Chronicle of Higher Education

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

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

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.

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

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

Whom would you pick?

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

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.

Glimpses of life in academe from around the world

A Republican supporter of the measure said it would avoid a "roller coaster" for borrowers. One Democratic critic called it a "classic bait and switch."

The university has asked the Education Department to consider reducing the fine, one of the largest the agency has assessed for Clery Act violations.

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

More than 150 scientists and 75 groups issued a declaration blaming the measure for dangerous distortions in financing and hiring in science.

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

The college denied adjuncts tickets to hear the president's address, but says it's looking for way they can attend. To adjuncts' advocates, the slight is typical.

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

Compare College TX allows users to contrast the state's public universities and community colleges on a range of measures.

"The extent of being a quote-unquote public figure was something that I really, truly wasn't prepared for," says Mary Jane Saunders.

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.

"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."