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What Higher Ed’s History Can Tell Us About the Present
Preparing his final lecture before he retires, John Thelin hopes recent disruptions will prompt college leaders to revisit some of the sector’s most essential questions. → Read More
What’s a College Degree Worth?
The imperfect science and contested methods of measuring the return on investment of college. → Read More
Surviving Among Higher Ed’s Giants
As growth has become a mantra, some colleges seek to stay small. → Read More
Forced Out: The Faces of Higher Ed’s Historic Layoffs
Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, higher education has suffered its greatest job losses on record. The Chronicle set out to tell the stories of those affected. → Read More
Tenure’s Broken Promise
Some professors are looking with growing skepticism at this peculiar arrangement between the faculty and institutions. → Read More
The Year That Pushed Higher Ed to the Edge
The pandemic exacerbated long-simmering problems confronting colleges. → Read More
Higher Ed Faces a Long and Uneven Recovery, Ratings Agencies Warn
Moody’s and Fitch predict revenue declines of 5 to 10 percent across the sector next year, and a lengthy road back after that. → Read More
Colleges Grapple With Grim Financial Realities
Net-tuition losses and steep discount rates augur a precarious spring. → Read More
Is It Time to Consider a Merger?
How to navigate a difficult decision. → Read More
N.C. State’s Chancellor Explains Why He Jettisoned an In-Person Semester
“I think we had a good plan,” said Randy Woodson. “And by and large, that plan has been phenomenally successful on campus — but not so much off campus.” → Read More
Anger, Confusion, and Resignation as Chapel Hill’s Campus Rapidly Empties
Students, professors, and perhaps even some administrators wonder: Should the University of North Carolina flagship have opened at all? → Read More
Covid-19 Has Upended Enrollment Goals. This 2-Year College Sees an Opportunity.
Zane State College, in Ohio, saw a surge in summer enrollment. It seeks to attract students who don’t want a more-expensive online experience at a four-year institution. → Read More
How a Small College Thinks It Can Survive Covid-19
Monmouth College, in Illinois, has 900 students, but it hopes that recent decisions and its size will work to its advantage. → Read More
Higher Ed’s Reckoning With Race
A conversation about bigotry, diversity, and opportunity. → Read More
‘This Is an Existential Time for Higher Ed’: an Interview With Gordon Gee
That’s in part because change has never been part of colleges’ portfolio, says the longtime university president. → Read More
The Plan for College Budgets Next Year? Improvise
Revenues are fuzzy, and every new safety measure carries a price tag. → Read More
How to Recognize the Warning Signs of a Death Spiral — and How Colleges Can Avoid One
A checklist for leaders of colleges with small endowments, diminishing cash, uneven student demand, and stiff competition, and who are wondering what the future holds for their institutions. → Read More
Covid-19 Is Scrambling the Job Market for Recent Grads. Here’s How Colleges Are Trying to Respond.
The rapidly shifting landscape has meant profound changes for all of the participants in the college-to-career pipeline. → Read More
At the Precipice: 6 in 10 Colleges Say They Missed Fall Enrollment Goals
About two-thirds fell short of net-revenue targets, too. Some institutions have been finding ways to cushion the blow. → Read More
What Higher Ed Can Learn From Health Care
Peter Ubel has written a book about the economics of health care — and he thinks there may be a few lessons for higher ed in there as well. → Read More