What Public-College Presidents Make

Use The Chronicle's exclusive tool to explore the salaries of chief executives at 190 research institutions—and to get a sense of what the numbers mean.

Public President Profile

Presidents Pay Remains Target

Criticized for rising pay among its presidents, California State trustees struggle to appease critics without losing competitive edge in recruitment.

President Versus Professor Pay

See which presidents earned many more times what their professors did, and how your president stacks up.

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A Veteran and Father Graduates From a College He Long Dreamed of Attending

For a former Marine with a young family, the Post-9/11 GI Bill opens the door to fulfillment of a childhood dream.

A Professor's Death Ripples Outward

When a star professor at Emory University died, his department had to regroup as it mourned.

Long Deferred, Campus Repairs Put Colleges in Dilemma

Many colleges have put off repairs and renovation since the recession. Now crumbling buildings, limited budgets, and mounting debt present an increasingly intractable...

An Unusual Marriage of Engineering and Languages Draws Students in Rhode Island

The university's international-engineering program enrolls students for five years, sends them overseas, and gives them two degrees.

Northern Arizona U. Overhauls Curriculum to Focus on 'Global Competence'

An ambitious effort to include global learning across the curriculum puts the university in the vanguard of a new movement.

What Does $1-Trillion Mean? Maybe Not Much

The amount of student-loan debt has alarmed many people, but the high figure may only reflect, among other things, that more students are going to college.

Long-Awaited Ruling in Copyright Case Mostly Favors Georgia State U.

The judge found violations in only five of 99 instances in which publishers said the university went beyond fair use in posting copyrighted materials online.

Chinese Dissident Will ‘Have a Ball’ at NYU, Says Professor Who Made It Happen

If all goes according to plan, New York University’s law school will have a well-known visiting scholar this fall: Chen Guangcheng.

Next Leader of Student Affairs at Virginia Tech Finds It a Small Campus at Heart

Patricia Perillo is leaving a private college for her new job, but she is already impressed with the university's warmth and school spirit.

Selected New Books on Higher Education

With Choice of New Leader, College Board Hopes to Extend Its Reach

David Coleman's hope to better align the SAT with the Common Core State Standards could further alter the identity of the exam.

What I Learned by Leading a Scientific Mission at NASA

Fiona A. Harrison, a professor of physics and astronomy, is in charge of launching a high-powered telescope into space.

Transitions: Retired Army Officer to Direct Yale Leadership Program

Thomas A. Kolditz, an expert in crisis leadership, will take the post at Yale. Read that and other job-related news.

Celebrating a Proposal in North Carolina; Mourning a Loss in Massachusetts

Plans for Farmland Set Johns Hopkins Against Donor's Family

Relatives of Elizabeth Banks say the university's development plans fail to honor an agreement with her that the property would be used primarily for a campus.

Faculty Unions Mobilize to Regain Lost Ground in Elections

Especially in Wisconsin, where collective-bargaining rights have been under assault, academic-labor activists are working for candidates friendly to unions.

National Network Will Help Apprentices Earn a College Degree

The U.S. Departments of Labor and Education are planning a consortium in which colleges will award credit for students' prior learning in apprenticeships.

Under the Banner of 'Civility,' Campus Programs Find Different Paths

What the efforts share is an inability to measure their long-term effects.

The Very Model of a Modern Gentleman

A visit with the founder of the campus civility movement.

A New Indian University Hopes to Reform Public Education

Azim Premji University intends to train professionals and policy makers who can transform India's failed schools.

As Top Law Schools Trim Enrollments, the Biggest One Expands

Thomas M. Cooley Law School, well established in Michigan, finds a reason to grow in Florida, despite the slumping job market for lawyers.

Slide Show: Commencement Scenes; Field Exam

Glimpses of life in academe from around the world.

The Unabomber's Pen Pal

The philosopher David F. Skrbina doesn't endorse Ted Kaczynski's violence. But he says some of the notorious anti-technologist's ideas are valid.

Crony Capitalism for Intellectuals

Unexamined biases may keep economists from warning the public about financial risks.

Is America Philosophical?

In Socratic terms? Maybe not. In any other terms? You bet.

How to Be an Anthropologist

How Oliver La Farge's fiction and the South Pacific islands lured a Vietnam soldier into anthropology.

Spies, Shtarkers, and Sex Gods: Film's New Jews

Both grotesque anti-Semitic stereotypes and bland assimilationist mensches of yesteryear have been transmuted into multilayered, vivid characters, a new book argues.

A Linguistics Debate Continues

Prozac Campus: the Next Generation

Among students, there's no stigma attached to psychotropic medications. But anxiety is taboo, and that may be just as big a problem.

Why Humans Are Crazy for Crispy

Culinary happiness is a crackling crunch, and there are good evolutionary and cultural reasons why.

10 Easy Steps to Becoming a Writer

The first nine will accomplish nothing if not fueled by hunger.

Book Angst

Critics admit that their most well-known works aren't always their favorites.

Revenge of the Underpaid Professors

The online disruption of higher education had to wait for the tools to get good enough. Now great college teachers will finally have the platform they deserve.

What Colleges Can Bring to the Table

Campuses have a role to play in both teaching students about sustainable farming and bringing local products into dining halls.

Help Community Colleges Help Adult Students

The most successful programs are those that provide assistance beyond tuition and books.

If College Students Are Research Subjects, Do Results Apply to Others?

"The typical psychological research conducted on a sample obtained from a college-student participant pool may not be generalizable beyond the age of emerging adulthood."

Memo to Berkeley: Look to Data Before Undertaking Grand Projects

"The claim that a grand project will generate indirect benefits is rarely critically assessed with real-world data."

Motivation Is Neither 'Fixed' Nor 'Inborn'

"Motivation is usually seen as one of the more alterable and changeable factors in human behavior."

On Being Grateful, Joining the Losing Team, and Making Your Elders Uncomfortable

Excerpts from 2012 commencement speeches

What Graduate Students Want to Know About Community Colleges, Part 2

A look at the workload and lifestyle you can expect while teaching at a two-year institution.

Varieties of Procrastination

How to tell the difference between when it's OK to put off work and when you're only hurting yourself.

#Altac and the Tenure Track

A Ph.D. worries that he betrayed the alternative-academic movement by accepting a traditional faculty job.

Bad Brain Days

How can you tell when you're torturing yourself unnecessarily with a project, or struggling toward some productive end?