Lindsay Ellis
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Washington, DC, United States
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The ‘Productivity Poison’ Higher Ed Doesn’t Know It’s Ingesting
Cal Newport on why email makes you worse at your job, the future of remote work, and the efficiency of office hours. → Read More
A Hybrid-Work Semester Is Wrapping Up. Here Are Some Emerging Best Practices.
These five tips can help leaders and employees navigate the gray areas of in-person and remote work. → Read More
After Controversy, U. of Florida Has a New Policy on Faculty Testimony. Here’s What It Says.
The policy carries a “strong presumption” that the university will approve requests by professors and staff to testify in cases involving the State of Florida. → Read More
After Scathing Criticism, U. of Florida Will Let Professors Testify Against the State
The reversal follows a week of turmoil on the campus spurred by administrators’ decisions to bar faculty members from serving as expert witnesses. → Read More
‘I’m Speechless': What Prompted the U. of Florida to Tell Professors Not to Testify?
At least four professors have said their requests to participate in lawsuits challenging state policy were rejected. Faculty say the stakes are sky-high. → Read More
U. of Florida Doctor Says Administrators Blocked Him From Participating in Lawsuits About Masking
The revelation means that the university’s denial of three faculty members’ requests to testify in voting-rights litigation was not an isolated incident. → Read More
U. of Florida’s Accreditor Will Investigate Denial of Professors’ Voting-Rights Testimony
The flagship’s refusal to allow three faculty members to serve as paid expert witnesses has been met with an outcry nationwide. → Read More
Michigan State Needed Dining-Hall Workers. So It Asked the Faculty and Staff to Volunteer.
The request followed widespread worker shortages. On campus it also followed rounds of furloughs and retirements, and a steep drop in student employees. → Read More
Higher Ed’s Rocky Reboot
Stretched supply chains and short-staffed campuses have left students hungry and parents angry. → Read More
He Survived ‘Survivor.’ What About the Academic Workplace?
An assistant professor reflects on how his career has been shaped by a stint on reality TV, and what it can teach his colleagues about taking time to follow their passions. → Read More
This Fall, the Unvaccinated Face New Campus Rules and Restrictions
Colleges tried offering carrots to encourage vaccinations. Now some of them are turning to sticks. → Read More
Colleges Want a Return to Normal. Their Employees Want a Reset.
Faculty and staff members feel spent, right when they’re needed most. → Read More
Nikole Hannah-Jones Declines U. of North Carolina’s Tenure Offer, Plans to Join Howard U.
She will hold an inaugural Knight Foundation chair. → Read More
‘A Mass Exodus’: Inflexible Remote-Work Policies Could Bring Major Staff Turnover
Few workplaces are as rooted in place as the college campus. But employees don’t want to turn back the clock to 2019. → Read More
Inside One University’s Hybrid-Work Decision
The University of Utah’s decision-making process for its new telecommuting rules can serve as a guide for other colleges making similar transitions. → Read More
Nikole Hannah-Jones Readies Legal Challenge Amid Stalled UNC Tenure Bid
Lawyers representing the prize-winning journalist sent a letter to state leaders and the University of North Carolina, the latest move in her controversial tenure case. → Read More
This Trustee Was Censured by His Board. Now the Supreme Court Will Weigh In.
A ruling in favor of David B. Wilson could undermine a common understanding among governing boards — that members should act as one and avoid personal crusades. → Read More
To Encourage Covid-19 Vaccination, Some Campuses Add Incentives
Students who are vaccinated at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro will have a chance at getting free housing, textbooks, or meal credits. → Read More
Cornell Plans to Require Students to Be Vaccinated for Fall Semester
The university follows Rutgers in indicating that a Covid-19 vaccination will be mandatory. → Read More
24 Hours in Higher Ed, One Year into the Pandemic
To document Covid-19’s indelible mark on life and work in higher education, The Chronicle followed more than a dozen people in the space of a day. → Read More