take our annual end-of-year publishing break, we leave you with a roundup of columns on some of the most talked-about topics in academe this year. Enjoy!

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Advice

'Dear Forums ...': Would You Take a Job at University You've Never Seen?

Also in our weekly roundup of the best conversations from The Chronicle's discussion forums: how to deal with unresponsive co-authors, bad student posters, and anxiety about course evaluations.

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Advice

Owning Your Career

You're exiting the training phase and are now in the self-guided phase. No one else can tell you what you should do next.