http://chronicle.com/section/Commentary/44/ Opinion & Ideas :: Commentary Tue, 21 May 2013 11:28:52 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/139345/ http://chronicle.com/article/When-2-Colleges-Become-One/139345/ The president of a college created by a recent consolidation describes the pitfalls and the many benefits.

]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/139347/ http://chronicle.com/article/How-a-Little-Data-Can-Solve/139347/ You don't need millions of dollars to improve graduation rates. Georgia State did it with tiny grants for the right students.

]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/139353/ http://chronicle.com/article/Lets-Talk-About-Sex-on-Campus/139353/ It is time to begin a sustained, coordinated effort to create a sexually healthy population of undergraduates.

]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/139181/ http://chronicle.com/article/Lets-Bring-Clarity-to/139181/ Students serve an important role in catering to a sub-industry that rewards colleges for rejecting the largest percentage of applicants.

]]> Mon, 13 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/139183/ http://chronicle.com/article/To-Improve-Completion/139183/ Rural America stands as an untapped source of potential college success stories, write two officials at the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission.

]]> Mon, 13 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/139043/ http://chronicle.com/article/Reciprocity-Is-Essential-for/139043/ A new report proposes a way to provide more access for students and quality assurance for institutions.

]]> Mon, 06 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/139033/ http://chronicle.com/article/A-Self-Publication-Gold-Rush-/139033/ Ultimately that industry descriptor is hardly the best rubric for the way scholarly communication is democratizing.

]]> Mon, 06 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/139031/ http://chronicle.com/article/Counting-Not-Curtailing/139031/ We need a strategy to include time outside of class—one that doesn't conflict with the Affordable Care Act.

]]> Mon, 06 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/138861/ http://chronicle.com/article/College-Graduates-Deserve-Much/138861/ If students can't present information about their actual learning, then that learning is devalued. And devalued things don't get the support they warrant.

]]> Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/138855/ http://chronicle.com/article/How-a-President-Can/138855/ Chief executives' actions and behavior have a crucial impact, for better or worse, on how their institutions are perceived.

]]> Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/138859/ http://chronicle.com/article/CommunicationCounseling/138859/ Empowered faculty members can play a vital role in preventing violence. Making sure they can do so more effectively is among colleges' greatest challenges.

]]> Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/138683/ http://chronicle.com/article/What-Is-College-For-/138683/ Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/138651/ http://chronicle.com/article/Found-in-Translation-A/138651/ Writing for a general reader, far from being a time-consuming diversion, can help polish and refine your scholarship.

]]> Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/138503/ http://chronicle.com/article/How-We-Can-Be-Better-Stewards/138503/ Today's higher-education leaders have become gatekeepers of upward mobility.

]]> Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/138515/ http://chronicle.com/article/The-Realities-of/138515/ Two worn but never weary travelers on the higher-education-reform road offer some perspective on policy and politics.

]]> Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/138495/ http://chronicle.com/article/Corporate-Responsibility/138495/ Business schools should do more to imbue students with a sense of social values.

]]> Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/138383/ http://chronicle.com/article/Colleges-Must-Prepare-for-a/138383/ Students should be savvy consumers of higher education before they get to the classroom.

]]> Mon, 08 Apr 2013 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/138389/ http://chronicle.com/article/Leverage-Student-Aid-to-Raise/138389/ As a country, we pay dearly for a vast student-aid infrastructure. Here are four ways it could work more effectively.

]]> Mon, 08 Apr 2013 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/138387/ http://chronicle.com/article/Enlist-the-Power-of-a-401k/138387/ Those not fortunate enough to have a rich uncle need help getting out from under the debt load of their college years. Who can come to the rescue? Employers.

]]> Mon, 08 Apr 2013 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/138385/ http://chronicle.com/article/Take-a-Tip-From-GM/138385/ The idea, translated from automobile sales, is to offer debt-reduction incentives to do well in college.

]]> Mon, 08 Apr 2013 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/138279/ http://chronicle.com/article/An-Open-Letter-to-Division-I/138279/ Coaches ought to be held responsible for their players' academic records as well as their athletic performances.

]]> Thu, 04 Apr 2013 01:00:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/138181/ http://chronicle.com/article/Why-RepublicansAcademics/138181/ Colleges should see political diversification as a matter of self-preservation as well as a genuine public good.

]]> Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/138185/ http://chronicle.com/article/A-Simple-Fix-for-the-Broken/138185/ With one simple change, the government could make the guide more relevant to students while also eliminating incentives for colleges to game the system.

]]> Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/138201/ http://chronicle.com/article/Giving-Students-a-Voice-in-the/138201/ At Northwestern University, they have an active, official role in deciding how the money is spent. Here's how it works.

]]> Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/138107/ http://chronicle.com/article/The-Brave-New-World-of-College/138107/ Elite colleges are ultimately in the business of maximizing status, not revenue. That's one of the reasons they don't mind running MOOCs at a loss.

]]> Mon, 25 Mar 2013 01:01:00 EDT http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/138109/ http://chronicle.com/article/Walk-Deliberately-Dont-Run/138109/ Let's experiment, but in assessing outcomes and cost savings, let's also insist on hard evidence.

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