Special Issues
The Chronicle brings you a range of special issues that dive into the most pressing challenges and opportunities shaping higher education today.
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Enrollment is the lifeblood of higher education. As with so much these days, there is cause for gloom. The so-called demographic cliff has loomed for years. Now it’s here. International declines, shaky graduate markets, sour public opinion — yet some regions and institutions are finding paths to growth.
Since ChatGPT’s release in November 2022, instructors across all sectors of higher education have been forced to confront a new reality. While its long-term effects remain uncertain, our task now is simply to understand the upheaval.
A decade ago, college presidents were often seen as fund raisers in disguise, focused on generating new revenue amid growing skepticism about higher education’s value. That skepticism has since hardened into an aggressive reform agenda, with political threats to public funding now shaping the presidency itself. Here’s a look.
Our annual look at students reveals the vexing challenges of politics on campus, finances and more
Our annual investigation into higher education research.
Dispatches from the financial front lines of a jittery sector.
Our annual investigation into the most consequential developments in higher education.
What does it take to work — and succeed — in higher education? Find The Chronicle’s complete coverage here.
The nation’s 101 HBCUs were established at a time when the vast majority of colleges refused to admit Black students. With the ban on race-conscious admissions and the attack on diversity efforts, where do they go now?
To better understand the economic realities of the professoriate, The Chronicle embarked on a project to examine faculty members’ pay, and how purchasing power is affected by the cost of living, according to a county-by-county index.
Students need to be taught how to ask the right questions that will help them discover the details, rules, and possibilities in college — and how to use that information to design a meaningful and marketable undergraduate degree.
In this new series, Kevin R. McClure explores higher education as a workplace — what it does well, what it does poorly, and what it can do to improve the professional lives of faculty and staff members.
The College Presidency Is Broken. Here’s How to Fix It.
Why both political parties are unhappy with higher ed
Everything happening in the world converges in one place: higher education.
Can colleges build their reputation as a place where everyone, no matter their identity, can flourish?
Today’s youngest college students face a scary future. They tend to be risk-averse and distrust administrators and faculty members. Colleges that help them feel connected will flourish and contribute to a thriving society.
Our annual investigation into the most consequential developments in higher education.
A series by The Chronicle to examine higher ed’s public-perception problem — and the solutions to it.
College leadership has never been a job for the faint of heart, but few would disagree that these days it’s especially tough. The stories here help explain why, and what that means for the health of higher education institutions.
