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Faculty

Building ‘Bridge Leaders’ for Minority Professors and Students  

A researcher examines how white faculty members can play a bigger role helping minority students and younger academics succeed.

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Students

‘We Got to Capture What You Didn’t Get to See’: Filming Concerned Student 1950

A team of students got access to the Missouri protest group before it made national news. Their documentary premiered on Saturday, with Spike Lee in the audience.

Admissions & Student Aid

What Students Said Right After Taking the New SAT

Teenagers had many reactions to the revamped exam, which was given for the first time over the weekend.

The Ticker

Vanderbilt Graduate Student Is Killed on Trip to Israel

The student, 29-year-old Taylor Force, was on a trip sponsored by the university's Owen Graduate School of Management.

The Ticker

President of New York's Mount Saint Mary College Resigns Amid Leadership Turmoil

The president says her resignation is related to family issues. The board chairman has come under fire from the faculty in recent weeks.

The Ticker

After Long Fight, Baylor and Alumni Association Settle Their Differences

The dispute, which dates at least to 2009, appears to have finally reached a conclusion.

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Publishing

Paper Praising ‘Creator’ Puts Fear of God in Open-Access Giant

Under fire from critics, PLOS ONE retracted the article and promised a "deep dive" into its article-approval process. But some say it may have overreacted.

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Leadership & Governance

Video: Leader of U. of Phoenix Says It’s ‘Heads-Down Focused’ on Improvements for Students

The university faces declining enrollment, but its president, Timothy P. Slottow, says it will remain a relevant and valuable option for students.

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Admissions & Student Aid

What Would Happen if North Carolina Sent Its Weakest Students to Community College First?  

State lawmakers have asked the university system to explore a plan requiring those students to earn two-year degrees before enrolling. Here’s what campus officials and higher-ed experts say about it.

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Administration

Accreditor Rejects Grand Canyon U.'s Bid to Turn Nonprofit

The Higher Learning Commission said it did not allow "for the separate school-corporation and service-corporation model." The university harshly criticized the decision but said it would not question the outcome.

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Graduate Students

Ph.D.s Embrace Alternative Dissertations. The Job Market May Not.  

More colleges are allowing dissertations to take digital or other nontraditional forms, but students need to prepare for the career consequences.

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Administration

What It Took to Resolve a Federal Sexual-Assault Investigation at UVa  

A trove of nearly 2,000 pages of communication obtained under the Freedom of Information Act shows increasingly difficult negotiations, with UVa ratcheting up the pressure on the Education Department to soften its findings.

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Research

Can Science’s Reproducibility Crisis Be Reproduced?

Two new papers argue that fears about the replicability of scientific research might be overstated. They won’t close the book on the matter, though.

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Research

How the U. of Tulsa Landed Bob Dylan’s ‘Secret Archive’

Many were surprised that the legendary musician chose to leave his material in a state that does not figure prominently in his past. But the deal was more than a year in the making.

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Students

Sustaining a Fight Against Racism  

A year after an infamous video, a former student leader nurtures diversity at the University of Oklahoma.

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The Chronicle Review

In Books, a Lifeline

A well-nourished mind prevails over a broken body.

Lingua Franca

Sanders in the Ghetto

The presidential candidate apparently has no problem with the word "ghetto," but Lucy Ferriss and others do. She explains why.

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Vitae

One More Set of Recommendations

But this time I was both the recommender and the recommended.

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Vitae

Taking the Family With You on a Fellowship

The opportunities for personal and professional growth far outweigh the logistical hassles.

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Vitae

'Dear Forums ...': How Do I Write a Cover Letter to Someone I Work With?

Also in our weekly roundup of the best conversations from The Chronicle's discussion forums: negotiating summer funds and coping with repeated rejection.