Recent Articles
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Academe and the Decline of News Media
What impact will journalism's decline have on higher education? Eighteen experts offer their views.
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University-Based Reporting Could Keep Journalism Alive
Journalism-program projects can offer crucial training for students and essential coverage for communities, write Michael Schudson and Leonard Downie Jr.
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Journalism Schools Can Push Coverage Beyond Breaking News
Original reporting from journalism students can make up for reporting that news organizations can no longer afford, writes Nicholas Lemann.
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Embedding Journalists in Academe
As newspapers wither, can universities sustain serious news coverage and analysis of current affairs? G. Pascal Zachary considers the question.
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We Need 'Philosophy of Journalism'
Philosophy and journalism, two well-known approaches to truth seeking, make strange companions—and invaluable ones, writes Carlin Romano.
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I've Read the News Today, Oh Boy
Wherever newspapers are going, certain types of articles will survive, writes Ben Yagoda.
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News From Far Away
New books examine the legacy of foreign correspondents and the intersection of media and intelligence. By Nina C. Ayoub.
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Weekly Book List, November 16, 2009
Descriptions of new scholarly books, organized by category.
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Are Too Many Students Going to College?
There's a growing sentiment that college may not be the best option for all. The Chronicle asked higher-education experts to weigh in.
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No Fear of Fat
From the producers of race studies, queer studies, and women's studies, fat studies is coming to a campus near you.
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'Lives on the Boundary' at 20
A 1989 inquiry into what it would take to reach students who don't "get" academe remains relevant today, writes Gerald Graff.
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Reagan and the 80s Deserve More Courses
For too long, the 1960s have eclipsed the 1980s as a cultural and political American touchstone, writes Gil Troy.
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What My Research Students Did Over Summer Vacation
Undergraduate lab research projects are a one-of-a-kind experience, writes Kelly G. Lambert, and well worth college support even in tough times.
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Critical Mass: Renewed Debate Over the 3-Year B.A.
Lamar Alexander and Robert Zemsky argue the advantages of three-year baccalaureate programs. But skeptics see the prospect as...
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Nota Bene: Isaiah Berlin, Beyond the Wit
On the centenary of his birth, Isaiah Berlin is celebrated not just for his erudition as a speaker, but as an author and thinker of substance.
