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The Long Odds of the Tenure-Track Job Search

The Chronicle looks at the applications submitted for two positions in the humanities, where the competition is stiff and candidates are often in the dark.

Hire and Hire

Learn who got the jobs, who were the finalists, and who else was in the pool.

A Service-Learning Project Puts Students in the Consulting Business for Cities

The University of Oregon's Sustainable Cities Initiative pairs local needs with classes and research, with benefits for all parties involved.

• Oregon's Homegrown Export, Customized by Locale

Oregon's Homegrown Export, Customized by Locale

Universities in several other states find the Sustainable Cities Initiative worth adjusting to their own circumstances.

Ga. Tech to Offer a MOOC-Like Online Master's Degree, at Low Cost

The university and Udacity are partners in the project, with support from AT&T. Degree-seeking students will have to apply and will pay about $7,000.

What Professors Can Learn From 'Hard-Core' MOOC Students

People who have taken dozens of massive open online courses share their advice for those teaching them.

Lab Safety Is Tackled as a Problem of Behaviors as Much as Standards

In a new approach, a yearlong effort to stop a rash of university lab accidents will include behavioral scientists.

Federal Investigation of Sexual Assault at U. of Montana Yields a 'Blueprint for Colleges'

Under an agreement with two federal agencies, the university will revise policies, provide training, and take other steps to assure a safe learning environment.

Holistic Mental-Health Care Can Earn Colleges a New Accolade

The Jed Foundation's new JedCampus seal of approval will go to campuses that have taken mental health beyond the counseling center.

Head Count: Can a Mentorship Program for High-School Seniors Raise College Enrollment?

Theology Professor Spars With Germany's Islamic Establishment

Mouhanad Khorchide's liberal views on Islam have raised questions about a program designed to spur scholarly debate about the religion.

Percolator: 'The Strangest Conference I Ever Attended'

New York City Embraces a College's New 'Handicapped' Symbol

With the Gordon College campus as his test lab, Brian Glenney, a philosopher, helped develop the new, more active image.

Publisher Threatens to Sue Blogger for $1-Billion

Jeffrey Beall has criticized the publisher on his blog. The company, based in India, says his comments are criminal under Indian law.

Charles Steger, Who Led Virginia Tech During 2007 Shootings, to Retire

"You do the best you can with what you know at the time," he says of that grim spring day. "And we did the best we could with what we knew."

A Vice President's Rebranding Effort Propels a University Into the Big Leagues

Jason Cook, Texas A&M University's vice president for marketing and communications for five years, used athletics and social media to remake its image.

Transitions: Former Governor to Lead New Mexico State U.; New Community-College Chief in Ohio

Garrey Carruthers, now a vice president at the university, will become its leader. Read about that and other job-related news.

College President to Lead Effort to Train New Campus Chiefs

Thomas R. Kepple Jr. will preside over the American Academic Leadership Institute, one of a handful of organizations that prepare aspiring presidents.

Selected New Books on Higher Education

Scholars in Bondage

Academics writing about kink lick the boots of their cultural-studies idols and shackle themselves in jargon.

Austerity Has Been Tested, and It Failed

Public-health experts have joined economists and historians in critiquing rigid belt-tightening regimes.

Why Do Historians Insist on Dividing Us?

Human relations have been characterized by contact and interconnection more than by conflict and antagonism.

A Course in Online Civility

His students bemoan social-media meanness, but when their online conversations are part of their grade, the courtesy is contagious.

The Talented Mrs. Shipley

A State Department bureaucrat of the early 20th century drew up a forerunner of the No Fly List, raising the same constitutional issues then as we face now.

Let's Talk About Sex on Campus

It is time to begin a sustained, coordinated effort to create a sexually healthy population of undergraduates.

When 2 Colleges Become One

The president of a college created by a recent consolidation describes the pitfalls and the many benefits.

The Case of the Vampire Student

Just how bad does a graduate student's performance have to be before her faculty adviser pulls the plug?

How a Little Data Can Solve One of Higher Education's Biggest Problems

You don't need millions of dollars to improve graduation rates. Georgia State did it with tiny grants for the right students.

Top 10 Mistakes in Recruiting Administrators

Here, David Letterman-style, are the main missteps of administrative-search committees.

On Hiring: The Next Step in the Two-Body Problem

On Hiring: Choosing an Adviser Who Can Help You Leave Academe