Megan Zahneis
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3 Dead, 5 Hospitalized in Shooting at Michigan State U., Police Say
The suspect was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, university police said in a briefing early Tuesday. → Read More
A College Hopes Its Home-Buying Program Will Attract Employees
Virginia State University is offering $10,000 toward a down payment or closing costs for local homes. → Read More
A New Job Comes to the College Cabinet: Chief Experience Officer
The job, common in the corporate world, has been added at a handful of colleges, and reflects the increasing influence of business practices in higher ed. → Read More
Columbia Names Its First Female President
Nemat (Minouche) Shafik, an economist and president of the London School of Economics and Political Science, is the latest among a growing number of women leading major research institutions. → Read More
A Dean Says He Was Ousted for His Opposition to Police and Prisons
The University of Houston removed Alan Dettlaff, who’d led the Graduate College of Social Work since 2015, “to better align the college with the university’s academic priorities.” → Read More
A Professor Recounts What a Tenure Denial Did to Him
Rogério Meireles Pinto lost his bid at Columbia University in 2014. The experience still haunts him. → Read More
U. of Minnesota Regent Resigns Leadership Post After Asking Whether Campus Is ‘Too Diverse’
The move followed nearly two weeks of backlash to Steven Sviggum’s comments. He will continue to serve as a regent until his term ends next year. → Read More
A Rare Court Victory That Protected 4 Tenured Professors’ Jobs Just Got Reversed. Here’s Why.
“This decision puts one more nail in the coffin of tenure,” said one of those dismissed by the College of Saint Rose. → Read More
A U. of Minnesota Regent Asks if One of the System’s Campuses Is ‘Too Diverse’
The campus, in Morris, has lost nearly half of its students over the past decade, across all demographic groups. → Read More
‘It Could Have Been Worse': Higher Ed Reacts to Ben Sasse at U. of Florida
Sasse, a Republican U.S. senator from Nebraska, emerged on Thursday as the sole finalist for Florida’s presidency. → Read More
Republican Senator Ben Sasse Emerges as Likely New President of U. of Florida
The Republican senator from Nebraska is well known in Washington and beyond for his outspoken views on higher education. → Read More
Higher Ed’s Hiring Crunch Was Already Bad. It Got Worse Over the Summer.
The pandemic and its aftermath have “created a tsunami of hiring and retention challenges,” according to a recent Chronicle survey. → Read More
‘A Historic Moment’: New Guidance Requires Federally Funded Research to Be Open Access
In a move hailed by open-access advocates, the White House on Thursday released guidance dictating that taxpayer-supported research be made freely and immediately available to the public. → Read More
Many Professors Stopped the Tenure Clock During the Pandemic. Who Benefited?
A new study found that women and scholars of color were most likely to take advantage of this option — but raises questions about inequity. → Read More
Open-Access Publishing Expands at U. of California
Scholars can now publish open-access research in the prestigious “Nature” journals. But university-system representatives say the deal isn’t perfect. → Read More
More Than Half of Campus Staff Members Are Thinking About Quitting, Survey Finds
But they’re not all set to leave higher ed. → Read More
Higher Ed Is Looking to Refill Jobs. But It’s Finding a ‘Shallow and Weak’ Candidate Pool.
About eight in 10 campus leaders and hiring managers said their campus had more open positions this year than last, according to a Chronicle survey administered with the Huron Consulting Group. → Read More
U. of Michigan Picks Santa Ono as Its Next President
The new leader has preached the virtues of the personal presidency during stints at the Universities of British Columbia and of Cincinnati. → Read More
‘Quid Pro Quo’? A Former U. of Minnesota Regent Is the Sole Finalist for a Campus’s Interim Chancellorship
The move has attracted criticism and follows a dispute over a raise for the system’s president. → Read More
Why They Left
Five stories from professors of color who’d had enough. → Read More