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INSIDE GOVERNMENT Skewed Distribution? Iowa’s planned reallocation of state funds raises Hawkeye hackles. A4

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Accounts Poolable At Duke U., doctoral candidates in the humanities merge their financial resources and problems. A6

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KATIE CURRID FOR THE CHRONICLE ‘Reputation at Risk’ Professors at Middlebury College voted overwhelmingly, but nonbind- ingly, to end its relationship with an Educating the Selfie Generation online-education company. A10 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Going Long, Digitally A20 Self-reflection finds a place in the curriculum The U. of Florida’s online-education plan, backed by state funds, calls for enrollment of 24,000 by 2024. A10

STUDENTS Violence Echoes Online #YesAllWomen became a familiar hashtag after a misogynist’s murder- ous rampage near the U. of Califor- nia at Santa Barbara. A11 RESEARCH NIH’s Heavy Hand? Emails depict the federal Office for Human Research Protections as yielding to NIH pressure to slow an investigation. A12

INTERNATIONAL NYU’s High-Level Problem An investigation into labor conditions Psychology’s on the Abu Dhabi campus is compli- cated by the role of an NYU trustee Lost Boy JULIE DENESHA FOR THE CHRONICLE in the emirate’s government. A14 Who was the baby at the center of a notorious experiment? Texts, Tweets, and

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Retention Woes Full-Time Work Is Elusive Tenure or Love? American colleges need to do a bet- ter job of meeting foreign students’ for One Class the Single Professor’s expectations, study finds.A14

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A procession passes before new graduates at a recent U. of Arizona commencement. A study that has followed some 2,000 students since they entered the university, in 2007, is now finding out how they’re faring as graduates. U. OF ARIZONA 2 Years On, 2 in 3 Graduates Aren’t Self-Sufficient

By BECKIE SUPIANO entering a labor market that is not a third of those who were self-em- Ms. Jaffa decided, after some flush with opportunity,” said Joyce ployed were looking for jobs, the soul-searching, to ship her car to he last few years haven’t Serido, the principal investigator. survey found. The report is based her new hometown, Norfolk, Va. been easy for new graduates, Even those who land a full-time job on responses from about half of the Just a few months later, however, Twith a tight job market and, may not be doing what they want- original study participants. the car (a 2001 Honda Civic that more often than not, student loans ed to, and find they have little time Those in part-time jobs also re- had been her brother’s) was totaled to repay. As for how young adults beyond the hours they’re working, ported somewhat different priorities when a flood swamped the street are managing such challenges, and said Ms. Serido, assistant director than their peers who were working where it was parked. Rather than INSIDE how that will affect their future, a and research professor at the uni- full time. Asked to rank factors re- replacing it, she has been walking study from the University of Arizo- versity’s Take Charge America In- lated to career satisfaction, full-time to work, which is less than a mile VIEWS ...... A34 na is poised to offer some answers. stitute, which studies and promotes workers put annual salary higher from her apartment. GAZETTE ...... A39 The longitudinal study, Arizona financial literacy. than did part-timers, while the latter Ms. Jaffa knows she wants to Pathways to Life Success for Uni- A new report, “Life After College: group ranked working in one’s area work in advocacy, she said, but CAREERS ...... A44 versity Students, began following Drivers for Young Adult Success,” re- of interest, the opportunity to make Norfolk is not where she expects to some 2,000 students in 2007-8, flects the lives of study participants a difference, and flexible hours high- build her life. “I definitely imagine THE CHRONICLE when they were freshmen at the in 2013, about two years after their er than the full-timers did. myself moving,” she said, “before REVIEW . . . . Section B university. Designed to examine projected college graduation (at the doing anything that would be called how financial attitudes and behav- time, 8 percent of them were still RECONSIDERING EXPENSES settling down.” iors form, the study was fortuitous- enrolled in an undergraduate pro- Still, she is more established ly timed to capture that informa- gram and 3 percent more had not Working in her area of interest than many of her peers: Only about tion in a tumultuous economy. graduated). Over all, only about half was enough of a priority for Steph- a third of the young adults in the In addition to suggesting a con- of the respondents reported having anie Jaffa, one of the survey respon- study were financially self-suffi- Note to Readers nection between early financial be- full-time jobs. Most of the rest were dents, that she decided to move cient. The rest relied on family havior and becoming self-sufficient, working part time, self-employed, across the country. About a year support or borrowing elsewhere to The Chronicle is on its the findings paint a picture of how or in graduate school. Six percent, ago, Ms. Jaffa, who is 24, left a full- meet their obligations. Nearly half summer print-publishing young adults’ lives are taking shape. meanwhile, said that they were un- time job at the Arizona State Legis- of the respondents reported receiv- schedule. The next issue, Only about half are working full employed, and 7 percent that they lature for another at People for the ing financial help from their par- dated June 20, will be time, a similar proportion rely on were not looking for work. Ethical Treatment of Animals. ents or guardians. mailed to subscribers on their parents for financial support, For those working part time or The new job pays less—in the “Parents, my generation, have en- June 13. Daily news cov- and significant minorities say mar- for themselves, the researchers mid-$30,000s—but she is able to abled our kids to have a certain stan- erage continues online, at riage, children, and homeownership wondered if that was by choice or swing it because she doesn’t have dard of living,” said Ms. Serido. And chronicle.com. aren’t important to them. for lack of other options. Half of the student loans, she said, and man- they seem willing to do so, she added, “We have young adults who are people working part time and about ages her money carefully. Continued on Following Page

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By ERIC KELDERMAN Mr. Wasserman called the pro- panel’s report said, with resident Northern Iowa and interim direc- posed cut "devastating and demor- enrollment increasing 13 percent tor of enrollment management. But ost states are moving alizing" and "short-sighted." at Iowa State, declining 16 percent the panel was formed to rectify the away from allocating pub- Failing to recognize and re- at Iowa, and remaining about the inadequate amount of state money Mlic colleges’ money based ward the distinctions between the same at Northern Iowa. that’s been allocated to Northern entirely on enrollment and to- three universities creates a need- Nonresident undergraduate enroll- Iowa, he said. ward rewarding them according to less "family feud," Mr. Wasserman ment grew at all three institutions, “We’ve been getting the short end benchmarks for access and comple- wrote, and will lead to "negative, doubling at Iowa and Iowa State and of the stick for some time now,” Mr. tion. A proposal to do that in Iowa long-term consequences." more than tripling at Northern Iowa. Ketelsen said. highlights the difficulties of creat- As enrollment has shifted, the in- But focusing on in-state enroll- ing new rewards for some institu- OUTMODED MODEL stitutions have continued to receive ment sets up an unhealthy com- tions without punishing others. about the same proportions of state petition for a shrinking number of The governing board for Iowa’s Like most states, Iowa is looking money. The University of Iowa re- students, said Gary C. Fethke, who three public universities is consider- for different ways to pay for pub- ceives about 46 percent of the ap- served as interim president at the ing a new formula that would even- lic higher education and to give propriation to the universities, while JEFF COOK, QUAD-CITY TIMES, University of Iowa in 2006-7. ZUMAPRESS.COM, NEWSCOM universities financial incentives to it enrolls 34 percent of the in-state Sally Mason, president of the U. The new formula could also limit GOVERNMENT meet the education and work-force students at the three institutions, ac- of Iowa, asked regents to consider the access of low-income students, needs of its economy. cording to the panel’s report. her institution’s research costs. Mr. Fethke said, because of the un- tually appropriate about 40 percent About half of states now have Iowa State enrolls 43 percent of usual policy that now bars the uni- of the state money based on criteria some formula in place to appro- in-state students at the universities versities from using in-state tuition like number of degrees awarded and priate state money to institutions but gets 36 percent of the money al- woman for the Board of Regents, to provide financial aid. Instead of job placement of graduates. The rest based in part on the number of located for the institutions. North- said that the $60-million redistri- providing need-based grants, the would be distributed based on the degrees awarded, completions by ern Iowa enrolls about 23 percent bution was just one possibility con- institutions could be driven to use number of in-state students each in- low-income and minority students, of the in-state students and receives sidered by the panel. A more like- more money—from out-of-state tu- stitution enrolls. or degrees awarded in high-need 18 percent of the appropriation. ly outcome is that $6.5-million to ition or the endowment—to attract Supporters of the plan say it will fields. While many states devote The solution, according to a ma- $13-million would be redirected in-state students regardless of their provide more-equitable support for just a small percentage of tax dol- jority of the five panel members, is annually over two to four years. financial situation, he said. the public universities while en- lars to rewarding these kinds of to redistribute the appropriations, The panel’s report recommends And there is a sense on the Iowa couraging them to focus more on outcomes, Tennessee now appropri- initially based solely on the share of that any changes in the state appro- City campus that the panel was recruiting and retaining students ates nearly all state money to public in-state students at each institution. priations should be accompanied by stacked against the University of from within the state. colleges based on a complex set of One scenario presented in the pan- more money from the state govern- Iowa from the beginning. Three of But critics of the proposal say it is a benchmarks that vary by the mis- el’s report would reduce the Univer- ment to lessen any negative impacts. the five members attended Northern "one size fits all" approach that deval- sion of the institutions, and Ohio is sity of Iowa’s state appropriation by “We do not endorse a wholesale Iowa or Iowa State, and the chairman ues research and professional degrees moving in a similar direction. more than a quarter, while Northern transfer” of state appropriations is an alumnus of Drake University, a and makes no sense in a state where In Iowa, the proposed formula is Iowa would receive about 37 percent from the University of Iowa, the private institution in Des Moines. the population of future college stu- meant to replace a decades-old prac- more state money. Iowa State would panel wrote. “I think it was set up in a way dents is declining. The draft propos- tice of allocating money to the uni- get a 16-percent increase. that predetermined the outcome,” al, to be considered by the full Board versities based largely on the amount In the future, state money would Mr. Fethke said. UNIVERSITIES SPLIT of Regents in June, has also spurred they received in the previous year, be awarded annually based on the The panel’s sole alumnus from complaints of favoritism—and not with increases based on the requests institutions’ improvement on the Despite such assurances from the the University of Iowa, the former just because the five-member panel of the institutions and the discretion benchmarks, with 60 percent of the panel, the plan creates clear winners Maytag Corporation leader Len that developed the measure included of state lawmakers. Art Hauptman, appropriation awarded for increases and losers. Iowa State’s president, Hadley, is expected to offer an al- only one University of Iowa alumnus. a policy consultant who specializes in in-state enrollment and 15 per- Steven Leath, and Northern Iowa’s ternative proposal at the Board If approved, the new formula could in higher education, gave a presenta- cent based on credit completion and president, William N. Ruud, had of Regents meeting on June 4. strip as much as $60-million in an- tion to the Iowa panel that was set up number of degrees awarded. asked the panel to focus the new for- Mr. Hadley suggests giving more nual appropriations from the Uni- to consider a new budgeting model. As for the remainder, 10 percent mula on in-state enrollment. Univer- weight to graduate and profession- versity of Iowa to be redistributed to Going from no formula at all to any would be distributed for enrolling sity of Iowa President Sally K. Mason, al students, protecting 20 percent Iowa State University and the Univer- kind of systematic allocation was an low-income students, minorities, on the other hand, had called on the of the universities’ base appropria- sity of Northern Iowa. important move, he said, since many community-college transfers, and members to consider the higher costs tion from the formula, and phasing Administrators at the University states began appropriating high- veterans; 5 percent for some mea- of educating students at a research in the changes over a longer period. of Iowa have largely avoided com- er-education dollars based on enroll- sure of job placement (still to be de- university and the economic value of Whatever the board approves menting on the details of the plan, ment in the 1960s. termined); and another 10 percent graduate and professional programs. would still have to be presented as but some faculty members have While Iowa’s budget practice based on research spending and None of the universities want a request to the Iowa governor and been more outspoken, including has stayed roughly the same since other metrics that would be set by to see money cut from another in- legislature, who could choose a com- Edward A. Wasserman, a professor at least 1950, all three universi- the individual universities. stitution, said Scott A. Ketelsen, pletely different way to distribute the of psychology at Iowa. In an email, ties have changed significantly, the Sheila Doyle Koppin, a spokes- director of university relations at money, said Ms. Doyle Koppin. t he chron icl e of highe r e duc at ion | j u n e 6, 2014 a5

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To Make Do, These Ph.D. Students Share Bills and a Bank Account

By VIMAL PATEL world of Ph.D. study can be found in numbers. Money for dates, Durham, N.C. rent, bills, travel, and groceries ore than half a dozen comes from the communal ac- Ph.D. students sat cross- count. So do funds to assist with Mlegged in a circle on the unexpected expenses, like the grass here at Duke University last $3,000 that helped one member month, holding copies of their bank replace a car that an insurance statements. payout wasn’t quite enough to They had gathered to review cover. their finances and to figure out “It’s a better way to live your life,” how, together, they might pay for says Karim Wissa, a Ph.D. student in literature and the owner of the GRADUATE STUDENTS 2011 Hyundai Elantra that was paid for in part by the collective ac- a plane ticket to Brazil for a fellow count. The car, he says, is for every- doctoral student whose dissertation one’s use. is about a 19th-century writer from The students say they know that Rio de Janeiro. pooling stipends doesn’t magically They could cut expenses by eat- create more money. ing out less, they said, and by shop- Humanities and social-scienc- ping at Food Lion rather than es Ph.D. students at Duke receive Whole Foods. They discussed how stipends of about $21,500 exclud- they might bring in some mon- ing summer funds, an amount the ey, too, perhaps by subletting the students say is relatively generous apartment of one group member. compared with other universities. In the Duke Collective, as some Students who receive summer in the group refer to themselves, money because they got fellow- one person’s financial problem is ships have total annual stipends D.L. ANDERSON FOR THE CHRONICLE everyone’s financial problem. of about $27,000. Karim Wissa (far left), one of the founders of a graduate-student financial collective at Duke U., Facing common graduate-school Even so, some graduate students talks with other members. “It’s a better way to live your life,” he says of sharing funds. money challenges, these literature receive enough money to live com- and English students have turned fortably, members of the collective to an uncommon solution: They say, while others don’t. And stu- greet one another with hugs. about summer funds for students Ms. Raine says. “No one goes hun- have decided to pool their money, dents who may be comfortable one “There’s a sense of family here,” after their second years and during gry because they don’t have mon- putting it into one bank account, year are financially stressed the Mr. Marassa says. the latter years of their Ph.D. stud- ey.” from which each member can free- next. Combining pay, they say, pro- The students' actual families, ies. So far, collectivizing their funds ly withdraw funds as needed. vides a financial buffer and allows though, aren’t always excited about Before they started pooling hasn’t caused major changes in Doctoral students at Duke and at them to focus on studying and re- their participation in collective fi- their money, Mr. Wissa says, they their daily lives, the students say. universities across the country face search. nancing. tried to start a wage-sharing plan The changes, like no longer divid- difficulties in financing their de- One member of the collective, Mr. Wissa’s mother, for one, had among all graduate students in the ing up a restaurant check, have grees. Wide disparities exist in sti- for example, did not receive fel- “extreme resistance” to the idea, he literature program. It got no trac- been subtle. pends of graduate students among lowship funds during her disserta- says. “When she’d give me money, tion, mostly because students had Over all, though, there is less institutions, within disciplines, and tion year. Because of help from the she’d say, ‘This money is for you. an aversion to the idea, but also, stress. It’s less important who re- even within the same department. group account, she can focus on Not the collective.’ ” he says, because their initial argu- ceives a grant or fellowship and Summer financial support also her dissertation without seeking But, he adds, “she’s come to know ments were polemical. who doesn't, since the money goes varies and is often challenging to employment, allowing her to fin- this thing is very important to me. Ben Shellhorn, who is president into the same account. secure, especially for humanities ish her Ph.D. faster. And Damien She now knows that whatever mon- of Duke’s Graduate & Professional But is there a danger inherent in and social-sciences students who Marassa, the student who wanted ey she gives me is also going to a Student Council and is not a mem- the collective model? Could it make don’t have as much access to fed- to go to Brazil to finish writing his bunch of people she’s never met.” ber of the collective, says the stu- one lazier if one’s financial success- eral grants as their peers in other dissertation, is in Rio de Janeiro dents' experiment has “drawn a lot es and failures are spread among a disciplines do. Students who don’t for the summer. DUKE MAKES CHANGES of attention here to how humanities group? have a fellowship or a teaching or Mr. Wissa was one of the three Ph.D. students are funded.” No, the students say, they don't research job lined up have to cob- people who started the collective Duke recently responded to some Some of what the group is do- see it that way. ble together off-campus work of- two years ago. He was racked with of the concerns that sparked the ing “seems really noble,” he says, “Knowing that other people are ten unrelated to their research to stress over how he’d pay for his collective’s creation. but sharing a bank account, to his counting on me and depending on get through the summer. It’s one Ph.D., he said. It got so bad that he Officials say the changes were mind, “is pretty insane.” me makes me want to work harder,” reason that humanities doctorates often considered dropping out. not in response to the group but “For professional students like Mr. Wissa says. take as long as they do to complete: Now, although money remains the result of talks that the graduate myself and most other students “Slam!” Mr. Marassa says in sol- a median of nine years, data show. a worry, it is spread among the school has been having for years who would be averse to partici- idarity. Ph.D. students face particu- group. The students say they have about how to better support grad- pating in this academic socialism, A group member asks if anyone lar challenges in the latter years created a social-support system in uate students. I think it’s ultimately a matter of wants another round of beers—on of their degree programs, because an academic environment that is Starting this summer, the school trust and control,” Mr. Shellhorn the collective account, of course. many universities provide more otherwise isolating and a breeding is guaranteeing full stipend sup- says. “I’d probably have an inher- Even the cigarettes that most of teaching and research assistant- ground for depression. Now their port, including for the summer, to ent distrust of what I would see the members smoke are paid for ships and other financial support fellow Ph.D. students are their all Ph.D. students in their first and as my money being spent by other through the collective’s account. toward the beginning, partly to teammates rather than their com- second years. The goal is to provide people.” “The cancer treatment, too,” Mr. encourage students to finish pro- petitors. full funding for all years, says John Marassa says. grams more quickly. The collective, says Adra Raine, Zhu, a spokesman for the graduate ‘NO ONE GOES HUNGRY’ The remark, made in jest, touch- To lessen disparities and help who is a member, is “a new para- school. es on the pitfalls of this experi- their peers who are struggling, the digm.” The literature program that Mr. Sharing is a way of life for mem- ment. The students say they hav- students at Duke are placing their Ms. Raine, who is in the fourth Wissa and other group members bers of the collective. When they go en’t thought through what would hope in collective financing. year of an English Ph.D. program, are part of went further. It is guar- out to eat, they often order plates happen if a group member did end In addition to stipends, group is the group’s only student from anteeing five years of full funding, of food—onion rings, fries, veggie up incurring major medical costs. members put outside employment the University of North Carolina Mr. Zhu says. quesadillas—that are easy to pass Or what they would do if a mem- checks, tax refunds, money from at Chapel Hill, a 15-minute drive In April the university an- around. Food that is not as easy to ber were successfully sued, or if it parents, and other income into the away. The collective is open to any- nounced that $5-million of a divvy up—a hamburger, for exam- turned out that they had let some- collective account. There are no one who wants to join, Mr. Wissa $7.5-million gift from the Duke ple—is cut into pieces and scooted one into the group who had nefari- rules, they say, and each person puts says. Endowment, a charitable founda- along a table at an Irish pub down- ous motives. in as much as he or she wants. Some Ms. Raine’s stipend, at $15,200 a tion in Charlotte, N.C., would be town. “This is still a work in progress, put in more than others. year, is less than that of her Duke set aside to create an endowment When the check comes, there is and we haven’t encountered any of counterparts, she says. for graduate fellows. The money is none of the awkwardness that often those things yet,” Mr. Wissa says. “You’re so poor,” Mr. Wissa jokes. ‘A BETTER WAY TO LIVE’ especially helpful for graduate stu- accompanies cash-strapped student “We’re cognizant that this thing “It’s not just my money anymore,” dents in traditionally underfunded dining. No disputes over who would isn’t foolproof. Someone could join, Members of the Duke Collec- she retorts. disciplines like the humanities and pay. No splitting hairs over who ate take out all the money, and run. tive, who now number nine, be- There is an easygoing banter social sciences. what. “It’s a risk,” he says. “But for us, lieve that security in the insecure among members of the group. They Mr. Wissa says concerns remain “When we go out, everyone eats,” it’s a risk worth taking.” t he chron icl e of highe r e duc at ion | j u n e 6, 2014 a7

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Henri barkeY belieVes erdogan is undermining His own legacY. Amid major corruption investigations, harsh police crackdowns of anti-government protests and suppression of the Turkish press and social media, Prime Minister Erdogan’s increasingly autocratic leadership has further distanced Turkey from the EU’s core values of freedom, equality, respect of human rights and the rule of law. Professor Henri Barkey, a leading expert on Turkey and a former member of the U.S. Department of State Policy Planning Staff, can provide the context and insights needed to understand the implications of Turkey’s shift on the world stage and help inform American foreign policy.

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By STACEY PATTON quires moving to parts of the coun- to get the degree. Academic wom- real problem isn’t a bit of extra ser- we do as professors. They think I try where dating options are few- en defer marriage and family, and vice. It’s the feeling that others—in- stay at home and sleep all day. They eet Abbe Depretis. She’s er. Mary Ann Mason, co-director many have stalled in life in terms of side and outside the academy—view don’t understand why my weekends a cute, bubbly, 31-year-old of the Center, Economics & Fam- their peers in other fields.” them as somehow incomplete. aren’t free. My area of study, rheto- Mvisiting assistant professor ily Security, at the University of Nicholas H. Wolfinger, an associ- I spoke recently with Robin (not ric, is so specific that people don’t in the School of Media and Com- California at Berkeley, has heard ate professor of family and consum- her real name), a 40-year-old grad- understand what I’m studying. It’s munication at Temple University many complaints from single fac- uate student in history who is fin- annoying to have to explain. who is finishing her dissertation ulty members who fear that small From ishing her dissertation at a research “If I date a nonacademic, I have at the University of Maryland at college towns will put a damper on university in the Midwest. Rob- to be careful, because I don’t want College Park. She’s also single, and their personal lives. in identifies herself as an “urban to come off so smart. I have to re- she’d rather not be. “They don’t want to go to some coastal queer”; she has been single member to take off my academ- “Now that I’m in my 30s,” she little place in Kansas where there’s for almost all of graduate school, ic hat and put on my dating hat. says, “I want stability.” For some not many dating possibilities,” A service of The Chronicle she says, because her university is It’s not that I have to dumb myself time now, Depretis has been hop- says Mason, who studies gender of Higher Education “very straight.” down, but I have to remind myself ing to meet “a guy who is interest- and family issues within academe. Robin asked me to withhold that not everyone is interested in ing to me—someone to come home “There are status issues. People are her name, but not because she’s rhetorical studies. My job doesn’t to at night, to eat with, to talk with, married up, and they tend to marry er studies at the University of Utah ashamed of her sexuality. Instead, define me, but I’m constantly think- younger. There’s no social life, and and an author, with Mason, of Do she says, she’s embarrassed that ing about work.” FACULTY you don’t have the same large pro- Babies Matter? Gender and Fami- she’s still single at her age. The cul- fessional class as in cities.” ly in the Ivory Tower, says that in tural assumption, she says, is that Brian Clardy, 46, associate to help pay the bills, to have a foun- Hollis Griffin, a gay 37-year-old the 1960s, academic women were by a certain age, you’re supposed to professor of history at Murray dation with.” assistant professor of media studies more likely to choose either career State University: “I’ve met wom- Sounds simple enough. The at Denison University, is just fin- or family, one or the other. “It was “ I also feel like en who were initially interested in problem, Depretis says, is that as a ishing his second year on the ten- often assumed that the price of pro- dating when they see the title ‘Dr.’ scholar, she’s had no choice but to ure track. Denison is in Granville, fessional success for women was I’d be better off They mistakenly think I have a lot spend the past decade putting her Ohio, about a 45-minute drive east forgoing a family,” he says. “Now of money—gold-digger syndrome. career over her personal life. For of Columbus. It’s a rural area, with it’s perceived as more realistic that in a monastery I’m not that kind of doctor. one thing, she’s had to respond to farms, prairies, and quaint houses, women will have it all. But for aca- because I’m as “I enjoy my work, and I take the wobbly labor market by mov- but only a few blocks of commercial demic women, that doesn’t pan out. pride in doing my research. But at ing wherever the jobs happened to activity. The numbers support this.” celibate as a the end of the day, I’m still going be. Over the past three and a half “If you have a family here, it’s Indeed, once Depretis finishes Franciscan bishop.” to come home to an empty house years, she has relocated from a steel great,” Griffin says. “But when her degree and, she hopes, lands a with no prospect of that changing. town in Pennsylvania to a residen- you’re gay and single, it’s like land- tenure-track position, the odds of I’ve been celibate for two years now. tial suburb of Maryland to a mili- ing on Mars.” finding love won’t necessarily shift have found a partner and have chil- I’m a lay preacher, so I don’t sleep tary town in Virginia and now to Beyond the geographic hurdles, in her favor. Mason and other re- dren. Otherwise you’re not consid- around. I believe in soul ties, but Philadelphia, where she lives in an the academy just demands a lot of searchers say academic women are ered a legitimate adult. I also feel like I’d be better off in a up-and-coming “hipster” neighbor- time and attention from its young more likely to be single, divorced, or “I’m not yet on the tenure track, monastery because I’m as celibate hood, as she calls it. scholars. If you’ve got papers to childless than women who pursue and so it’s hard to prioritize,” she as a Franciscan bishop. The uni- On top of all that moving, there’s grade, research work to pore over, other careers. says. “I have concerns about what versity can’t do anything to fix that. the difficulty she faces once she and service to do, something’s got And for professors of both sexes, my future is going to look like if When it comes to dating, I have lit- does get to settle in. Juggling the to give. Often it’s your personal life. there’s another downside to being I can’t find myself a position in a erally run out of options. That’s a demands of academic life—the dis- That’s a problem, says Ma- single: You may get extra work. “A community where I’m comfortable. terrible price to pay for being in any sertation-writing, the teaching, the son, because scholars are get- department chair may say, ‘I can’t I don’t want to be a single academic profession.” relentless CV-building—has left her ting Ph.D.’s—and their first steady give this committee assignment for the rest of my career.” little time and emotional energy to jobs—at an older age. The average to Betty because she’s married. I’ll Tikia K. Hamilton, 38, Ph.D. wade through the fiber-optic hot Ph.D. now comes at 34, the first job give it to Barbara, who is single and Abbe Depretis, 31, visiting as- candidate in history at Prince- mess of online dating. She’s tried, in the mid-to-late 30s, she says. has more time.’ ” says Wolfinger. sistant professor of strategic ton University: “People have this here and there, but the results have “The culture has changed,” she “Single faculty get asked to dine communication at Temple Uni- impression that I have a full life. I been underwhelming. On a Match. says. “It’s accelerated in the aca- with candidates.” versity: “When you date nonaca- have a Type A personality, I’m pur- com dating profile, Depretis de- demic world because it takes longer But for many single scholars, the demics, they don’t understand what suing my Ph.D., I travel, I stay ac- scribed herself as “caring and com- tive. But I recognize that I do all passionate, a traveler, dog-lover, this because I don’t want to be one fun, and playful.” She suspended of those people who sits around that account about two weeks ago, wallowing in my sadness. I’m good though. She was tired of receiving at masking the reality of my lone- nasty, sexually suggestive messag- liness. I keep moving and try to fill es from men. that void of not being in a relation- Depretis isn’t inclined to put ship with other stuff. her academic career on hold to “I spend 99 percent of my time find love. But she has considered alone. To be without someone making other accommodations. holding your hand, to go with- Among the possibilities: freezing out a kiss, without physical and her eggs, just in case the time for emotional contact, is devastating. a serious relationship and a family There’s a whole bunch of us ac- doesn’t arrive for a while. ademics walking around feeling alone.” THE ONE-BODY PROBLEM Hollis Griffin, 37, assistant There’s been much attention professor of media studies at paid to the challenges that aca- Denison University: “In my third demic couples face, especially the year on the job market, I landed a so-called “two-body problem,” the tenure-track position in Granville, difficulty that scholarly couples Ohio. Even though there’s no gay encounter in finding jobs in the community here, economic securi- same state, let alone the same in- ty seemed more attractive than the stitution. But less is said about the idea of sticking around in Maine. I “one-body problem” facing single didn’t want to live hand to mouth, academics in their 30s and early not knowing whether I would have 40s, like Depretis. These singles health insurance. often find themselves sitting out “Once I arrived in Granville, I the dating game until and even af- knew I had made a tragic error. ter they find stable employment. My colleagues are lovely, but it They do so, researchers say, was very solitary and hard to be for a number of reasons that are away from shopping and a ‘gay’ unique to academe. Pursuing a Clockwise from top left: Abbe Depretis, visiting assistant professor at Temple U.; Brian Clardy, associate anything. So I recently moved to postdoc, a visiting professorship, professor of history at Murray State U.; Hollis Griffin, assistant professor of media studies at Denison U.; Columbus. I commute to campus or a tenure-track position often re- Tikia K. Hamilton, Ph.D. candidate in history at Princeton U. All have put romantic life on hold for academe. three or four days a week.” t he chron icl e of highe r e duc at ion | j u n e 6, 2014 a9

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Middlebury Faculty Turns Away From Online-Education Company

By STEVE KOLOWICH online-education company, to cre- expressed general concerns about online courses are holdovers from contributor to The Chronicle’s Con- ate small, credit-bearing online online education and for-profit K12’s previous partnerships, but he versation blog.) aculty members at Middle- courses. education ventures. Others noted said the figure is “definitely well un- A spokesman for K12 had no com- bury College last month took Middlebury’s partnership with that K12 had been co-founded by der 50 percent.” ment on the faculty’s vote, except to Fa stand against its partnership K12 has nothing to do with trans- William J. Bennett, a conservative The company has since “clarified say the company and the college have with K12 Inc., an online-education posing the college’s own curriculum pundit and politician who served in its marketing materials that the “a strong partnership” and to cite the company that has been helping the to an online format. Even so, pro- as U.S. education secretary under Latin courses were not developed Middlebury president’s essay. Vermont college use its reputation fessors there are increasingly wor- President Ronald Reagan. Howev- in partnership with Middlebury Mr. Liebowitz has denied all ac- as a language-instruction mecca in er, there was no attempt to block or by Middlebury Classics faculty,” cusations of censorship and has dis- a business venture. TECHNOLOGY the partnership. wrote Mr. Liebowitz in the student missed the notion that Middlebury The professors voted, 95 to 16, to Middlebury Interactive Lan- newspaper. “We have put new con- Interactive Languages is bending to end the relationship with the com- ried about having any affiliation at guages would not share financial trols in place to help prevent simi- political pressure. He did, however, pany. all with the company. information with The Chronicle. lar issues in the future.” acknowledge the absence of nontra- “The business practices of K12 Inc. In 2010, Middlebury announced But Jane M. Swift, chief execu- But the confusion over who was ditional families in the company’s are at odds with the integrity, reputa- that it would go into business with tive and a former acting governor responsible for the content of the courses, and said the college would tion, and educational mission of the K12 to create Middlebury Inter- of Massachusetts, said it had seen Latin course highlighted the com- work with the venture to make new college,” wrote Paula Schwartz, a pro- active Languages, a free-standing “significant growth over the past plications that can arise when a col- courses more inclusive. fessor of French, in her rationale for company that would sell online three years.” It has 75 full-time em- lege and a company go into busi- Still, the president said, he stands introducing the motion. language courses to elementary and ployees and has moved its head- ness together. behind the partnership with K12. “Press reports and court records secondary schools. The new compa- quarters to downtown Middlebury, The incident raised the antennae “Middlebury’s long record of inno- show that K12 Inc. has a record ny would develop the courses with near the college. The company’s of some Middlebury faculty mem- vation and experimentation has fre- of misleading claims and dubi- faculty members at Middlebury website says that its courses are bers, and additional complaints quently been questioned by those ous business practices,” she wrote. College and its famous language used in 1,200 schools, and that it soon emerged. Some professors comfortable with the status quo,” he “Middlebury’s association with K12 program. The college would con- has several statewide contracts. noted that the online courses be- wrote. The preservation of other ele- Inc. puts its own reputation at risk.” tribute its good name and own 40 ing sold by Middlebury Interactive ments of Middlebury’s status quo— The vote was not binding and percent of the venture. K12, supply- CLOSER WATCH Languages do not portray same-sex its need-blind admissions policy, may not affect Middlebury’s online ing the technology and marketing couples or nontraditional families. small classes, competitive pay for ambitions. The college’s president, expertise, would own 60 percent. Now that Middlebury Interac- The professors said they suspected faculty members—may depend on Ronald D. Liebowitz, said he con- “The idea was to extend Middle- tive Languages is serving clients, this might have been done to avoid the college’s ability to cultivate new tinued to support the partnership bury’s leadership in higher-educa- the scrutiny of the college’s faculty clashing with conservative school revenue sources, he argued. with the company. Still, the facul- tion language instruction into other has intensified. boards, especially in Texas, which Ms. Schwartz, the French profes- ty’s uneasiness is the latest example markets,” said Bill Burger, the col- This year a Latin teacher at one is one of the company’s clients. sor who introduced the faculty mo- of professors at a liberal-arts col- lege’s vice president for communi- high school that uses Middlebury “First and foremost, K12 Inc. is tion, told The Chronicle that it was lege taking a hard line against po- cations, in an interview. Interactive Languages found er- a corporation that makes profit by aimed at K12 rather than at Mid- tentially profitable collaborations “We knew we could not launch rors in a Latin course and reported taking taxpayer dollars for educa- dlebury Interactive Languages. with outside entities. courses independently, as we need- them to a professor in the college’s tion and converting bricks-and- Any decision to cut ties with the Last year faculty members at ed the technological experience and classics department. The teacher mortar learning with face-to-face company would have to involve Amherst College and at Duke Uni- scale to allow for course develop- thought the course had been devel- teaching into online courses,” wrote Middlebury’s Board of Trustees, versity fended off partnerships with ment and meaningful student and oped by the college, but it turned Laurie Essig, an associate professor said Mr. Burger, the vice president outside online-education providers. course assessment,” said Mr. Lieb- out to have been developed by Pow- of sociology and women’s and gen- for communications. At a regular- Amherst declined an invitation to owitz, the president, defending the er-Glide Languages Courses, a der studies, on a student-run blog. ly scheduled meeting in May, board join edX, a nonprofit provider of partnership in an op-ed essay in company that K12 had acquired. “This model of education is part of members discussed the faculty’s massive open online courses. The May in the student newspaper. A spokesman for Middlebury In- a larger conservative agenda to de- opposition to the partnership. “It’s undergraduate faculty at Duke de- Some faculty members were teractive Languages could not im- fund public education and let the reasonable to say this will be a con- clined to collaborate with 2U, an skeptical from the outset. Some mediately confirm how many of its ‘market’ step in.” (Ms. Essig is also a tinuing discussion,” he said. U. of Florida, After Lengthy Wait, Dives Deeply Into Online Education

By MEGAN O’NEIL rollment then to be about 1,000. The In an editorial, the newspaper faculty members that UF Online “The University of Florida was application deadline was June 1. cited the departure of Ms. Phillips would strip the undergraduate de- virtually absent” from that activ- little more than a year af- If the online effort is to succeed, and the initial lack of transparency gree down to its classes, abandon- ity, he notes. But in 2012 the Leg- ter Florida lawmakers com- it will have to be an upward march in saying that UF Online was “off to ing other valuable parts of the stu- islature funded a comprehensive A mitted $35-million to the from there. The university’s busi- a rough start.” dent experience, says Marc Heft, study of online education in Flori- University of Florida to create a re- ness plan for UF Online calls for an chair of the Faculty Senate. Still, da. Recommendations led to legis- duced-cost, online-only baccalau- enrollment of 24,152 students in 35 GROWING PAINS with assurances from J. Bernard lation, and in April 2013, Gov. Rick reate program, university officials degree programs by 2024. It also Machen, president of the university, Scott signed a bill that included the say they are taking stock of the in- projects $76.6-million in revenue Mr. McCollough calls that char- they have chosen to embrace it and $35-million over five years to start augural semester while preparing and $14.5-million in profit by then. acterization “inaccurate and un- will be able to design, install, and UF Online. for the second. The first semester was not without fair.” The university needed a pri- evaluate UF Online courses. The mandate is to deliver online UF Online began in January with stumbles. The university hired Eliza- vate partner to get the program un- “We are strangers in a strange degrees at 75 percent of the cost of 20 classes. About 565 students com- beth D. Phillips, a veteran adminis- der way and to drive enrollment, he land, but we have the opportuni- an on-campus education, under the pleted the first semester—95 per- trator who had helped build Arizona says. And Ms. Phillips’s departure, ty to assess what is going on,” Mr. University of Florida brand. cent of those enrolled, says W. An- State University’s online program, as while unfortunate, did not cause se- Heft says. “The president has made “We wanted to charter new executive director. But in March she rious disruption. it clear that he will be supporting ground,” says Will Weatherford, TECHNOLOGY voluntarily left to return to teach- “This is a train that is already go- these activities. There will be an in- the Republican speaker of the State ing at Arizona State, after less than ing down the tracks, and if we have frastructure in place.” House of Representatives and au- drew McCollough, associate provost three months on the job. to change the conductor along the UF Online stands to bolster the thor of the legislation. “This is an for teaching and technology, who In addition, The Gainesville Sun, way, the tracks don’t vary,” he says. State of Florida’s stature as a well- experiment in higher education.” oversees the program. All of them a local newspaper, criticized the “We know where we are going and spring of online education. The Meantime, a search is under way were transfer students because op- university for failing to make pub- what we have to do to get there.” state ranked first in the number of for a new executive director, Mr. erations were not up and running lic all of the details of its contract Growing pains are inevitable, students at four-year institutions McCollough says. He and his col- until after the application deadline with Embanet, a company that pro- says Wendell Porter, a lecturer and who take classes only online, ac- leagues are exploring how to pro- for first-time students had passed. vides online-education services to adviser in the university’s depart- cording to an analysis conducted vide labs for science classes. And “The persistence acid test will colleges. Of particular interest was ment of agricultural and biological by Phil Hill, a higher-education they are working to make the UF come when we get a larger number a revenue-sharing agreement. engineering, who has taught online consultant. There were 196,454 stu- Online application process and oth- of first-time-in-college kids,” Mr. Embanet, owned by Pearson, the classes since 2008. And, he says, dents in Florida taking at least one er operations more “nimble.” McCollough says. “These transfer publishing giant, helps UF Online it is gratifying for educators who online course in the fall of 2012. What he finds most exciting, he students, or degree-completer stu- create digital content, provides mar- worked for years to expand online “The University of Central Flor- says, is that UF Online provides ac- dents, often are a little older. They keting and recruiting services, and education at Florida to see UF On- ida is clearly one of the top 10 in- cess to college courses where it may are less interested in the college helps manage enrollment and reten- line emerge. stitutions doing online work in not have existed before, while also experience and more interested in tion. According to the business plan, “We are working all these things the country right now, maybe emphasizing teaching in new ways. college degrees.” the company could receive up to out, but at the very least it enables even higher than that,” says David “The combination of those,” he says, UF Online has received about $186-million over 10 years, although you to go after a wider audience and A. Longanecker, president of the “is good news for our society, which 1,500 applications for the fall, says the amount is contingent upon how grab more people,” Mr. Porter says. Western Interstate Commission for is dedicated to the notion that educa- Mr. McCollough, who expects en- many students it brings in. At first there was concern among Higher Education. tion is consistent with progress.” t he chron icl e of highe r e duc at ion | j u n e 6, 2014 a11

Campus Shootings Prompt Online Discourse About Gender-Based Violence

By MONICA VENDITUOLI bias are not mass killers, noted S. culture,” she said, “but the broader Daniel Carter, director of the 32 aspects of street harassment and he shooting rampage on May National Campus Safety Initiative the very value of women.” 23 near the University of Cal- at the VTV Family Outreach Foun- Students have taken the oppor- Tifornia at Santa Barbara, ap- dation, an advocacy group repre- tunity to make strong pronounce- parently motivated by the gunman’s senting survivors and victims of ments. “Sexual assault on college anger at having been rejected by the 2007 mass shooting at Virginia campuses is a microcosm of the mi- women, has sparked a broader dis- Tech. But the conversation follow- sogyny women experience in society ing the killings in Santa Barbara is at large,” said Sofie Karasek, a rising STUDENTS important, he said. senior at the University of California “Nonmass violence is where the at Berkeley and an activist against cussion of violence against women on real threat lies,” said Mr. Carter, sexual violence. The shootings in campuses and beyond. College stu- who lobbied for the recent Campus Santa Barbara, she said, were “just a dents and young alumni raised their Sexual Violence Elimination Act. really extreme manifestation.” voices last week on Twitter, respond- “It’s violence against women that Like other students, she used the ing to the hashtag #NotAllMen with happens in college communities hashtag to say that her university did the label #YesAllWomen. every day, one on one.” not punish a classmate she says sex- The gunman, 22, who killed six Students’ participation in the ually assaulted her and three others. students at Santa Barbara before #YesAllWomen discussion comes Allie Wilkinson, a 2007 gradu- LUCY NICHOLSON, REUTERS, NEWSCOM fatally shooting himself, left be- as many self-identified survivors of ate of Eckerd College who says she The killing of six U. of California at Santa Barbara students last month hind a chilling video and diatribe sexual assault are pressing colleges was sexually assaulted there, de- by a misogynist gunman has spurred wide discussion, on campus and off. describing hateful views of wom- to respond more fully to the issue. scribed her experience as unfortu- en and promising to “punish” them. The White House has pledged a nately common. the hashtag #YesAllWhiteWomen. Kelly Bowker, who is headed to On the whole, the #YesAllWomen “coordinated federal response,” and “Part of what’s been so great If the shootings had happened at a Arizona State University in August, conversation argues that, while not several dozen institutions are now about the #YesAllWomen hashtag historically black college, Ms. Jackson said her family advised her to carry all men are misogynistic, all wom- under investigation by the U.S. De- is to see others discussing these said in an interview, “the response pepper spray and not to take night en face the threat of gender-based partment of Education for, among things openly,” said Ms. Wilkinson. would have been, ‘That’s what they classes. “For girls,” she tweeted using violence at some point in their lives. other possible violations, not re- “Seeing others speak frankly and do, they are thugs.’ It would have been the #YesAllWomen hashtag, that’s The hashtag was used more than a solving students’ reports of rape publicly about it may encourage written off. It may have made nation- what “going off to college means.” million times by Tuesday of last promptly and fairly, as required by other women to speak up and know al news, but I highly doubt it.” Still, Ms. Bowker is encouraged week, according to CNN. federal gender-equity law. that they are not alone.” That campus sexual assault has by the discussion. “Some people “Because college campuses tell “The irony is college campuses Some participants in the conver- made national news lately concerns say complaining on social media women, ‘Don’t walk home alone at are 60 percent women, but there sation have asked whether #YesAll- parents like Kathy A. Zahler, whose doesn’t do anything,” she said. “But night,’ when they should tell men, is a sexual-assault epidemic across Women would have started had the daughter will start college in the fall. there are so many women coming ‘Keep your hands to yourself’” one the country,” said Lisa Maatz, vice shooting involved college women of “Parents like me are not just buying forward, and I hope people will lis- person wrote. “The fact that my president for government relations color. Jenn M. Jackson, an adjunct laptops and dorm furniture for their ten.” college campus has a parking lot at the American Association of instructor who teaches the course children,” said Ms. Zahler. “They are known as ‘rape lot,’” said another. University Women. “A national dia- “Black Politics” at California State arming them with information that Robin Wilson contributed to this Most people who exhibit gender logue is in order not just about rape University at Fullerton, began using they wish they didn’t have to give.” report.

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By PAUL BASKEN to one of two levels of oxygen sup- tutional review board, blaming the ply to try to find which was the bet- study for injuries to their babies. he federal agency responsi- ter amount. Previous experience Even before the emails were re- ble for protecting patients in had suggested that too little oxygen leased, questions had arisen about Tmedical trials is being chal- could increase the risk of death, whether the OHRP was losing ef- lenged over its effectiveness and in- and too much could lead to blind- fectiveness. An article published this dependence, in new fallout from an ness. The experiment at some loca- month in “Report on Research Com- experiment suspected of endanger- tions appeared not to have been ful- pliance,” a specialty newsletter, not- ing hundreds of premature infants. ly explained to parents. ed that the OHRP opened only one Government email records ob- The OHRP last year sent a let- formal investigation in 2013, con- tained by a private watchdog group ter to the University of Alabama at tinuing an almost continuous slide depict the agency, the Office for Birmingham, the study’s lead insti- downward from 91 cases when it Human Research Protections, as tution, citing a series of problems began operations. Subsequent num- with the work, including a failure to bers were 43 in 2005, 15 in 2006, 16 RESEARCH properly notify parents of the risks. in 2007, five in 2008, and 10 in 2012, But two months later, the office re- the article said. The OHRP says the yielding to pressure from the Na- treated, postponing any move to- numbers are accurate. tional Institutes of Health—includ- ward imposing penalties and telling Arthur L. Caplan, a professor ing from the NIH’s director, Fran- ISTOCK the university that the OHRP’s own of bioethics at New York Univer- cis S. Collins—to halt criticism of Complaints about a U. of Alabama study on premature babies led the guidance may not have been clear sity, called the decline troubling. the NIH and academic researchers Office for Human Research Protections to question the university. Then, enough. “It is completely unclear why that involved in the infant study. emails show, the NIH intervened on the researchers’ behalf. The email records obtained by would be, and suspicious, because Beyond that one high-profile case, the watchdog group, Public Citizen, there’s no reason to think anything the research-protection office has show the NIH as deeply involved in else changed from last year or years also acknowledged a sharp drop in on some key points of contention, ing that community apart, poten- persuading the OHRP to reverse past,” he said. the number of formal investigations including why the office still lets tially slowing medical progress, course. The emails include a May Others, such as Dr. Koski, are it has conducted, from 91 in 2001 to the NIH guide its actions nearly 15 driving up costs, and even endan- 2013 message from Dr. Collins to his willing to credit the OHRP and just one last year, leaving even its al- years after the department separat- gering patients. staff summarizing the NIH’s work universities with progress. In part, lies unsure whether it has been slack- ed them to avoid conflicts of interest “There’s a need for a lot of conver- with the office “to develop a con- Dr. Koski said, the decline reflects ing off, grown much more efficient, or between the NIH’s mission of pro- sation about these things, and we’re sensus set of statements that OHRP a backlog of cases that faced the perhaps become paralyzed by the po- moting research and the OHRP’s getting a lot of argument,” said could put forward to clarify the situ- OHRP when it opened. litical intrigue. duty to police it. Alan R. Fleischman, a professor of ation with the Support study.” The research-protection office Better practices by universi- “OHRP and NIH, being sep- clinical pediatrics at the Albert Ein- Officials at both agencies referred said it received 142 complaints last ties and their institutional review arate, doesn’t mean they cannot stein College of Medicine of Yeshiva questions about the emails to the year, leading to the one investiga- boards are the most likely explana- work together,” said a department University. “We’re not getting a lot Department of Health and Human tion and to agency action in nine tion for the declining enforcement spokesman, Tait Sye, who declined of thoughtful, collegial, collabora- Services, which issued a statement other instances, such as clarifying rates, said Edward Greg Koski, an to elaborate. tive thinking to move the field.” saying the OHRP “regularly works misunderstandings about a trial associate professor of anesthesia at The problems are coming at with entities such as NIH” and uni- or ensuring that a participant was Harvard University, who led the of- a time when many experts ar- LINES OF AUTHORITY versities’ institutional review boards paid. Dozens of other complaints fice for its first two years, starting in gue that the rules for protecting “to ensure the protection of human were either outside the OHRP’s ju- 2000. But Dr. Koski admitted that, human subjects in scientific re- The problems with the infant subjects in research.” The emails risdiction or involved nongermane right now, “none of us know truly search need an overhaul to reflect study, known as the “Support” tri- themselves depict department offi- topics, it said. what is going on” inside the agency. modern processes. Yet instead of al, are regarded by experts as ex- cials and Jerry A. Menikoff, direc- Over all, the decline in formal cas- Both the OHRP and its organi- bringing the research communi- emplifying the change needed in tor of the OHRP, as clearly willing es reflects various trends, the depart- zational parent, the Department of ty together to make those ethical- both rules and practices. The trial to accept the NIH’s advice on how ment said, including the use of infor- Health and Human Services, issued ly and scientifically complicated involved some 1,300 premature in- to handle the Support matter. mal ways of dealing with less-serious statements defending their actions. decisions, the OHRP and the tur- fants at two dozen hospitals who, At least 11 families have sued the allegations, “which can frequently be They declined to answer questions moil surrounding it may be driv- from 2004 to 2009, were assigned University of Alabama and its insti- handled by a phone call.” For-Profit Colleges Decry Gainful-Employment Proposal as ‘Biased’

By GOLDIE BLUMENSTYK ed that this proposal “falls short.” relief to students in programs that opment and social policy, and of reasonable.” Based on that finding, The council, along with the 18 oth- fail—is “urgently needed.” economics, at Northwestern Uni- they estimate that the rule, over the Washington er organizations that signed its let- Meanwhile, three dozen mem- versity. The eligibility of programs next decade, could deny access to two he for-profit-college in- ter, asked the department to pro- bers of the House of Representa- should not be “subject to the whims million to 7.5 million students. dustry’s trade association, vide more exemptions for programs tives, both Democrats and Republi- of the nation’s economy,” he said in Both the Charles River report Tbacked by a 100-page re- where few students borrow and de- cans, have asked their colleagues to an interview. and Apscu’s comments note that port by economists, is coming out fault and where the amounts they bar the department from proceed- The analysis also challenges the many of the programs that could swinging against the U.S. Depart- borrow are low. ing with the rule. department’s use of a threshold of 8 be denied federal student aid un- ment of Education’s draft “gainful The gainful-employment rule, percent as a benchmark for passing der the gainful-employment rule employment” regulation. which would apply to all for-prof- ‘FUNDAMENTALLY FLAWED’ the debt-to-earning test. The 8-per- enroll a high proportion of female, The proposal is “flawed, arbi- it-college programs as well as ca- cent figure “is not a number that is minority, and financially needy stu- trary, and biased,” and will deny reer-focused programs at pub- Apscu’s comments draw heavily implied by any standard economic dents. “The department has clearly educational access to as many as lic and private nonprofit colleges, on a new report by economists at model, or supported by research as forgotten the central purpose of the 7.5 million students over the next Charles River Associates, a consult- the department suggests,” the Charles Higher Education Act—which is to decade, contends the Association FOR-PROFIT ing firm, who contend that the rule River report says, using language that assist in making available the ben- of Private Sector Colleges and Uni- is fundamentally flawed on eco- hints at what might be a partial basis efits of postsecondary education to versities, or Apscu, in documents it would deny federal student aid to nomic principles. The report says for a legal challenge based on asser- all eligible students,” said Apscu’s filed last week. programs where too many students the rule is wrongheaded because tions that the department acted arbi- president in a news release. In a preview of what will be its default on their loans or where their it bases one of its tests on the level trarily in devising the rule. But the coalition seeking an likely legal challenge should the debt, relative to their earnings or of students’ earnings, not whether Apscu challenged a previ- even tougher rule contends that rule be adopted in its current form, discretionary income, is too high. they’ve seen a gain in earnings as ous gainful-employment rule on it is necessary precisely because Apscu attacks the department for A number of student, veteran, a result of their education, and be- such grounds, and a court agreed, so many low-income and minority relying on “discredited sources” and consumer-advocacy groups, as cause the rule doesn’t allow for any throwing out the rule. students “are heavily recruited” by, in developing the regulation and well as several Democratic U.S. sen- adjustments based on broader eco- Mr. Guryan and his co-author at and enroll at, for-profit colleges says the rule would affect far more ators and representatives, have been nomic conditions that have noth- Charles River, Matthew R. Thomp- with poor outcomes for students. for-profit-college students than the urging the department to strength- ing to do with the quality of an aca- son, also dispute estimates by the de- Apscu’s argument misses the department has projected. en the rule. Last week a coalition of demic program but could affect stu- partment on the likely impact of the broader point, said Rory O’Sulli- May 27 was the deadline for more than 50 such groups repeated dents’ earnings and loan defaults. rule. For example, the department van, deputy director of Young In- public comments on the rule, and that call in a letter to the education If there were another big reces- estimated that 85 to 90 percent of vincibles, one of the groups in the among the many other groups secretary, Arne Duncan. The letter sion, “a lot of programs” would “fail students in programs that failed coalition. that weighed in was the American says that the regulation —with some and become ineligible,” said Jon- would find alternatives. Mr. Guryan “We want to open doors for stu- Council on Education, which sub- changes, such as limits on enroll- athan Guryan, a co-author of the and Mr. Thompson ran several sce- dents,” he said. “We don’t want mitted a letter that praised the idea ments in poorly performing pro- Charles River report and an as- narios and concluded that an esti- to open doors that lead them off of “smart regulations” but conclud- grams and provisions for financial sociate professor of human devel- mate of 25 to 50 percent was “more cliffs.” t he chron icl e of highe r e duc at ion | j u n e 6, 2014 a13

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There are many ways to change the world.

A first-generation college graduate, Robert A. Foise ‘56 Already the university’s largest single donor, Mr. Foisie credits Worcester Polytechnic Institute—one of the has committed $40 million so that other talented young nation’s earliest technological universities—for helping men and women of modest means will benefit, as he him make his mark. did, from the intensely personal educational experience that WPI has offered for nearly 150 years. Here, he says, he learned to think and to apply his abilities and knowledge to grow—as a person, and as Bob Foisie considers this gift his personal dream a businessman. Somewhere along the way, perhaps fulfilled. So far, there are 580 outstanding young rooted in his humble beginnings, he also learned scientists, engineers, and business leaders who share to give back. that dream. Looking forward, there will be legions more.

$63 million in lifetime giving. Thank you, Mr. Foisie, for paying it forward.

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A Trustee’s Connections May Complicate NYU-Abu Dhabi Labor Probe

By JACK STRIPLING cle, adding that the “results will be bi campus has involved numerous ters, as both watchdog for NYU’s whether Mr. Al Mubarak worked transparently reported.” As of last contractors. In a written state- best interests and a government of- directly with the agency. ew York University has week, however, university officials ment, a spokesman for Mubadala ficial loyal to Abu Dhabi, Mr. Sie- Mr. Al Mubarak’s role as chief ex- promised a swift investiga- said they could not answer ques- said that the company’s role was as gel said. Those interests may not al- ecutive of Mubadala has come under Ntion into recent allegations tions about whether a third party “development manager,” overseeing ways be aligned. some scrutiny because the company that construction workers were would conduct the probe or how the appointment of contractors who “Are they getting the full pic- was responsible for construction of mistreated on its Abu Dhabi cam- the board might respond if Mr. Al “pledged adherence” to the stan- ture, or is he filtering information?” the Saadiyat Island campus, where pus, but the probe could be par- Mubarak were found to have any dards set forth in 2009. asked Mr. Siegel, a Chicago lawyer. the labor problems were alleged. ticularly thorny, given a university responsibility for labor problems. “The issues raised, if accurate, “If I were on the board, I’d be saying But NYU officials have pushed back trustee’s role in the emirate’s gov- “Mr. Al Mubarak is a respected not only violate the spirit of the to myself, ‘Wait a second, I can’t just against any suggestion that a com- ernment. member of the NYU board, and Joint Statement of Labor Values, be listening to what this guy says. I pany headed by one of its trustees NYU has been embroiled in con- his membership is not in question,” they violate Mubadala’s own princi- have to have some independent and got a sweetheart deal to build a cam- troversy since last month, when John H. Beckman, a university ples of doing business,” Robin Had- objective viewpoint to make sure pus overseas. On the contrary, offi- The New York Times reported that spokesman, said in an email. drill, the spokesman, wrote. the university is being protected.’” cials said, the government that owns Mr. Al Mubarak was not made That objective viewpoint is said Mubadala is pumping money into LEADERSHIP available for comment. MAN OF CONNECTIONS to be provided by Mott MacDon- NYU by agreeing to pay for campus Jill T. Derby, a consultant with ald, a third-party consulting com- construction and operations. laborers building the opulent, gov- the Association of Governing College trustees across the Unit- pany that produces annual reports “To be clear: NYU did not pay ernment-financed campus in the Boards of Universities and Colleges, ed States are expected to bring about labor-standard compliance any money to Mubadala or any- United Arab Emirates had lived in said that the allegations had “cast a money and connections to the insti- at NYU-Abu Dhabi. The group’s one else associated with the proj- squalid housing and struggled to shadow” on New York University’s tutions they serve, and in that sense latest report found some problems ect,” Mr. Beckman, the university get by on low wages. Those charges operations in Abu Dhabi and that Mr. Al Mubarak is a typical board but concluded that, “over all, there spokesman, said. “Were there to were particularly damaging to any trustees with direct involve- member. No one can argue with his is strong evidence confirming the be an issue that posed a conflict of NYU, given the university’s “state- ment in the project should step connections. NYU-AD project is taking workers’ some sort, the board would handle ment of labor values,” issued in away from the investigation. In 2010, The Wall Street Journal rights seriously.” it in the appropriate manner.” 2009, which pledged that all work- “There are clear guidelines about named Mr. Al Mubarak among its Mott MacDonald is part of a mon- In recent years, NYU has seemed ers on the campus would be treated that person recusing themselves “Who’s Who” of nonroyal officials in itoring regime that includes sev- to lurch from one controversy to the with a level of fairness and dignity from that entire discussion,” said the United Arab Emirates. eral different agencies, and Mr. Al next. Faculty critics have trained uncommon in the region. Ms. Derby, a former chairwoman Ticking off his credentials as Mubarak is not far removed from their criticism on John E. Sexton, The controversy has brought at- of the Nevada System of Higher a powerful force, the newspaper any of them. Tamkeen, the govern- the university’s president, and the tention to Khaldoon Khalifa Al Education’s Board of Regents. “The mentioned Mr. Al Mubarak’s role ment agency that appointed Mott Board of Trustees, both of whom Mubarak, a member of the univer- standard is, you leave the room.” as “right-hand man” to the crown MacDonald, is wholly owned by the detractors describe as having an sity’s Board of Trustees who is a Mr. Al Mubarak’s connections prince, his sporty Maserati, and his Executive Affairs Authority of the overly corporate approach to gov- businessman and a policy adviser to the project are significant. He is increasing international profile as Government of Abu Dhabi, a pol- ernance. to the crown prince of Abu Dhabi. chairman of Abu Dhabi’s govern- chairman of England’s Manchester icy-advising group led by Mr. Al Mark Crispin Miller, a profes- Through various leadership roles, ment-run Mubadala Development City Football Club. Mubarak. sor of media studies, said the Abu Mr. Al Mubarak has been at the Company, which was given the task NYU’s board added Mr. Al “Tamkeen has the mandate to de- Dhabi controversy was just the lat- nexus of a group of organizations of building NYU’s main campus Mubarak to its roster in February liver the NYU-AD Project on behalf est manifestation of problems that charged by the university and its in the emirate, on Saadiyat Island. 2008, about four months after the of the government of Abu Dhabi and arise when dealmakers run an aca- Abu Dhabi governmental partners He also has reporting-line author- Abu Dhabi deal was announced. to monitor the NYU-AD Project’s demic institution. with monitoring whether workers, ity over Tamkeen, the Abu Dhabi Jack B. Siegel, a nonprofit-gover- commitment to workers’ rights,” the “When you have a board that’s including contractors and vendors, agency charged with monitoring nance expert, said it was easy to see compliance report states. comprised exclusively of big players in were treated appropriately. the project’s “commitment to work- why the board would want Mr. Al Officials at NYU and Mubadala, real estate, finance, and law, without NYU officials have pledged a ers’ rights,” an independent compli- Mubarak’s expertise. At the same the development company, did not any academic element,” he said, “it is “thorough investigation” of the al- ance report states. time, Mr. Al Mubarak is in the respond to inquiries about Tam- inevitable that they will tend to forget legations raised in the Times arti- Construction of the Abu Dha- unique position of serving two mas- keen’s leadership, and specifically what a university is really for.” Retention Concerns Grow as More Foreign Students Come to U.S.

By KARIN FISCHER desire to attend an institution that is a “better fit.” San Diego By contrast, the factors most cit- ike many American colleges, ed by the students themselves were the University of West Flor- squarely financial: access to jobs Lida has seen marked growth or internships, affordability, and in recent years in its internation- availability of scholarships. Round- al-student enrollment. ing out the top five: dissatisfaction But it was a different trend that with the food and the dormitories. alarmed Rachel Errington, director of the university’s Office of Interna- ‘A GAP IN UNDERSTANDING’ tional Students. The number of for- That’s not to say either percep- INTERNATIONAL tion is wrong, said Rahul Chouda- ha, the project’s lead researcher. eign students leaving the public in- Rather, the survey results, based stitution, on Florida’s Gulf Coast, on responses from nearly 500 ed- without earning a degree was also ucators and 500 students at more on the rise. In 2008, West Florida’s than 100 colleges, underscore that retention rate for international stu- “there may be a gap in understand- dents was 95 percent. Three years ing about what students want and later, it was 83 percent. what they’re getting,” he said. “And What, Ms. Errington wondered, students may not understand what was going on? institutions want and what they’re She’s not the only one asking. getting.” Last week Nafsa: Association of In- The results also show some vari- ternational Educators released the MATT DILYARD ability among different types of findings of a nationwide survey on An international student at the College of Wooster presents a project to fellow students. The Ohio college colleges. Administrators at doctor- international-student retention. will begin offering a course this fall to help new foreign students adjust academically and culturally. ate-granting institutions, for exam- While earlier research has looked ple, were more likely to say academ- at the retention and academic suc- ic and English-language difficulties cess of foreign students on individ- stitutions. And the survey, conduct- ternational undergraduates and the Educators attributed foreign un- were at the root of retention prob- ual campuses or within universi- ed by World Education Services, a college administrators who work dergraduates’ decision to drop out lems. Meanwhile, students at bac- ty systems, the Nafsa study, made nonprofit organization that studies with them. or transfer to a variety of reasons, calaureate institutions were more public at its annual meeting here, international-education trends, in- It turns out the two groups view including finances, academics, En- concerned about affordability but is the first to do so across many in- cludes the perspectives of both in- retention issues quite differently. glish-language problems, and the reported greater satisfaction with t he chron icl e of highe r e duc at ion | j u n e 6, 2014 a15 Perceptions About Retention the availability of scholarships than spot students who are struggling did their peers at other colleges. early, instead of “when they fail As more international students attend American colleges, concerns have grown about their sense of The research did not examine their classes first semester.” satisfaction and rates of retention. A new survey suggests a gap between why those students say they leave the full range of foreign students in At West Florida, Ms. Errington college before earning degrees and why educators think they do. the United States. It did not include has conducted her own surveys to Top reasons institutions report for Issues with which international students graduate students or students who try to determine the reasons be- transfer to four-year institutions hind falling retention rates. She has students' leaving before graduating report the greatest dissatisfaction from community colleges, inten- used the findings to craft some pos- 67% sive-English courses, or on-campus sible fixes. Among them, starting a 64% 62% preparatory programs. voucher program to cut the cost of Yet, over all, the findings do sug- taxi rides from the college’s rela- 49% gest that American colleges need to tively isolated campus into down- 37% 36% 34% do a better job of dealing with the town Pensacola and encouraging mismatch between the expecta- other offices and departments to tions international students have of offer more on-campus jobs and in- studying in the United States and ternships to foreign students. Her 23% their experience once on an Amer- latest effort is a mentoring program 15% ican campus, said Sheila Schulte, that connects international stu- Transferred Financial Academic Lack of access Affordability Lack Nafsa’s senior director for interna- dents with American classmates. to "better fit" reasons difficulties to jobs of availability tional enrollment management and West Florida’s retention rate, she institution or internships of scholarships international student and scholar said, has rebounded. Source: Nafsa: Association of International Educators services. College recruiters should be up- front about academic requirements and about what it takes to succeed in an American college classroom, Ms. Schulte said, especially with students who come from very dif- ferent educational backgrounds. They should also be open about col- lege costs and financing, she said. If campus jobs are limited, for in- stance, international-admissions officers should make that clear to foreign students, who are forbidden under U.S. law to work off campus. In addition, international-stu- dent advisers may need to collabo- rate more with other campus offic- es, such as career services, to make sure those offices are prepared to handle the special needs of foreign students, Ms. Schulte said. More than a third of the students sur- veyed singled out access to jobs and internships as one of the most effec- tive ways to retain students.

SEEKING SATISFACTION Despite those concerns, reten- tion and graduation rates for inter- national students remain high—in many cases, higher than those of American students. More than 60 percent of the baccalaureate and master’s institutions surveyed and more than half of the doctorate in- stitutions said their retention rates were higher for foreign than for do- mestic undergraduates. Still, as the number of students from overseas continues to in- crease—the Institute of Interna- tional Education reports there are 40 percent more foreign students at American colleges than a decade ago—their retention rates bear watching, Ms. Schulte said. And the Nafsa data hint at a lack of satisfaction even among interna- tional students who choose not to leave their institutions. Just 60 per- cent of students who said they did not plan to transfer reported being satisfied with their experience. Jill Munro, director of interna- tional student and scholar services at the College of Wooster, in Ohio, said that while international reten- tion rates there remained strong, “I don’t want to lose the few that I do or have those who stay have a less- than-great experience.” Wooster will begin offering a course this fall to new internation- al students to help them adjust ac- ademically and culturally to Amer- ican higher education. Ms. Mun- ro said she hoped the class would allow her and other instructors to A16 j u n e 6, 2014 | t he chron icl e of highe r e duc At ion

People Expert on Stereotypes Hopes to Bring Diverse Students Together By KATHERINE MANGAN ered exclusionary, intimidating, or sity for 18 years before becoming telling people that the work is very hostile. Mr. Steele says he is eager provost of Columbia University in challenging, but you really believe laude M. Steele has spent to lend his expertise to continuing 2009. In 2011 he returned to Stan- they have the potential to do it.” much of the past 25 years efforts “to make the climate more ford to become dean of its Gradu- Encouraging students to reach Cexamining how negative comfortable for a diverse set of stu- ate School of Education. across racial lines also helps, he stereo types might impede the per- dents.” His goals also include help- At Berkeley he has reunit- says. “At Michigan we’d have bull formance of students who too of- ing increase the number of women ed with a close colleague from sessions late at night in the dormi- ten live up to the low expectations in the STEM fields and improv- his Columbia days. Berkeley’s tories,” focusing on personal top- set for them. ing the academic performance of chancellor, Nicholas B. Dirks, ics “like relationships with parents The prominent social psychol- under achieving students. worked down the hall from Mr. and finances. It had an amazing ogist, who recently became pro- While serving on a faculty com- LINDA CICERO Steele at Columbia while Mr. effect on the academic perfor- vost of the University of California mittee at the University of Michi- Claude M. Steele Dirks was executive vice pres- mance of underrepresented mi- at Berkeley, says his research on gan in the late 1980s, Mr. Steele no- ident for arts and sciences and norities.” stereo types and academic under- ticed that black students were con- dean of the faculty. Sometimes, when students get performance “gives me a certain sistently earning lower grades than living up to negative stereotypes, For Mr. Steele, returning to the together with people from differ- empathy or perspective on the their white classmates did, even whether it’s that black students are role of provost has been exciting ent identity groups, they find that kinds of stresses involved in making when they had higher SAT scores. less intelligent, women struggle and demanding. “I like to think of they aren’t alone in feeling belit- institutions like this more diverse.” Twenty-five years of research more with mathematics, or white myself as a sponge, but a sponge tled or misunderstood. His appointment began March into potential environmental cul- men rarely excel at basketball. that’s in front of a fire hose,” he says “You can interpret it as a hos- 31, a few weeks after the release of prits culminated in the publication Those perceptions, he says, can with a laugh. He expects to share tile climate against your group,” the results of a systemwide survey of his 2010 book Whistling Vival- distract students, create anxiety, with faculty members strategies he says, “but when you see that it in which about a quarter of Berke- di: And Other Clues to How Stereo- and prevent them from realizing he’s developed to assist struggling happens to a lot of people, the en- ley’s students, faculty members, types Affect Us (W.W. Norton). The their potential. students. Simply referring someone vironment suddenly seems less and staff members said they had book examines how people often Mr. Steele, who is 68, taught to tutoring can amplify insecurities, threatening, and you're more com- experienced conduct they consid- underperform because they fear psychology at Stanford Univer- he says. “What does seem to work is fortable in it.” A Neuroscientist Named to Lead a College Will Get Another Kind of Lab

By JENNY ROGERS cause that’s so much of what I’ve time, Trinity had dropped in col- priorities are creating a strong, in- done as a scientist.” lege rankings, from 22nd place clusive social environment on the hen I started as a Ms. Berger-Sweeney, 55, has among U.S. News & World Re- campus, developing a long-term researcher at Welles- been dean of Tufts University’s port’s top liberal arts-colleges in plan for financial stability, and “W ley College, when I School of Arts and Sciences for 2004 to 37th place in 2012. Trinity building connections with the city had my own little research lab, I more than three years. Previously, is now at No. 36 in that ranking. of Hartford. The college’s urban realized pretty early that if you she spent 19 years as a neurosci- Ms. Berger-Sweeney says she location was part of its appeal: wanted to have a successful labo- ence professor and eventually as doesn’t want to walk into the col- “I grew up in Los Angeles, and I ratory, you needed to motivate the an associate dean at Wellesley, her lege set on a specific vision. In- thought I needed that to survive.” people around you to do their best alma mater. Becoming a college stead, like any scientist, she plans Ms. Berger-Sweeney will be the work,” says Joanne Berger-Swee- president at this point, she says, to spend her first several months college’s first female and first Afri- ney. “Fundamentally, that’s what “felt like the natural evolution.” observing and listening to what can-American president. “It’s not administration is also.” At Trinity she will lead an in- students, faculty, and staff want an unusual place for me to be,” she Ms. Berger-Sweeney, a neurosci- stitution that has been trying to Trinity to be. “It’s not the No. 1 says. “There are not very many Af- entist who studies developmental shake its party-school image and liberal-arts college,” she says. But rican-American neuroscientists disorders, won’t continue her lab TUFTS U. change the social atmosphere on “it has a strong image now, and I who are full professors at research work when she becomes Trinity Joanne Berger-Sweeney campus. In late 2012, a committee think it will only get better.” institutions in the country. I’m College’s president this July. But recommended a series of reforms, She will succeed James F. Jones kind of used to being different.” that won’t stop her from taking a facts that lead to making good ra- including making fraternities and Jr., who will retire this year after Even so, she says, she has gotten scientific approach. tional decisions,” she says. “I like sororities co-ed—a declaration 10 years at the helm. many notes from students and fac- “I care about the data and the showing things graphically be- that drew a local firestorm. At the Among Ms. Berger-Sweeney’s ulty that read: “It’s about time.” Leader of a Faculty Union Reflects on Battles Won and the Continuing Struggle

ames L. Turk is retiring from A. The organization has grown and the profession. This means a States don’t have the tools available his post as executive director moved forward. But there’s always significant proportion of the people to us in Canada. Jof the Canadian Association of so much more that can be done. teaching at our universities are University Teachers, the national exploited, are paid a miserable Q. Is academic freedom in union representing almost all of Q. Like what? amount of money, don’t have basic Canada stronger or weaker than Canada’s faculty and academic staff rights to be paid to do scholarly when you started? A. A lot of union members treat members, on June 30. In an inter- work or to do service, and are often membership like their insurance A. I would say stronger, in part view with Karen Birchard, a Cana- excluded from participation in company—“We pay our dues, because now almost everybody is dian correspondent for The Chron- development of curriculum. We’ve and if there’s trouble, there’s the unionized. We have such a strong icle, he looked back on his 16 years made huge progress in unionizing union to support us.” But the expectation of academic freedom at the helm of the organization. them and creating the possibility reality is, our biggest obligation in Canada that any university What follows is an edited version of for advances, but a large part of is to defend and administration that violates it their conversation. that work is undone. protect those becomes a pariah. Q. Why are you WHAT I LEARNED things that are retiring now? the core of what Q. What’s the future for Q. What are you going to do next? unionism for academic faculty A. I feel very strongly that makes good university and CAUT A. I’ve been offered a position as organizations need new blood and college education possible. There and staff members in Canada James L. Turk a distinguished visiting professor new leadership. I probably pushed are powerful forces trying to and the United States? at Ryerson University, in Toronto. the envelope by staying 16 years. change those things, and we have A. In Canada, university and college I’m going to be working toward I love what I’m doing and look to engage our members more teachers have the highest degree of The situation is dramatically dif- creating a center for the promotion forward to it every morning, but actively in that struggle. unionization of any employee group ferent in the United States, where of freedom of expression. I will it’s good for the organization to in the country, and that has been the majority of universities don’t also be doing some work with have someone else do the job. Q. What issue stands out? vital in protecting the integrity of even have faculty unions. More CAUT and with some individual A. One of our biggest problems, our universities and colleges, as than a third of the states have laws faculty associations and a fair Q. Did you achieve what you like in the United States, well as academic freedom and the that effectively undermine union- amount of media work around wanted to at CAUT? has been the casualization of quality of education. ization, so faculty in the United higher education. t he chron icl e of highe r e duc at ion | j u n e 6, 2014 a17

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Admirer of Nordic Design to Be Architecture Dean at U. of Arkansas By PETER MONAGHAN An architecture professor and in the United States and Finland. high degree of affinity” with “some past associate dean at the Sam Fox From 1996 to 1999, he directed an of the same things of value to me mong the meaningful School of Design & Visual Arts at international master’s program in in Finland that have to do with the things Peter B. MacKeith Washington University in St. Lou- architecture at Helsinki University landscape, with a very place-based Awill leave behind in St. is, Mr. MacKeith remembers that of Technology. The institution has understanding of architecture and Louis as he moves to Fayetteville, during his senior year at the Univer- since been named for the Finn- its role in people’s lives.” Ark., is the city’s Gateway Arch, sity of Virginia, a professor described ish architect Alvar Aalto, who has That spirit, he says, resonates in designed by the Finnish-American architecture “as the most tangible been among Mr. MacKeith’s re- the work of the late E. Fay Jones, architect Eero Saarinen. expression of our culture.” search and publishing focuses, as a prominent Arkansas archi-

What Mr. MacKeith will bring Examples of Finnish architec- has Saarinen. tect and an apprentice of Frank WASHINGTON U. IN ST. LOUIS with him when he becomes dean ture the lecturer gave “hit me very Mr. MacKeith, who is 45, says he Lloyd Wright for whom the school Peter B. MacKeith of architecture at the University of deeply,” Mr. MacKeith says. “I’ve advocates the practice of architec- is named. Mr. MacKeith says Arkansas in July is an enthusiasm spent the rest of my life trying to ture as a physically, socially, and he also finds that philosophy in for Finnish architecture, one so in- understand why such images of environmentally responsive craft. the school’s Community Design admiration for Nordic design tra- fluential that Finland named him space and light and material con- He has interacted often with Center, which works on projects ditions with faculty and students, an honorary Finnish consul in St. struction were so powerful.” colleagues at Arkansas’s Fay Jones around the state. through exchanges. “It’s too much Louis in 2012 and gave him a high He went on to teach, do re- School of Architecture, so he is He hopes to continue to raise a part of who I am and what I’m civilian honor this year. search, and practice architecture confident that he will find there “a the school’s profile and to share his doing,” he says, “to set it aside.” TRANSITIONS PEOPLE IN ACADEME Submit ideas to [email protected] visit educationinireland.com or at chronicle.com/people

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n Robert Duncan, a Texas state sena- tor since 1997 and a Republican, has been named the sole finalist as chan- cellor of the Texas Tech University sys- tem. He would succeed Kent Hance, who will become chancellor emeritus. n Rodolphe el-Khoury, director of urban de- sign at the University of Toronto, who talks about designing for “the Internet of things,” will become dean of U. OF MIAMI the University of Mi- ami’s School of Architecture on July 1. n Vicki Leigh Colvin, vice provost for research and a professor of chemistry and of engineering at Rice University, will become provost of Brown Universi- ty on July 1. She will succeed Mark S. Schlissel, who will become president of the University of Michigan.

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n George Armelagos, a professor of anthro- pology at Emory Univer- STUDY ABROAD sity, died of pancreatic cancer on May 15. He was 77. Mr. Armelagos was a pioneer in the IN IRELAND BRADD SHORE field of paleopathol- ogy, the analysis of ancient skeletal remains to reconstruct how cultural Ireland has been a top ten destination for US students for several decades changes affected patterns of disease Ireland’s universities are ranked in the top 5% in the world! and nutrition. n Maya Angelou, the poet, writer, and Ireland’s graduates are ranked #1 in Europe by international employers performer, died in North Carolina on May 28. She was 86. She was a pro- Ireland offers a broad range of internationally recognised and exciting programs fessor of American studies at Wake Forest University for more than three Ireland has an amazing culture and landscape for you to explore decades, beginning in 1982. Her pub- lications include many books of poetry Ireland is a really fun and innovate place to study and a memoir whose first volume isI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Ireland offers fantastic opportunities to travel to other European countries n Roland Dille, who was president of Minnesota State University at Moor- head from 1968 to 1994, died on May 26. He was 89. He is credited with calming opponents after he and others recruited black students and faculty members and with keeping student antiwar protests peaceful by telling the state police to stay off the campus. t he chron icl e of highe r e duc at ion | j u n e 6, 2014 a19 In Brief

Percentage of parents with children under 18 who say they Data Point have a plan to pay for college. Behind the Numbers in the News 16% BACK STORY CONTEXT Only 16 percent of parents Percentage of parents in various groups who “strongly agree” that their family has a plan who responded to a recent for how they will pay for their kids to go to college survey on college savings said they “strongly agreed” 25% 25% PUBLISHING that their family had created a plan to pay for college. Even among those who are actively saving for college, 18% only one-quarter said they 16% were confident that they 15% 15% 15% had a plan for how to pay Keep up with for it. Having a plan can the latest news at 11% include saving, said the chronicle.com report on the survey, but also involves researching college costs and financial aid. One-quarter of parents with family income over $100,000 said they had a plan to pay for college; only 14 percent of those with Total Actively Less than Between More than White Black Hispanic income less than $100,000 saving $35K $35K-$100K $100K for college said they had a plan. Family income Race

Source: Sallie Mae/Ipsos Public Affairs, “How America Saves for College 2014” Corrections For more Data Points, visit chronicle.com/blogs/data A survey of executive compensation at public colleges in 2012-13 (The GOVERNMENT The Modern Language Association last The agreement seeks to resolve a lawsuit Chronicle, May 23) con- Key Job-Training Legislation week issued a report proposing a path forward brought by the California Department of Fair tained the following errors, for doctoral programs in literature and lan- Employment and Housing and three individ- which have been corrected Finally Heads Toward Passage guages. It calls for change but not contraction. ual test takers, and by the U.S. Department of at chronicle.com: After many false starts, members of Con- What needs to change, the report says, is the Justice, which intervened in 2012. n Georgia Southern Uni- gress have reached agreement on a bill to re- length of time it takes to earn a Ph.D. and the The department also criticized the council’s versity and the University authorize federal job-training programs. narrow view that many hold of career paths practice of notifying law schools when applicants of Georgia did not report The compromise bill would streamline for Ph.D.’s. The median time-to-degree for had been given extra time on the test. Doing so money that was provided the nation’s system for work-force develop- doctoral recipients in language and literature signals that those individuals are disabled and to their presidents by their ment, ending 15 federally funded programs is nine years, which the report says is too long. unfairly stigmatizes them, the department said. respective university-relat- and shrinking state and local work-force- And the academic-job market provides tenure- ed foundations. The univer- investment boards. It would also apply a stan- track employment for only about 60 percent of RESEARCH sities also miscategorized dard set of outcome measures to evaluate all doctoral recipients, the report notes. some other compensation federal job-training programs. But, perhaps not surprisingly, the report Police Seek Entire Archive elements. The correct data In the 2012 fiscal year, the federal govern- does not call for fewer or smaller programs. of Oral History at Boston College affected some of the pres- ment sent more than $3-billion to states for lo- “The discourse of Ph.D. overproduction is idents’ rankings. In partic- Three years after Boston College began a cal and regional work-force programs. wrong,” said Russell A. Berman, who led the task ular, Georgia’s Michael F. lengthy battle to retain control over an oral-his- If the bill clears both chambers of Con- force that wrote the report and is a professor of Adams moved from sev- tory project on the Troubles in Northern Ireland, gress, as expected, it would be the first time comparative literature and German studies at enth to fourth in total com- the college may find itself back in court again. that Congress had renewed the Workforce Stanford University. “What we need instead is a pensation. Investment Act, which was enacted in 1998. broadened understanding of career paths.” The Police Services of Northern Ireland said last month that it would seek the entire n The University of Missou- The measure was due for reauthorization in ri system provided com- 2003, but efforts to renew it have never gotten archive—all 46 interviews—in which former STUDENTS members of the Provisional Irish Republican pensation figures for the through the Senate. system’s president and Lobbyists for community colleges were gen- LSAT Council Agrees to Changes Army and loyalist paramilitary groups talked about their activities during the lengthy civil four campus chancellors erally happy with the deal, which would pre- for Disabled Test Takers for the 2014 fiscal year, serve a seat for two-year institutions on local conflict. Some of those conversations relate to The Law School Admission Council has agreed crimes they and others may have committed. not the 2013 fiscal year, work-force-investment boards and eliminate which was the subject of “sequence of service” rules that have forced to end its decades-long practice of “flagging” the In 2011 the police sought, and later received, scores of disabled test takers who receive extra interviews that discussed a notorious murder the survey. As a result, R. some unemployed workers to seek jobs before Bowen Loftin should not enrolling in college programs. time to complete its standardized test. in Northern Ireland. Boston College relin- The council also committed, as part of a quished the complete interviews of two former have been listed as chan- proposed consent decree filed last month in a IRA members along with portions of inter- cellor of the University of FACULTY federal court, to pay $7.73-million in penalties views of a number of other participants. Missouri at Columbia; he took office during the 2014 Ph.D. Programs Should Change and damages to more than 6,000 people who Boston College’s spokesman, Jack Dunn, requested but were denied accommodations said by email that because the college had not fiscal year. In addition, the but Not Shrink, MLA Says on the Law School Admission Test, or LSAT, been contacted by the U.S. Department of compensation of the pre- Humanities doctoral programs are under over the past five years. Justice about the latest police effort, it would vious chancellor, Brady J. intense scrutiny. Policy makers, scholars, and And the council agreed to automatically be “inappropriate to comment on speculation Deaton, should have been the public have questioned whether univer- grant most accommodation requests if appli- within Northern Ireland.” The department be- listed as $383,667, not sities should be producing so many Ph.D.’s in cants had been allowed to use a similar ar- gan a court case against the college in 2011 on $167,868. those fields, especially when the job market for rangement for another standardized postsec- behalf of British authorities through a treaty tenure-track positions is tight. ondary admissions test. pledging mutual legal assistance. A20 j u n e 6, 2014 | t he chron icl e of highe r e duc At ion

A Curriculum for the Selfie Generation

By DAN BERRETT

Salem, Va. tudents seldom relish required courses. They are often seen as a burden that everyone would rather get out of the way—a bit like flossing. Some colleges think they’ve found a solution: SThey have adopted a curricular approach fit for a gener- ation of oversharers and made the courses all about the students. Courses with names like “Making Life Count,” “The Meaning of Life,” and “Concepts of the Self” appear in the pages of course catalogs, often as gener- In Focus al-education or required offerings. Dozens of colleges list courses in “the good life”—helping CURRICULUM students recognize, realize, and maximize it. While the term originated in philosophy, it has popped up as the central theme of interdisciplinary humanities seminars, film-studies courses, and history classes at community colleges, small elite institutions, and large research universities. The student-centric approach reflects recent More me-centric courses are coming. The National En- curricular trends and scholarship. Many col- dowment for the Humanities is awarding grants to fac- leges are revamping entry-level survey cours- es that introduce students to a body of disci- ulty members to develop courses organized around what plinary knowledge. Similarly, some experts in it calls “enduring questions” that have “long held interest teaching and learning are urging professors to avoid pedagogical methods that seek to stuff for young people.” An NEH-funded course at Middlebury content into the heads of students. They en- courage professors to instead draw from what College includes readings by Aristotle and Confucius, students already know—their prior knowl- which are intended to encourage students to live more edge—and help them reconcile that material with new information. thoughtfully. The creators of the course anticipated that Researchers are gathering new evidence its focus could sound shallow. “We welcome students,” that traditional-age college students inhab- it a phase that is socially, neurologically, and they wrote in their proposal, “who might argue that the developmentally distinct. As not-quite-full- fledged adults, they yearn to find their place very question, ‘What is the good life and how do I live it?’ in the world. Colleges, particularly small liber- is naïve and narcissistic.” al-arts ones, are seizing on that developmental t he chron icl e of highe r e duc at ion | j u n e 6, 2014 a21

Jennifer Rosti, a lecturer in the English department at Roanoke College, leads a course called “The Crossroads of Revenge,” in which students are encouraged to reflect on what it means to live well. KATIE CURRID FOR THE CHRONICLE

stage as a pedagogical opportunity. Mr. Machen made that point to students in a her familiar contemporary context to connect A few research universities and lawmakers lecture for the course. “Your time in college re- with the human experience at a broader level,” see the value of personally relevant curricula, mains the single-best opportunity for you to he says, give that course “a much greater likeli- too. A state law adopted in Florida last year explore who you are and your purpose in life,” hood that it won’t be solipsistic.” led to the creation of “What Is the Good Life?,” he told them. If the readings are not sufficiently demand- a required course at the University of Florida. But taking advantage of that phase in stu- ing, he added, the courses will probably fall Students explore that question through art, ar- dents’ lives also carries an obligation, says short. “Students,” he says, “already receive chitecture, history, literature, music, religion, Michael B. Poliakoff, vice president of poli- plenty of training in being self-referential.” and philosophy. cy for the American Council of Trustees and But too often, says Randy L. Swing, exec- The course’s chief backer is J. Bernard Alumni, which advocates for high academ- utive director of the Association for Institu- Machen, the university’s president, who sees it ic standards with a traditionalist bent. The tional Research, something like the opposite as a throwback to the sorts of introductory hu- courses, he said, must be properly struc- occurs: Professors make only cursory efforts, manities courses that were required of previ- tured and expose students to rigorous ma- if any, to connect the course material to stu- ous generations of students. terial. dents’ lives. Much of what students are ex- The university encourages students to take Texts like Antigone, by Sophocles, and Sid- posed to, he adds, especially early in college, the course during their freshman year, and the dhartha, by Hermann Hesse, which are as- strikes them as abstract or meaningless. bill recommending it specifies that it should signed in Florida’s course, serve as a good “Most general-education courses are really be for first-time students, in part because peo- example, he said. “Readings that, by their na- guilty of assuming people want what’s coming ple of that age are ripe for self-examination. ture, force the student to move out of his or Continued on Following Page A22 j u n e 6, 2014 | t he chron icl e of highe r e duc At ion

Continued From Preceding Page at them,” Mr. Swing says. “Learn- ing would happen more often if we got the context right.”

any professors wage a continuing battle against Mstudents’ apathy, seeking to motivate them to do cognitively demanding work. Twelve years ago, faculty leaders at Roanoke College looked at data from the National Survey of Student Engagement and found they were losing the fight. Their students reported doing higher-level intellectual tasks like analyzing, synthesizing, and mak- ing judgments about arguments, ideas, and information less often than the professors wanted. “It really disappointed us,” says Gail A. Steehler, associate dean for academic affairs and general edu- cation. The college overhauled its core KATIE CURRID FOR THE CHRONICLE curriculum five years ago to “meet Roanoke College students in an English course on revenge began the semester with presentations on the students where they are,” says personal experiences of seeking revenge before moving on to examples in literature and other genres. Ms. Steehler. Survey data for sub- sequent years have shown an in- crease, she says, of more than 10 percentage points in the high- er-level tasks. The new curriculum extends ‘The Good Life’ as Curricular Hook through all four years. In the first year, students choose cours- Dozens of colleges use the phrase “the good life” in their catalogs and on their websites to pitch a wide variety of courses. Some purport to teach students about the meaning of life, while others use the phrase to entice es that satisfy two requirements, students to learn about religion, health, or even the movies. one in “intellectual inquiry” and the other in “living an examined life.” LIVE YOUR LIFE BETTER “Freedom, Ethics, and the Good Course name Institution Type of course From the course description Life: Do We Decide?” is one course that fulfills the latter requirement. “What Is a College of Freshman seminar “At some point, all of us ask the question, ‘How Good Life?” Charleston should I live my life?’ This question inevitably gives It was taught last semester by Mel- rise to another one—‘What is a good life?’—which in anie E. Trexler, a visiting assistant turn leads to others: Is a good life focused on plea- professor of religion and philos- sure? Is it achieved mainly by pursuing one’s individu- ophy. Her students explored how al happiness, or is it achieved by helping others?” Islam and Christianity approach issues of terrorism, war, and peace. “What Is a Santa Fe College Interdisciplinary “Students in this class will consider the basic ques- They read books like Jihad in Clas- Good Life?” humanities course for tion, “What is the Good Life?’” and will be introduced associate of art degree to “a lifetime of reflection on the human condition.” sical and Modern Islam and War and the Christian Conscience. LEARN ABOUT LIFE, LITERALLY Rather than dive into religion “Global Antioch College General-education, “Before there can even be a discussion of the good or history on the first day, how- Seminar: interdisciplinary, life, there must be life itself, and that raises the ques- ever, Ms. Trexler has her students Health” theme-based course tion of health.” The course will provoke insights on analyze the lyrics to “Billion- “how the entire issue of health in the individual, soci- aire,” the pop tune sung by Bruno ety, and the world, is related to questions of justice, Mars. or the ‘good life.’” The song frames a class discus- TEST-DRIVE PHILOSOPHICAL AND RELIGIOUS IDEAS sion about the good life. The stu- “Happiness George Mason U. Introductory-level “What’s the best way to make ourselves happy?” Stu- dents list what such a life means to and the Good philosophy elective dents study philosophical traditions like hedonism, Mr. Mars—buying new things and Life” stoicism, utilitarianism, and positive psychology, and appearing “on the cover of Forbes “try them out in their own lives.” magazine/Smiling next to Oprah “The Good Villanova U. Core course in the “This course asks students to examine the ways in and the Queen.” Life: Ethics College of Liberal Arts which the Christian and secular traditions impact the And what, she asks her students, and Contem- & Sciences understanding and pursuit of the good life.” do you want for yourselves? She porary Moral says the answers are typically less Problems” grand but express similar desires: “The Good Eastern U. Part of the required “The question of the Good Life is one of the founda- They want professional success and Life” “Ethics and Public tional and most permanent human questions—to be Thought” curriculum asked by all of us. ... This is a course in Christian money. of Templeton Honors ethics and character formation.” Then comes a third question. College Think of a hero, Ms. Trexler says LIFE AS SEEN ON STAGE AND SCREEN she tells her students. It can be someone they know or a historical “Cinematic Knox College Freshman interdis- “What does it mean to be human? Who are we, and or fictitious figure. Why do you -ad Visions: ciplinary liberal-arts how do we know? What do we want out of life, and Movies & the course how should we go about getting it? What are our re- mire them? Meaning of sponsibilities to others? What does it mean to live Most of the students, she said, Life” ‘the good life’? We consider the ways in which film cite their parents or grandparents addresses these questions.” because of their work ethic, loy- alty, and courage, often demon- “Choosing the Roanoke College Freshman seminar that “Students in this course will examine choices made strated through service during Good Life” meets the “Living an by playwrights and by the characters in their dramas Examined Life” require- and will then reflect on those choices and their conse- war. ment in the college’s quences and the relevance of both to their own lives.” She repeats a previous question, “Intellectual Inquiry” What do students want in their curriculum own lives? Their answers change. LIFE AS A WESTERN CONSTRUCT Many say they want love, a sup- “A Good Life” U. of North Caroli- Honors course in “This course will examine the ways in which a ‘good port system, and community, or a na at Charlotte Western history and life’ has been defined and proscribed in the West. ... sense of connection to something culture The ‘examined life’ of each participant is the real larger than themselves, like their focus of the course.” country. A few classes later, Ms. Trexler t he chron icl e of highe r e duc at ion | j u n e 6, 2014 a23

assigns two essays about suicide cial-science experiment, by ucation at Miami University, in er education at the University of bombing. The writers are both Philip Zimbardo at Stanford Ohio. In her view, each informs Michigan at Ann Arbor. “Histor- Muslims; one abhors the prac- University, in which some stu- the other. ically, when we think of a classi- tice and the other approves. The dents were assigned to be pris- “Personal development is really cal liberal education,” she says, one who endorses it invokes loy- on guards and others prisoners part of the foundation of complex it concerned “character-building alty and nationalism, which are in a mock jail on campus. It is thinking,” she says, because stu- and readying people some of the ideals her students often used as a cautionary tale dents learn most effectively when for their place in so- said on the first day that they about how quickly “civilized” they see the relevance and appli- ciety and leadership.” valued. people can slide into barbarism. cability of course content to their But, she added, “Learning would Ms. Trexler, who starts at Val- “It comes down to us and lives. “If you can connect them organizing a course paraiso University in the fall, them,” Ms. Trexler said. “That’s a to their own experience and get around students also happen more has taught the same essays in good connection.” them on fire, they’ll learn more.” requires skilled teach- courses at other institutions, but While many faculty members ing. “There’s a tension not in a me-centric way. She says ollege is tailor-made for don’t object, in theory, to con- between wanting to often if we got she noticed a deeper reaction in the journey of self-discov- necting students’ experiences to make education real her students at Roanoke. “My Cery that traditional-age course material, Ms. Baxter Ma- and visceral for stu- the context experience here is that it works students are ready to pursue, says golda adds, other priorities tend dents,” Ms. Lattuca better because students can en- Jeffrey J. Arnett. “They want to to come first. In practice, many says, and making sure gage with the ideas because they know who they are and how they professors prefer to cover content the course content right.” can see themselves in them,” she get there,” says Mr. Arnett, a pro- and stay out of the messiness of “reaches them beyond says. “They can see the internal fessor of psychology at Clark Uni- students’ lives. They aren’t trained their heads.” logic.” versity. He pioneered the theory to deal with what might come up. The process of shifting stu- of “emerging adulthood” in 2000, For many professors, a hifting students’ attention dents’ focus from themselves to and has arguably done more than me-centric curricular approach from their own heads to the bigger ideas is not always smooth anyone to advance the notion that also looks like a sop to millen- Sworld beyond requires pro- or direct. people in their late teens to mid- nial narcissism. But it has roots fessors to pull off what can be a To prepare for one midsemes- 20s occupy a distinct develop- in academic tradition, says Lisa difficult pedagogical pirouette. ter discussion, Ms. Trexler’s stu- mental stage. R. Lattuca, a professor of high- Continued on Page A25 dents read an excerpt from The Social and economic shifts in Crusades Through Arab Eyes, by industrialized societies over re- Amin Maalouf, and responded cent decades, he says, have delayed to it in a class blog. The read- marriage and the starting of ca- ing described the 1098 siege of reers and families. Instead, twen- Ma’arra, a city in what is mod- ty-somethings focus inward and ern-day Syria, and the Crusad- try to find their place in the world. ers’ cannibalism of its Muslim As the process of finding residents. themselves gains momentum In class, Ms. Trexler focused during college, he says, the cur- The LimiTs of ideoLogy on a part of the reading that had riculum can help it along. “The struck many of her students. A American college environment few survivors of the massacre are is set up for that,” Mr. Arnett exiled and find refuge with a re- says. “You have two years of gen- ligious judge, or qadi, who inter- eral education where you sample prets their suffering. “A Muslim things.” need not be ashamed of being The quest to define the self forced to flee from his home,” he continues into the workplace, he tells them. “Was not Islam’s first says. Previous generations saw refugee the Prophet Muhammad work pragmatically, viewing it as himself?” a means to earn enough money to “What’s going on here?” Ms. survive. “The attractiveness of this book Trexler asked her class. “Can you “Now people are looking for results from its combination of put this in your own words?” identity-based work,” says Mr. two qualities not often found Several students thought the Arnett, adding that their goal qadi was being opportunistic, us- is to match their ideals with the together: Though it is intellect- ing the trauma to peddle false ability to make a living. “That’s an ually serious, at the same time it hope and attract new followers. By awful lot to ask out of work.” is deeply personal—you might trying to place a positive spin on Some evidence suggests that the refugees’ horror, other students students want college to serve call it ‘warmly logical.’ Mary added, the qadi may have been similar multiple purposes. They Poplin understands that the engaging in a process of rational- expect that it will set them up for truth of things concerns us in ization. professional success while also “Do you think we have to ratio- providing personal satisfaction. our very depths, for unlike all of nalize in our daily lives?” asked More than 86 percent of fresh- the myriad whats of the material Ms. Trexler. men said being able to get a bet- world, we are whos.” One student did. “Last night,” ter job was “very important” in she said, “I ate half a bag of Cad- deciding to go to college, accord- J. Budziszewski, departments bury Mini Eggs and I rationalized ing to the Freshman Survey pro- of government and philosophy, it by saying I didn’t eat lunch.” duced by the Higher Education University of Texas at Austin Another student drew a Research Institute at the Univer- more-substantive analogy. The sity of California at Los Angeles. qadi’s reassurance, she said, was Not far behind, though, were a lot like what her high-school other desires. Nearly 82 percent teacher said during the throes of said that learning about things the economic crash: The nation that interest them was also very has survived hard times before, important. So did about 70 per- and it will again. cent who identified gaining “a Later, a student highlighted general education and apprecia- how the Crusaders viewed the tion of ideas.” Muslims as less than human. Some curricular experts note “Mary Poplin and I take very different sides on the topics discussed in That observation prompted fur- that students’ professional prepa- her book. That is why I prize her writings, because they are so fair and ther connections. ration, academic training, and comprehensive. She shows me clearly what I must grapple with and Alexandra DiFelice, a psycholo- personal development need not gy major, brought up a parallel to be separated as much as they of- defeat—or give up and join her side! Very much recommended.” another course. She described the ten are. Colleges’ student-affairs Michael Ruse, Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy, Milgram experiment, the famous offices, for instance, rarely over- Florida State University Yale study that demonstrated the lap with the classroom. ease with which people can sub- The personal and the scholarly mit to authority, even when doing parts of students’ lives shouldn’t so clashes with their values. be separated either, says Mar- 800.843.9487 ivpress.com Emily Pearcy drew an anal- cia Baxter Magolda, a professor ogy to another well-known so- of student affairs in higher ed- A24 j u n e 6, 2014 | t he chron icl e of highe r e duc At ion

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Continued From Page A23 them to herself. “It forces you to of internal and external loci of stopped assigning these presen- College is often a deeply alien look at yourself and ask who you control. Ms. DeRose also quoted tations, seeking to spare students environment during the first are and what made you who you from the Narrative of the Life of from feeling pressed to divulge year, one that causes many stu- are,” she said. Frederick Douglass, an Amer- sensitive secrets. dents to question their assump- On the last day of class, the ican Slave. While perhaps not As the semester winds down, tions. When handed an oppor- students presented their self-por- gelling creatively, her project Stephen Wehmeyer, an assis- tunity to stick to the familiar traits to their classmates and ex- reflected an earnest attempt to tant professor, reframes the stu- terrain of their own experience, plained their creations’ connec- pull together disparate texts and dents’ intense internal focus. He many students will choose to re- tion to the readings. ideas. acknowledges their individuali- main there. Marissa DeRose, an education A few presentations veered to- ty and then makes a larger point Champlain College, a ca- major, produced a small rocking ward the confessional. One stu- about the billions of other unique reer-focused four-year institu- chair with a silver Mylar balloon dent gave a spoken-word perfor- individuals who also inhabit the tion in Vermont, has built into tied to it. Red, yellow, and green mance, referring to her battles planet. its core curriculum a transition translucent tubes snaked around with mental illness and her “sero- Their projects show how dif- from an internal focus to an ex- the chair’s legs and connected to tonin-sabotaged mind.” Another ferent they all are, he tells them. ternal one. The core has a dedi- a picture of a brain, which lit up. cried as she showed her self-por- How, then, he asks, do we man- cated faculty of three dozen pro- She alluded to the Myers-Briggs trait, an orb divided into four sec- age to get along? fessors and is designed to follow personality tests, and the works tions, and recalled a woman who “You have to lead the students,” the developmental stages of its of B.F. Skinner and Julian B. had encouraged her to attend Mr. Wehmeyer says, “from the fa- students. Rotter, who articulated the idea college. A few professors have miliar to the foreign.” “What does every 18-year-old want to talk about? Themselves,” says Elizabeth Beaulieu, dean of Champlain’s Core Division. “And then we widen the wedge.” Students in their first year take courses in their majors, which tend to be in fields like account- ing, education, and game de- sign. They also take two required courses, “Rhetoric of the Self” and “Concepts of the Self,” in cohorts of 20 during the first semester. In the second, the emphasis widens; they take “Rhetoric of Communi- ty” and “Concepts of Community.” As the students get older, the topics grow still broader—democ- racy, human rights, science. The fourth year features a capstone project that incorporates what stu- dents have learned across courses. The students’ first effort to pull together disparate strands of thought comes at the end of the first semester, in “Concepts of the Self.” Students write a paper that integrates their readings from the literature of Edgar Allan Poe and William Shakespeare, and from case studies in sociology, psychol- ogy, and neuroscience. What does each disciplinary tradition and way of thinking have to say about who they are? They must also create a self-portrait to represent what they have learned. For many, it’s a tall order. Some in a recent collection were aesthetically coherent, if straightforward, like a hand- Seeking outstanding research talents drawn outline of a body on a long scroll of paper, a painted self-por- Sofja Kovalevskaja Award – cutting-edge research award for the best trait, or a photo. Others were junior researchers from abroad striking as creative objects. One student made a terrarium inside The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation is now calling by administrative constraints. Scientists and scholars a bottle. Another baked a cake. A few created original video games. for applications for the Sofja Kovalevskaja Award, one from all disciplines from abroad who have completed The organization of the course of the most valuable academic awards in Germany. The their doctorates within the last six years are eligible to sometimes strikes students as a award amount of up to 1.65 million euros allows excel- apply. The award targets outstanding talent and a crea- mishmash at first, says Ms. Beau- lieu. That was the impression that lent researchers to carry out academic work under unique tive approach to research. Emmalee Osborne, a psychology conditions: For a period of five years, they are able to major, originally had. The dispa- work on their own research projects at an institute of The closing date for applications is 1 September 2014. rate material finally coalesced in her mind, she said, when she was their own choice in Germany and set up their own Further information can be found on our website: writing the paper describing her working groups – independently and virtually un affected www.humboldt-foundation.de/SKP_en self-portrait—a dream catcher made out of a hula hoop with a web strung inside. 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Kansas City, Mo. Inside colleges’ Arvin clArk Jr. was sold. Fresh off a re- cruiting visit to the University of Oregon pursuit of a future two years ago, he was convinced he want- basketball star ed to play there. Mhe loved the Ducks’ fast-paced offense, the team need- By BRAD WOLVERTON ed a player at his position, and one of his youth coaches had played for an Oregon assistant. That was the type of edge that could help in a battle for playing time.

In Focus ATHLETICS t he chron icl e of highe r e duc at ion | j u n e 6, 2014 a27 Marvin Clark

The campus wowed him. Everywhere he looked, he several months on the court. saw the Nike swoosh. The company's co-founder, a big He was prepared to graduate from high school last Oregon donor, had helped finance some of the nicest year, but Oregon's coaches had encouraged him to facilities in the country. For a kid who had spent time spend a year at a prep school. The week he returned in homeless shelters, it seemed like nirvana. to the court, two Oregon coaches visited him there. A year ago, Mr. Clark made it official, commit- It was his first game back, and it showed. After the ting to the Pac-12 program over more than a dozen game, he says, the coaches started to walk out of the other suitors. Around the same time, he had sur- gym without offering a word. gery to repair a fractured foot, forcing him to miss Continued on Following Page

Marvin Clark Jr., 19, had the skills and the attitude to impress college basketball coaches across the country. He also had a lot of uncertainty and was getting a lot of advice about where the best place for him might be. What he didn’t have was a lot Continued on Following Page of time to decide. JULIE DENESHA FOR THE CHRONICLE A28 j u n e 6, 2014 | t he chron icl e of highe r e duc At ion

COURTESY MARVIN CLARK A fractured foot, surgically repaired with a screw, set Mr. Clark’s plans back a year ago.

around him, none closer than Bertram (Buzzy) JULIE DENESHA FOR THE CHRONICLE Mr. Clark’s mother, Donette Collins-Miller, and his five siblings share a four-bedroom apartment Caruthers III. with one of her cousins. She allowed her son’s coaches to become his legal guardians. Like many handlers, Mr. Caruthers comes from the Amateur Athletic Union, a popular basketball program whose coaches are often derided for using their most-talented players Continued From Preceding Page making their meals, doing the family's laundry, to advance their own careers. That night Mr. Clark hardly slept, fearing even bathing them and putting them to bed. Mr. Caruthers, an energetic assistant coach that he had lost his scholarship. The next day His mom was largely absent, either working who worked this season at Dodge City Com- he called one of his coaches, who had been in late shifts as a nurse or too strung out to help. munity College, would love a higher-profile touch with Oregon. Mr. Clark’s instincts were For all his mother's challenges, Mr. Clark job. But his main goal, he says, is to help kids right—Oregon had moved on. still sees her as the glue that keeps the family like Marvin make it to college. Mr. Clark, who had turned down offers from together. Many people in her situation would Three years ago he identified Mr. Clark, then Arkansas, Iowa, and other universities, now have given up, he says, but she just pushes on. a skinny high-school sophomore, as someone had only a few months to prove himself to re- That upbringing has shaped Mr. Clark's tem- who could use a lift. He offered him some- cruiters. Would any of the spurned suitors still perament. He often puts others ahead of himself, thing no one else had: a chance to put him- want to take a chance on that foot? and hates to disappoint people, particularly those self first. He invited Marvin, midway through The alternative was not so good. His father he is closest to. At Christmas, he received hun- high school, to join his AAU program, Mokan, had died when he was 3, and his mother had dreds of dollars in gift cards from the families of which competes in the Nike Elite Youth Bas- spent years struggling with drug addictions friends. He made sure that almost all the money ketball League. and abusive relationships. As a young child, went to his siblings. His holiday list had just one Mr. Clark’s family did not have a car, so Mr. Mr. Clark watched her get beaten up by several wish: a few nice bars of soap. Caruthers began driving him to practice, and men in her life. His sense of responsibility for his family is the two men, about a decade apart in age, de- His mom, who was recently diagnosed with at the center of his college decision. Basketball veloped a fast friendship. lupus, hasn’t worked outside the home for now looks like his best chance to help. They come from different backgrounds— years. She and Mr. Clark’s five younger siblings “I’ve got to work fast—I’ve got to get my Mr. Caruthers grew up in a quiet, mid- share a four-bedroom apartment with one of family out,” he said one night in January. “I dle-class neighborhood, far from the gang- her cousins here in Kansas City. want to take care of my mom.” marked streets where Mr. Clark was raised. There were times during Mr. Clark’s child- But in the cutthroat world of recruiting, who And their personalities are little alike. Mr. hood when the family bounced from shelter to is looking out for him? Caruthers walks fast, talks fast, and often shelter. The last time he counted, he says, he attracts a crowd. On the court, he keeps his had been through 13 schools. Each time the ehind every elite recruit is a players on task. But when practice ends, he family moved, his mother carried all of their team of handlers whose job, at least becomes the team jester, always looking to belongings in a single black garbage bag. on paper, is to protect their players’ draw a laugh. Since his elementary-school days, Mr. Clark interests. Mr. Clark, an easygoing Mr. Clark is reserved and introspective. has helped care for his brothers and sisters: 19-year-old, has a half-dozen people B He likes time alone, and can often be seen t he chron icl e of highe r e duc at ion | j u n e 6, 2014 a29

Matt Suther (right) runs an amateur team on which Mr. Clark plays in Kansas City. “Buzzy” Caruthers (left) is Mr. Clark’s closest mentor: “My Mans Buzz” on his cellphone.

JULIE DENESHA FOR THE CHRONICLE smoothing his shooting stroke (with or with- referring to them as “Moms” and “Pops.” For the out the responsibilities at home, he has been out a ball) or thumbing through his phone. He first time, his world seemed stable. able to focus on his studies—and his game also loves to sing. From the moment he wakes But his AAU coaches were not satisfied. has taken off. Over the past two years, he has up, he has a song in his head, and there is rare- They didn’t like having him in a large public grown stronger and gained confidence com- ly a moment when he isn't humming a tune. school, where they felt there were too many peting against some of the country’s top play- He has a soft spot for slow jams, and his pre- social distractions. They also knew that if Mr. ers. game play list includes Beethoven and Bach. Clark wanted to play major-college basketball, Recruiters have noticed. Several say he has That cool demeanor has sometimes held he needed to bulk up and face tougher compe- developed a “pro body.” The coaches in one him back. But Mr. Caruthers, a high-school tition. major program started calling him a “warrior.” standout whose game was built on hard work So his coaches stepped in again—without and grit, has pushed him to play with more consulting his foster family—this time send- he recruiting dance often starts intensity and raise his voice on the court. Off ing him three hours away, to Sunrise Christian during the summer, when college the court, his coach has been a rock—part Academy, a small prep school with a high-pro- coaches crowd into a handful of big brother, part best friend. When his num- file basketball program. gymnasiums across the country to ber comes up on Mr. Clark's phone, he is “My Mr. Clark initially resisted. watch the top players compete. Mr. Mans Buzz.” “It tore me up,” he says. He hated leaving the TClark’s injury last year kept him off the sum- Where other coaches saw Marvin as midma- comfort of his new home and worried about mer circuit, putting extra pressure on his AAU jor material, Buzzy saw NBA potential: a big, being so far away from family. With his moth- coaches to get his name out. athletic kid—now 6-foot-7—who could shoot. er in poor health, he wondered who would take Thanks to Mr. Caruthers and Mr. Suther, He was special enough that Mr. Caruthers and care of her and his siblings. whose phones are filled with the numbers of Matt Suther, who started Mokan 10 years ago, His mother also needed him financially. Division I coaches, Mr. Clark didn’t sit long on took an unusual step. About a year after they Before Mr. Clark comes home, he often with- the market. had started working with him, they persuaded draws cash from the Social Security payments Among the first programs to show interest Mr. Clark’s mother to hand over guardianship he gets because of his father’s death. His mom was Kansas State University, which has close of her son. uses the money for food, haircuts, and other ties to Mokan. Its head coach, Bruce Weber, Their goal was to remove their star player incidental expenses. visited as soon as he heard that Mr. Clark was from an unstable environment, giving him an At one point, she asked him to cosign a lease available. Ole Miss—which has Sunrise and opportunity to flourish. Their first move was for an apartment, putting him in a difficult Mokan connections—and Seton Hall also to place him in a foster home in a comfortable spot. If he didn’t sign the form, he knew that jumped in. Kansas City suburb, where he would spend the the family could end up homeless. But by le- Recruiting is as much about tapping con- next seven months—one of his longest stretches gally obligating himself to his mother, who has nections as it is showcasing talent. And while under one roof. His foster parents bought him a history of missing payments, he knew that he those connections have helped Mr. Clark, they an extra-long mattress and scheduled meetings was flirting with credit problems himself. He are also crucial to his handlers. Sunrise lands with teachers to get him on track academical- decided not to help. some of its best players from college coach- ly. They brought him on family vacations (they Despite his misgivings about the move to es looking to try out talent. Mokan benefits, have four other children as well), and he began the prep school, Mr. Clark has thrived. With- Continued on Following Page A30 j u n e 6, 2014 | t he chron icl e of highe r e duc At ion

Mr. Clark has shoe boxes full of unopened letters from colleges. Text messages, on the other hand, he couldn’t help reading.

Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxx JULIE DENESHA FOR THE CHRONICLE Reserved and introspective, Mr. Clark has learned to raise his voice on the court. xxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Continued From Preceding Page their primary mode of contact with prospects. on him on the court but love him off it. But if xxxxxxxxxxxxx too—the more players it places in big-time Over the past few months, coaches from all he is going to take care of his family, he also programs, the easier it is to recruit the next over the country have sent Mr. Clark hundreds needs exposure. The way he sees it, the more generation. of text messages. He shared many of them playing time he earns, the more TV time xxxxxxxxxxxx Mr. Clark made his first official visit, to with The Chronicle. Some days he received two he will get—bettering the chance that NBA Kansas State, in October. The university, lo- or three dozen. Most of his suitors stayed in scouts will notice him. cated about two hours from Kansas City, is touch at least twice a week with either him or His NBA dreams are not crazy, but the odds known more as a football power. But Mr. We- his handlers. If they didn’t, he figured, their are long. Of the thousands of players eligible ber, a former head coach at the University of interest must have waned. for the NBA draft every year, only 60 will be Illinois, has helped raise its basketball profile. Unlike the letters, which kept a distance, selected. Even fewer will make a career out of Mr. Clark’s mother, Donette Collins-Miller, many of the texts were intimate. it. joined him on the trip, and they sat together “You are our guy!!” one coach texted. “You at a football game amid a stadium full of row- will without a doubt get a lot of publicity & unrise Christian Academy, locat- dy Wildcats supporters. That night they took hype.” ed in a nondescript residential neigh- in the annual “midnight madness” basketball “Hope you realize how special you could be!” borhood a few miles from downtown tipoff, where nearly every seat was filled. wrote another. “This is your spot.” Wichita, is full of players with the But what won them over was Kansas State’s Others kept their messages short and sweet: same dream. The school, which has emphasis on family. The university promot- “Need ya bro.” S800 students from kindergarten through 12th ed its academic-advising unit, which gave Ms. “Need ya man.” grade, caters mostly to middle-class families Collins-Miller comfort that her son would “All about you!” from the surrounding area. have a “mom away from home” to help with All of that attention can be misleading. But its basketball players come from all over homework. Some players show up on campus expecting the world. This season Mr. Clark had team- At one point, the wife of one coach pulled the same star treatment, only to be told to go mates from Estonia, France, Germany, Italy, her aside to let her know that her son would be to the back of the line. Mali, Serbia, and Sweden. They all lived to- in good hands. “I got your baby,” she told her. The conflicting signals could be one reason gether in a modest ranch house a half-mile Before Mr. Clark’s visit was over, Kansas for the high transfer rate in college basketball. from the school. State's coaches asked for his formal commit- About 40 percent of Division I men’s basket- One day in January, several of his team- ment to play for them. Mr. Clark told them ball players either change colleges or leave mates lounged in the family room, where the that he didn’t want to rush his decision. The their original institution by the end of their shades were drawn and the only light came dance was just starting. second year, according to the NCAA. from the flickers of their gadgets. One player Mr. Caruthers and Mr. Suther say their watched a French sitcom on his laptop. Others any programs still re- players’ retention rates are far better, in part played video games. cruit the old-fashioned way: because their program teaches players what In the basement, Mr. Clark sat on his bed through the mail. Mr. Clark to look for. Mokan’s coaches have identified watching a YouTube channel called the “Pro has shoe boxes full of letters a half-dozen factors that they believe players Shot Shooting System.” On his nightstand from colleges at nearly every should consider, including proximity to home, were several books, including one that his fos- Mlevel, from Johnson County Community Col- style of play, and player development. (The list ter parents had given him—The Principle of lege to the University of Florida. Wichita State does not mention academic quality.) the Path, about how to make decisions. also wrote—59 times. Mr. Clark’s handlers also encourage their Two years ago, when Mr. Clark showed up, Most of those letters were never opened. players to consider colleges that Mokan has he didn’t know how good he was or how good Text messages, on the other hand, Mr. Clark a relationship with. Those relationships give he could be, his Sunrise coaches say. But he couldn’t help reading. players assurance that they will be able to had a lot of work to do. During his first few Two years ago, the NCAA began allowing un- compete for minutes. His coaches have steered weeks, he lifted so many weights he could bare- limited texts between coaches and players who players away from colleges where they don't ly bend his arms. He pushed through, remind- have completed their sophomore years of high have the same influence. ing himself of how tenuous the game was, and school. For many recruiters, texts have become Mr. Clark wants a coach who will be tough how, at any moment, his stock could fall. t he chron icl e of highe r e duc at ion | j u n e 6, 2014 a31

Mr. Clark set his phone to vibrate whenever his name was tweeted. After his visit to Iowa State, it buzzed 10 to 20 times a day.

JULIE DENESHA FOR THE CHRONICLE As decision day was nearing, Mr. Caruthers and Mr. Clark did not always see eye to eye.

JULIE DENESHA FOR THE CHRONICLE “If you don’t work hard,” Mr. Clark acknowledges, “schools will just find someone else.”

“If you don't work hard,” he says, “schools lationships” with NBA general managers, one Around that time, an assistant coach asked will just find someone else.” assistant told Mr. Clark’s contingent. “Coach Mr. Clark how he would feel if the university Several days a week this year, Mr. Clark met Hoiberg has life relationships.” found someone else for his position. up with a classmate, Lourawls (Tum Tum) The Iowa State trip also showed the pow- “I’ll be honest pretty bad,” Mr. Clark texted. Nairn, at 5 in the morning to get in an hour er that social media can have over recruits. “Why would you gamble that away?” the of skill work before their first practice. Some During a Cyclones game that weekend, Mr. coach texted. mornings they wouldn’t leave the gym until Clark posted several messages on Twitter and Mr. Clark wrote back, emphasizing that this they each sank 500 shots. Instagram. “Loving The Hilton Magic!” he wasn’t his choice alone: “I know coach i know Mr. Nairn and Mr. Clark played together wrote, sharing a photo from his seat in Hilton but my guys dont want me making a quick de- last season on Sunrise’s “maroon” team, its Coliseum. “Mad Respect For The Iowa State cision.” highest-profile squad. (The school has four Fan Base!” Between October and March, Mr. Weber, teams, including one for postgrads, which The fans raved. Many knew he was on a re- the head coach, drove to visit Mr. Clark at Mr. Clark played on this season.) Mr. Nairn, cruiting visit and tweeted their appreciation. least six times. a speedy point guard who has committed to Some mentioned a short documentary that “We just want you to know how important Michigan State, and Mr. Clark, an explosive Mr. Clark’s AAU coaches had commissioned you are to our future,” the coach told him on wing, teamed up for dozens of alley-oops. on his life, about the struggles he had over- one visit. “We don’t want to lose you.” The two share a deeper connection. Like Mr. come and the AAU program’s role in help- At one point, Mr. Weber sent a 185-word Clark, Mr. Nairn, who is from the Bahamas, ing him. “Watched your video this week. Was text explaining why he believed Kansas State left home at an early age with hopes of helping glued,” tweeted one fan. “Way to rise above.” was the right choice for Mr. Clark. The first his family. Mr. Nairn believes it is fate that the Mr. Clark picked up 200 Twitter followers reason: He would be playing for a staff he two found each other, and both have dreams that weekend, including Mr. Hoiberg’s wife. could trust, which had recruited him harder of sticking together in college. He has set his phone to vibrate whenever his than anyone else. Late last year, Mr. Clark strained his foot, name is mentioned on Twitter. In the days fol- Mr. Weber emphasized that, by staying in forcing the two players to put their workouts lowing his visit, it buzzed 10 to 20 times a day his home state, Mr. Clark would make connec- on hold for several weeks. When he returned with tweets from Iowa State fans. Many of tions that would help him after his basketball to the court, in January, he learned that Iowa them he answered. career had ended. State, another Mokan connection, wanted in. Soon after the visit, Mr. Clark called Mr. An assistant coach played up the impor- The university would have him on two visits. Caruthers and told him he could see himself tance of having his family close by. On the first, he and his teammates got a be- in maroon and gold, the Cyclones’ colors. A “They can see you at every home game,” the hind-the-scenes look as the Cyclones prepared few weeks earlier, he had said the same thing assistant texted. “We just want to keep you for a Big 12 Conference game. A week later, about Kansas State. close to everyone who cares about you.” he came back with his mom and a coach from Sunrise. eanwhile, Kansas State was ansas State would soon have During a workout, the team’s head coach, turning up the pressure. more company. In mid-February, Fred Hoiberg, watched as Mr. Clark’s The day after Mr. Clark re- an Indiana assistant came to Kan- left-handed stroke filled the net. The coach, turned from Iowa State, Mr. sas to watch Mr. Clark play. At who played for a decade in the NBA and then Weber arranged floor seats for the end of the session, he offered a worked for the league’s Minnesota Timber- Mhim and four of his teammates for the Wild- Kscholarship. wolves, seemed impressed. cats’ game that night against Kansas, which “We’re serious,” the coach told Mr. Clark. After Mr. Clark made a string of shots, Mr. was then ranked No. 1 in the country. When “When can we get a visit scheduled?” Hoiberg turned to the Sunrise coach and said, Kansas State pulled off an overtime upset, Mr. Michigan State was also interested. But be- “I’ve seen all I need to see.” Clark was there to rush the floor with the fans. cause the university had not made an offer, On every visit, coaches look for some way to Kansas State’s coaches brought him into Mr. Clark was not considering it as seriously. separate themselves from their competition. the locker room to enjoy the celebration. One “I’m focused on schools that really want me,” For Iowa State, it’s Mr. Hoiberg’s NBA experi- coach later texted, “That could be you on that he said. To do otherwise, he said, wouldn’t be ence. “Other coaches might have basketball re- floor next year!!” Continued on Following Page A32 j u n e 6, 2014 | t he chron icl e of highe r e duc At ion

Continued From Preceding Page watching Mr. Clark play, he sat with him and In early March, Mr. Clark and Mr. fair to the coaches who had put in the time. the Sunrise coaches and placed a conference Caruthers drove seven hours to Blooming- Just as his recruitment was heating up, the call to Tom Izzo, the Spartans’ head coach. ton, where they watched the Hoosiers, ranked line from Iowa State went cold. When Mr. “Chief, it’s a no-brainer,” he said to his boss. No. 1 in the country a year ago, squander a Caruthers asked why, a Cyclones assistant told “We’ve got to get this done.” 16-point lead in a loss to Nebraska. him that Mr. Hoiberg needed reassurance. Mr. Izzo called Mr. Clark later that night. During the game, a Michigan State coach The assistant asked for Mr. Clark’s statistics “I hope you don’t mind, but in these next spotted Mr. Clark on TV, sitting behind the on the season and wanted to see some recent few weeks I’m probably going to bug you a bit,” home team’s bench. game film. He insisted that he still wanted to he told Mr. Clark. He said he even planned to “No clapping Marv,” he texted. get the deal done, his texts showed. have his wife and son call. “I aint clappin coach lol!” Mr. Clark replied. But Mr. Clark was not happy. “The schools you’re considering are all great While Mr. Clark's allegiance seemed clear, “How do you go from being my best friend schools, but Michigan State is a special place,” Mr. Caruthers’s were just starting to come into to stop talking to me?” he said. said Coach Izzo, whose program has been to focus. After consulting his handlers, he decided to cut five Final Fours since 2000. After the game, the two met with Indi- ties. Just like that, his latest No. 1 choice was out. Within days the Spartans had made an of- ana’s coaches, who emphasized what Mr. “I’m done with playing games,” he said. “If fer and set up a visit. The late push did not go Clark could do for the team. They compared you sleep on me, you’ll regret it.” over well with Indiana, which had recently lost him to Victor Oladipo, a former Hoosiers But all the starts and restarts were wearing a high-profile recruit—Mr. Nairn, Mr. Clark’s star who had not been heavily recruited on him, and the dance was taking longer than teammate—to Michigan State. out of high school. But last year, after two he wanted. Before all of this was over, he tex- On February 28, a few days after receiving seasons under Tom Crean, Indiana’s head ted Mr. Caruthers at one point, “Ima be bald the Michigan State offer, Mr. Clark and his coach, he was selected as the No. 2 pick in with grey hairs!” mom flew to East Lansing. That weekend, they the NBA draft. Around that time, he also learned of more watched the team play poorly. Late that night, Mr. Clark and Mr. Caruthers had a long talk in their hotel room. Until then, Mr. Caruthers says, he had tried not to influence Mr. Clark’s decision. But af- ter seeing how much the Hoosiers could use a player like Marvin, he couldn’t hold back his feelings. “If we’re all about the NBA, and you really want to take care of your family,” he told Mr. Clark, “you should go to Indiana.” After Michigan State, Mr. Clark thought he knew where he was headed. But Mr. Xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Caruthers’s words left an impression. Hours later, Mr. Clark let a Michigan State coach know about his quandary: He liked xxxxxxxxxxxxx Coach Izzo. But Buzzy—the guy he trusts, the coach who had brought him this far—told him Indiana was the best option. xxxxxxxxxxxxxx “I gotta take care of the fam coach,” he text- ed the Spartans assistant. “I have no choice.” Days later he texted Mr. Crean, telling him xxxxxxxxxxxxx that he was serious about Indiana. “You guys need me and thats what i need,” Mr. Clark wrote, echoing Mr. Caruthers’s sen- xxxxxxxxxxxxx timents. “Coach i wanna take an official as fast as possible!” “That’s fine,” Mr. Crean said. “We need to xxxxxxxxxxxx win today and then set a date ASAP.” Michigan State’s coaches dug in, telling him that they understood he needed to take care of his family, and that he wanted the opportunity to play as soon as possible. “We will WIN, make you better AND you

JULIE DENESHA FOR THE CHRONICLE will also have a point guard that wants to get you buckets,” an assistant texted. What else did he need? problems back home. His mother was late on “You saw us at our worst,” a Michigan State It wasn’t him, Mr. Clark wrote back. When Mr. Clark rent and her landlord was threatening to evict coach texted after the trip. Could Coach Izzo have a talk with his Mans arrived at Sunrise the family. The news reminded Mr. Clark of Mr. Clark said he liked it that way. Buzz? Christian Academy, everything at stake. “I’m happy I got to see it raw,” he texted That weekend Mr. Clark visited his moth- he didn’t know how “I have people I can’t let down,” he said. “I back. “Cuz all I want is the truth ya know?” er in Kansas City, where he laid out the op- good he could be, have to succeed.” His mom also liked what she saw. Many tions. For him, even though Buzz was push- his coaches there coaches ask players about their mothers. ing Indiana, it came down to two programs: say. He pushed asketball coaches have a saying Michigan State named a building after one. Michigan State and Kansas State. He liked through, reminding they like to repeat at the end of close The Spartans put an emphasis on family the idea of playing close to home, he told his himself of how games: The team with the ball in that Mr. Clark said he had not seen before. All mother, as he worried about her health. But tenuous the game its hands last has the best chance of of the players attended every meal with him. he loved the feeling he got around Coach was. winning. And Mr. Izzo set aside time for his mom. Izzo. BSome coaches feel the same way about recruit- After the game, the coach invited her back He made it clear, however, that he was will- ing: The program with the last visit is often in to his house to visit with him and his young ing to follow Buzzy’s lead and go to Indiana if it the strongest position to land the prospect. son. The coach asked her about the challenges meant he could take care of his family sooner. For weeks, Mr. Clark was planning to go to in her life and sought her guidance on caring Ms. Collins-Miller—who had uprooted him Ole Miss last. But the university, where a for- for his aging parents. (As a nurse, Ms. Col- more than a dozen times, leaned on him to mer Mokan star plays, had not pursued Mr. lins-Miller worked with the elderly). help raise his siblings, and signed over guard- Clark as aggressively as his other suitors. Over tea, Mr. Izzo told her how impressed ianship of his life—needed him to break the As his decision day was nearing, Mr. Clark he was with her son, and that she should be bad cycle she was in. But as she sat with her told a reporter for a recruiting website that he proud of how he had turned out. son, she offered something that he did not ex- was not planning to visit there after all, a dis- The next day, the coach and his assistants pect. closure that bothered his AAU coaches. They broke down film of Mr. Clark’s game. They Stop worrying about the family, she told worried that it could be perceived as a slight liked his potential but were careful not to him. “We’re fine,” she said. “You take care of against the university, and thought it could make promises. He would have to work for his yourself.” hurt Mokan’s chances of placing other players minutes. So after all that—after committing to at Mississippi. play for Oregon 11 months ago, after watch- “They told me that’s not how we run things,” fter Michigan State, Indiana ing that deal evaporate, after lots of counsel Mr. Clark said. “They’ve got to keep that rela- had a change of plans. It canceled from lots of people, hundreds of text mes- tionship strong for kids in the future.” Mr. Clark’s official visit, instead sages, four official visits, and more than 20 Instead, Indiana looked like his final visit. inviting him and Mr. Caruthers for scholarship offers—Marvin Clark Jr. made But near the end of February, Mike Garland, a an unofficial visit, which his han- his own decision. He was going to Michigan Michigan State assistant, flew to Kansas. After dlersA would have to pay for. State. t he chron icl e of highe r e duc at ion | j u n e 6, 2014 a33

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Higher Education’s Missing Faculty Voices

onversations about what we peratives. Driven by concerns about students’ dations that will advance subsequent careers. need to know about higher edu- access to a college education, and paired with Ample evidence shows that good teachers cation, both to rate college and fears about ever-rising levels of student debt, play a role in student success, so it matters university performance and to the focus is on assessing which colleges pro- whether today’s faculty members are satisfied provide information to prospec- vide “the best bang for the buck” and related with their career choices and are provid- tive students and their parents, evidence about student outcomes. ing a model for future generations of their Cleave one word largely unspoken: faculty. The net effect of this narrowed perspective successors. Given the growing prevalence of A recent report by the Institute for Higher on the challenges of higher education is to part-time and contingent faculty members, it Education Policy, “Mapping the Postsecond- suggest that the only factors affecting access is in our interest to know where they are being ary Data Domain,” mentions faculty mem- to and successful completion of a college used, why they choose to take those positions, bers only once—as users, not as subjects of degree are the financial costs and the prepa- and how much time they can devote to work data. And the report is only the latest in an ration of students. But starting from that per- with and for their students. If we are truly at effusion of discussions of higher-education spective, without trying to understand what a moment when employment is fundamen- data needs. The same neglect occurred at a happens between admission and graduation, tally changing at the postsecondary level, daylong Department of Education symposium seems remarkably shortsighted. It ignores the then we should be tracking those changes and on the subject in February. While pondering systemic nature of higher education, and the providing guidance to the doctoral programs what we need to know to improve and reform fact that a majority of students do not choose training future generations of academics for higher education, students, a major until after they have come into signifi- the classroom. administrators, and re- cant contact with faculty members. Consider some of the questions that are NORMAN M. BRADBURN searchers were mentioned We realize that knowing the distribution left out of those discussions: Who is teach- repeatedly, but the faculty of faculty members in the classroom, their ing in the college classroom? What are their and ROBERT TOWNSEND members who teach those teaching methods, and their morale will not qualifications? How much time do faculty students received only rare tell us how a specific student may fare at a members spend interacting with students? and fleeting attention. particular college. But any conversation about What technologies are they using both in The absence of any apparent interest in reforms in higher education is truncated their pedagogy and in their interactions with faculty members, crucial players in postsec- without information about the faculty mem- students? Absent evidence, we have to resort ondary education, seems remarkable if those bers who play such a vital part in the educa- to small-scale studies and anecdotes. Until efforts are intended to genuinely improve the tion and welfare of college students—not just 2004 the National Survey of Postsecondary quality of education for students and society. as teachers in the classroom, but as advisers Faculty asked and answered those questions. At one level the absence of faculty members and mentors guiding students through their This survey was suspended by the National is understandable given today’s political im- college experiences and providing recommen- Center for Education Statistics in 2004, and t he chron icl e of highe r e duc at ion | j u n e 6, 2014 a35

there appear to be no plans to reinstitute it. outside the classroom. Department of Education and the Institute At the moment, the only substantive data Both of us have direct experience working for Higher Education Policy seem to be about faculty members are drawn from with departments, assessing their programs advocating. For those who truly care about institutions, and often offered only at levels and trying to carry out reforms. The best of the future of higher education, these are not that make them almost useless for detailed those efforts start with a comparative analysis trivial questions. analysis. Take, for instance, the often-cited based in data about their own program and We are under no illusions that the develop- figure that well over half of all college and programs at similar institutions, assessing the ment of a proper survey would be simple or university faculty members today are em- relative size and distribution of their courses, cheap. Developing a proper sampling frame, ployed in a part-time or adjunct capacity. the numbers of students taking those courses, generating contact information, and pursuing Since those figures come from a head count at and the number and type of faculty members those responses is a significant amount of each institution, we do not know how many teaching them. Information based in data, work. But the benefits to the current reform faculty members are double-counted because and disseminated in a way that allows com- efforts, and to higher education more general- they teach at multiple institutions. We do parisons as close as possible to the needs of ly, would make this a worthwhile investment. not know how the ratio of full- to part-time those asking, greatly enriches those conversa- faculty members varies across the different tions, allowing the discussion to go forward in Norman M. Bradburn is a professor emeritus disciplines. We only know from the last survey an informed and substantive way. and former provost at the University of Chica- that, at that time, a significant proportion of The lack of current data on postsecondary go. Robert Townsend is director of the Wash- faculty members in adjunct positions lacked a faculty members is a serious gap in efforts to ington office of the American Academy of Arts doctoral degree, and that they devoted signifi- develop the kind of systematic educational and Sciences. They are principal investigators cantly less time to interacting with students indicators the recent reform efforts by the of the Humanities Indicators.

Never Teach a Class Outdoors and Other Key Lessons I Have Learned

his spring Texas is hosting two lead to furrowed brows, not knowing nods. Of than Marie Antoinette, the Freemasons, or perennial events: the blossom- course the students recognize these names, both. The genesis of the Dust Bowl? The name ing of our wildflowers and the but in the way I recognize, when I flip through James Agee gave to the first gridiron meeting graduating of our college seniors. my baseball memorabilia, the names of the between Oklahoma and Texas (and immortal- The great blaze of prairie paint- starting lineup from the 1964 Mets. This does ized in a series of photos by Walker Evans). It brushes and graduation gowns not reflect the closing of the American mind is, on the other hand, reassuring to know that Tfills us with hope, but their evanescence prods so much as it does its fragmentation. Take our wild claims will eventually filter onto the us to reflection. As a historian, I cannot help comfort in the possibility that, in our brave very sites our students read. but look for lessons in my quarter century new virtual world, all cultural references, past Never teach a class outdoors. Unless of experience. In no particular order, here and present, are equally worthy (or worthless). you are in the department of botany, there is a Decalogue of sorts I have learned as an For those who think this calls for a mono- is no reason to succumb to the siren call of academic. graph, please see the first commandment. pleading student or azure skies. It’s Hobbes- Never give copies of your books to Never lament the building of new ian, or at least pretty annoying, on the other friends and family. Unless, that is, you wish football stadiums rather than new library side of the classroom window. For philoso- to lose friends and alienate family. Always wings. This venerable academic ritual brings phy professors, this is a perfect opportunity remember that monographs belong on library to mind Oscar Wilde’s remark about another to lecture on the difference between the shelves, not bedside tables, and that they ideal presented in university will not be read by tenure-and-promotion public-relations literature committees, much less by your neighbor. Never try to be cool. and the reality of the fire Forget this lesson and you will find that your ants clambering over socks ROBERT ZARETSKY neighbor, embarrassed to have never even Wearing fashionably that fail to cover your calves opened your seminal work on the poetics of and organic deodorants that are kind to interwar French fascist literature, will start distressed jeans nature but brutal on certain parts of your studying his rain gutter with particular care shirt. every time you catch sight of him while taking will stress your Never refer to yourself by the title “Dr.”— out the trash. unless you are a real doctor. For this reason, Never call students by their first names. students. we should always honor Thomas Jefferson This is for the same reason that farmers, I’m as the founder of the University of Virginia, told, do not give names to their livestock. where he declared that faculty members be There is a corollary: Never invite students to hoary tradition, fox hunting: It is the un- called “Mister” and not “Doctor.” This will, call you by your first name. Otherwise, when speakable chasing the uneatable. Not only is of course, serve as an antidote to the hubris the semester ends, final grades will undergo this lament unattractive, but it is also useless. into which academics often fall. It will also the same magical metamorphosis as caterpil- The sheer emptiness of the existing stacks save you from embarrassment when an airline lars. C’s will ineluctably morph into bountiful in the library serves as a reminder that the stewardess, recalling the “Doctor” on your B’s, even brilliantly colored A’s, fluttering into imperative “Build it and they will come” was boarding pass when another passenger begins the sky as they leave behind the cocoon of a launched in a movie about baseball players, to experience chest pains, discovers that your semester of mediocre work. not librarians. knowledge of the heart begins and ends with Never try to be cool (and it is never cool Never become an administrator. No Jane Austen. to remind students that the word’s histo- doubt there are many motivations that lead Never confuse a syllabus with reality. ry dates back to Chaucer). In the realm of one to leave the teaching of the humanities for One of the dirty secrets of the profession is dress, wearing fashionably distressed jeans its administering, but rest assured that Dante that syllabi are less representations of the will stress your students. As for sporting has already covered them all in the Inferno. world, or predictions of the near future, than Converse sneakers, they are as hostile to your Second circle, the torment for those who lust- they are close relatives of New Year’s reso- arches as they are to any effort to reappro- ed? Ninth circle, the frozen hell for those who lutions. They bespeak little more than our priate a symbol that once belonged to our betrayed? A new circle, or extension of limbo, well-meant intentions (which often include generation. As for hipster culture, it is best to for those who sincerely meant well? books we have long meant to read and put on think of it as the terra incognita of medieval Never allow the Internet in the class- our syllabi as a prod, forgetting that the same mariners. Years ago I learned that mak- room. This commandment has far less to do prod failed over the previous five years). ing reference to, say, The Maltese Falcon or with those students buying or selling stocks Never turn down a plum administrative Catch-22 made even less sense than citing the or trawling dating sites than with students position. (Keeping in mind that Dante him- Upanishads. But it was not until recently that who are fact-checking your remarks. Until self was no stranger to lust, hypocrisy, and I discovered that even relatively contemporary the advent of the Internet, professors had treachery.) references were equally ancient, or obscure, long benefited from the sort of immunity and to my students. Bruce Springsteen or Jon impunity that Catholic priests once enjoyed Robert Zaretsky is a professor of French Stewart—names I had assumed were verita- and totalitarian rulers still savor. The origins history at the University of Houston Honors bly Platonic in their universality—most often of the French Revolution? Look no further College. A36 j u n e 6, 2014 | t he chron icl e of highe r e duc At ion

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uestion: May I write an academic “academic novels” and “campus novels” (those there’s a character you want to create—a novel and make big bucks? featuring student life)—and got hundreds of struggling adjunct, an aggrieved graduate hits. She started out to read all the recent nov- student, a free spirit who says the-hell- Answer: You may indeed write els she found, including the ones with “Trash” with-it-all. Probably you want some kind of the novel, and Ms. Mentor will and “Zombies” in their titles. If you are think- revenge. Q tell you how. But if you want to be ing, “I could write something like this,” Ms. First let Ms. Mentor tell you what not to do rich, well, she’ll get to that sad topic later. Mentor knows you’re right. in writing your masterpiece—at least if you Academic novels—those set on college You’ll start, naturally, with the terror of the want her to approve of your final product. campuses and featuring professors, blank screen. Never tell yourself, “I am going n Do not go slowly into your story. Ms. Men- MS. MENTOR adjuncts, and staff—seem to be hot to commit an act of literature.” That can par- tor loathes weather and nature as starters, nowadays. Jeffrey J. Williams’s 2012 alyze you. Instead, try: “I am going to write a unless your victim is going to be struck by EMILY TOTH study of “The Rise of the Academic horrendously awful first draft.” That’ll get you lightning and left writhing in a piranha-filled Novel” shows more than 200 pub- campus fish pond. “It was sunny and birds lished in recent decades. sang merrily” makes her turn off her Academic novels are no longer a rarefied e-reader. Life is short. n genre, skewed a bit toward the Anglophile, as Do not use tedious quotidian they were nearly 10 years ago, when Elaine details. Each time your character enters Old Main, leaves Old Main, Showalter wrote her elegant and witty survey, makes coffee, drinks coffee, plows, Faculty Towers: The Academic Novel and Its Never tell yourself, “I am mows, or trudges, Ms. Mentor is Discontents. When Showalter was at the start going to commit an act tap-tap-tapping with boredom and of her career, academic novels were enter- impatience. Focus on the people: taining and instructive. But the books in her of literature.” That can the nasty professors, the saintly staff sample were written before the humanities members, the pre-med grade grub- job market thoroughly imploded. paralyze you. bers. New Ph.D.’s in today’s novels are not likely n Do not linger on your charac- to be the high-flying superstars portrayed in ters’ looks. Ms. Mentor finds many David Lodge’s Small World. A reader of recent a police-blotter-like description: academic novels would glean that academe is height, weight, facial scars, mobile full of chicanery, violence, and odd sex educa- or immobile mouths. Unless your tion, as in Will Forest’s Co-Ed Naked Philoso- started. Setting yourself a daily writing quota character’s looks matter—wildly handsome, or phy and Jon Michael Miller’s Photo Sessions: is helpful. It can be time (an hour a day) or nasty, brutish, and short—leave out the clumsy Penn State Calendar Girls. words (500 words a day). descriptions. Let readers imagine. In her commitment to public service, Ms. Ms. Mentor presumes you have something n Do not write about the midlife crisis of a Mentor Googled and checked Amazon for in mind for your academic novel. Perhaps male professor who’s undone by an evil un- t he chron icl e of highe r e duc at ion | j u n e 6, 2014 a37

dergraduate temptress. These novels are em- barrassingly common, in every sense of the word. Yes, some are famous, such as Richard Russo’s Straight Man, Francine Prose’s Blue Academic Novels: A Summer Reading List Angel, and Zadie Smith’s On Beauty. They’ve even spawned novels about professors seek- ing hookups (A.C. Roberts’s While Herding Allin, Lou. A Little Learning Is a Mur- Lodge, Davis. Small World: An Academic Cats) or being blackmailed by call girls (Alicia derous Thing Romance Stone’s Murder Most Academic). But there’s also a backlash, as in Nancy Mary’s Carnal Anderson, Diane S. Death Is Academic Maremaa, Tom. Rule of Law: A Novel Academy: On the Trail of an Academic Pred- Baker, JoJo. Trashy Novel: Four College Maron, Margaret. One Coffee With ator. Girls on a Path Mary, Nancy L. Carnal Academy: On the n Do not ignore the classroom. Ms. Mentor Blattberg, Charles. The Adventurous Trail of an Academic Predator lives for that kind of drama. Show what your Young Philosopher Theo Hoshen of Toronto McCarthy, Mary. The Groves of Academe characters do for a living. Show the emotional Bowne, Patricia S. Advice From Pigeons Miller, Jon Michael. Photo Sessions: Penn highs and lows of teaching, and don’t leave out Bradley, Victoria. Tenure Track State Calendar Girls the sublime moment when a student asks, “Do Bunn, Curtis. Homecoming Weekend: A Moore, Lorrie. A Gate at the Stairs we have to know that for the test?” Novel Nabokov, Vladimir. Pnin n Don’t forget to be an intellectual. Show Carlson, P.M. Murder Is Academic Nicholls, David. A Question of Attrac- your characters using their minds and show- Chabon, Michael. Wonder Boys: A Novel tion: A Novel ing off their esoteric knowledge. Too many Choi, Susan. My Education: A Novel Nordengren, Fritz. Concealed campus novels announce what they’re about Cochran, Les. Signature Affair: Loves, O’Brien, Tim. July, July in the first chapter: “PARTY.” Or weirder ones Lies and Liaisons Prose, Francine. Blue Angel: A Novel drop everything for debauchery, as in Mary Cross, Amanda. Death in a Tenured Qureshi, Hazel. Academic Passions Smetley’s Lorenzostein: A Bizarre Tale of the Position Roberts, A.C. While Herding Cats Depravity of a Young Academic. Davis, Lennard. The Sonnets: A Novel Russo, Richard. Straight Man n Don’t make your characters sound as if Dobson, Joanne. Death Without Tenure Schine, Cathleen. Rameau’s Niece they’re in books. Read their conversations Eugenides, Jeffrey. The Marriage Plot: A Shatzky, Joel. Option Three aloud. Do they sound like real people, or Novel Simsion, Graeme. The Rosie Project: A pompous asses? (Yes, there is sometimes an Forest, Will. Co-Ed Naked Philosophy Novel overlap.) Goodman, Carol. The Sonnet Lover: A Smetley, Mary. Lorenzostein: A Bizarre Now we can proceed to what you should do Novel Tale of the Depravity of a Young Academic in writing your academic novel (in no partic- Harrison, Stephen. AcaPolitics: A Novel Smiley, Jane. Moo ular order): About College A Cappella Smith, Zadie. On Beauty n Satirize the jargon. “Shakespeare is both clitoral and phallic,” claims a student in Len- Illsley, John Sherwood. Scholars and Stone, Alicia. Murder Most Academic nard Davis’s The Sonnets. His “attempt to get Gentlemen Thompson, B. Alex. Chaos Campus: the phallus lets him become a woman.” Anoth- Jarrell, Randall. Pictures From an Insti- Sorority Girls vs. Zombies er student insists that the single key to inter- tution: A Comedy Tierney, William G. Academic Affairs: A preting Shakespeare is much simpler: “lemurs.” Jules, C. The Freshman Fifteen Love Story n Use sparkling dialogue, and treat yourself Korelitz, Jean Hanff. Admission Walsh, Alice. Analyzing Sylvia Plath: An to smart, rhetorically balanced sentences, as Lavender, Will. Obedience: A Novel Academic Mystery in Mary McCarthy’s The Groves of Academe: L’Heureux, John. Handmaid of Desire Wheeler, Lesley. The Receptionist and “To a man of superior intellect, the idea that he Littell, Robert. The Visiting Professor: A Other Tales has been weak or a fool in comparison with an Novel of Chaos Wittner, Lawrence S. What’s Going On at inferior adversary is fraught with moral come- Lorello, Elisa. Faking It UAardvark? dy and sardonic philosophic applications.” Lodge, David. Changing Places: A Tale of Younis, Betty. Poison and Papyrus n Show, don’t tell. Lawrence S. Wittner, in Two Campuses What’s Going On at UAardvark?, doesn’t say “corporatization” or even “pecking order,” but lists the names of sponsored campus units. They include the Fox News School of Commu- n Allow some characters to be sincere and Sage readers: Ms. Mentor thanks the many nications, the Ajax Porta Potty Department of idealistic, as in David Nicholls’s A Question of generous souls who nominated academic Philosophy, and the Hilda’s Beauty Salon De- Attraction: “I want to possess radical but hu- novels for this year’s Ackies (academic-novel partment of Women’s Studies. mane and well-informed political ideals, and I recognitions). They know who they are, and n Create hybrid genres. Patricia S. Bowne in want to hold passionate but reasoned debates, Ms. Mentor gives everyone permission to brag. Advice From Pigeons mixes academe and fan- saying things like ‘Define your terms!’ and Ms. Mentor also thanks those readers who tasy, with an irresistible first sentence about a ‘Your premise is patently specious!’” hero who, in an hour, will be “either success- commented on her recent retirement-related If you follow Ms. Mentor’s advice, will you ful or dismembered.” Lesley Wheeler’s The column. One blamed Ms. Mentor for not fix- get rich from your academic novel? Not likely. Receptionist and Other Tales is a “speculative ing the deplorable situation of adjuncts today. Trade publishers’ royalties are now about feminist academic novella in terza rima.” The Others praised retirement as the best stage 15 percent of the cover price; the average Rosie Project, by Graeme Simsion, describes in an academic career, or advised finding an an Asperger-ish fellow’s search for a bride, in a university -press book sells 300 to 400 copies. absolutely different passion to pursue, or said, mashup of Cinderella and Pygmalion. A large percentage of Ms. Mentor’s sample are “Wherever you are, quit while you’re ahead.” n Allow middle-aged academic women to be self-published, meaning the author paid to Ms. Mentor was also informed, “You are not sexy. Besides showing gay men enjoying love, publish the book. Promoting a self-published Stephen Colbert.” William G. Tierney’s Academic Affairs has a book is a full-time job, as shown in Catherine As always, Ms. Mentor welcomes gossip, woman of a certain age as its sexiest female Ryan Hyde and Anne R. Allen’s How to Be a rants, and queries, including summer mus- character. She is a provost. Writer in the E-Age. ings. She regrets that she can rarely answer n Be up to date on technology. Ms. Mentor A few academic novels are sold to the letters personally, and never speedily, and she was startled to see typewriters in several cur- movies—Michael Chabon’s Wonder Boys recommends regular perusal of The Chroni- rent novels. She much prefers Victoria Bradley’s and Jean Hanff Korelitz’s Admission—but cle’s forums. She cannot give legal or psychiat- Tenure Track, in which a professor’s allegedly others seem written as vanity projects. Some ric advice. All communications are confiden- perfect marriage is trashed by compromising academic-novel writers are parading their tial, anonymity is guaranteed, and identifying photos on Facebook. He’s then given a crude fantasies: fame, tenure, the love of beautiful details are changed. No one will know about and salacious nickname that becomes a meme women. But the most common motive seems the novel that you (and 138 others) are writ- and goes viral. Everyone on Twitter titters. to be schadenfreude—the universal pleasure ing about the people who do not appreciate n Get somebody murdered. There is al- in seeing one’s rivals suffer. You have the urge ways someone with powerful enemies who your unique merits and unparalleled beauty. to punish them and say, “I’ll show you.” They’ll be surprised. It will serve them right. want him (it’s usually a him) dead. Professor- Ms. Mentor hopes you will. sleuths, such as Amanda Cross’s Kate Fansler n Ms. Mentor, who never leaves her ivory tower, and Joanne Dobson’s Karen Pelletier, are clev- er literary decoders. Many victims, such as the Question: Is it annoying that so many channels her mail via Emily Toth in the En- Egyptologist in Betty Younis’s Poison and Pa- academic novels mention yoga and yogurt? glish department of Louisiana State Univer- pyrus, are ingeniously offed. Would you prefer a more diverse and colorful sity at Baton Rouge. Her most recent book is n Reveal useful truths, as in Joel Shatzky’s panoply of play and food? Ms. Mentor’s New and Ever More Impeccable Option Three: “If you were against something Advice for Women and Men in Academia happening, it was much easier to get it not Answer: Yes. (University of Pennsylvania Press). Her email done if you were on a committee.” n address is [email protected]. A38 j u n e 6, 2014 | t he chron icl e of highe r e duc At ion Why Is Academic Rejection So Very Crushing? Losing out on a job, tenure, or publication can be a unique agony. The cure is not success, it’s compassion

t’s been over a year since traumatize its rejects into believ- of unvarnished job-market rejection is so painful is that the my final rejection for an ing they are worthless to human- statistics) agreed: “Academic hiring, promotion, and publica- academic job came in, ity? One of the perks of being job rejection hurts because, as tion processes are both deeply and the sense of total life an education journalist now is they tell us, there are so many judgmental of the most “im- failure that accompanied that academics tell me things. In qualified candidates and it’s all portant” parts of us and simul- my inability to get a ten- recent months, without even my about fit.” Rejection, he told me, taneously out of our control, the Iure-track position has dimin- prompting, dozens of my readers “means being told that you don’t solution is not simply to make ished almost entirely. It’s now began to write to me about why, fit in anywhere.” This is especial- our dossiers even more labor-in- but the most occasional blip of exactly, academic rejection was ly painful when considered up tensive, and thus self-flagellate annoying background noise, sort such a blow to them. I put out a against the popular conception of even more when we “fail.” The of like when Neil Diamond is on wider call, and the stories came the academy as, in the words of real solution is to be mindful at the gym. pouring in. reader “PT,” a “pure” meritocracy of the differences between the I wish I’d known this a year What I learned from listening “wholly dedicated to the pursuit symptoms and the disease. The ago. Back then, I didn’t want to to their frank, heartfelt tales is of knowledge.” Being rejected by rejections themselves—the form actively end my life over that re- that for many Ph.D.’s, academic a pure meritocracy simply trans- emails; the eye-contact avoid- jection, because rejection—not just on the mar- lates into believing that you truly ance from colleagues who just that would have ket, but for tenure or promotion, have no merit whatsoever. voted against your tenure case; REBECCA SCHUMAN been too cruel to or from a journal or publisher— A substantial number of my the deafening silence from a my family. But I was the worst kind they’d ever respondents also pointed to the journal or press—are the symp- kept thinking: If received. And these were people adverse existential effects of toms. The totalizing academic only I could just, you know, find who, like me, had held various the rigid and drawn-out hiring, self-conception is the disease. myself in a quick but violent ac- nonacademic jobs, and thus had cident. Academic failure felt like been dumped, divorced, and the death of a substantial part of cheated on elsewhere. my identity—and I sincerely be- So why was academic rejection lieved the best possible outcome so much harder for them to take? was for the rest of me to die along Some pointed to the logistics of Even the most self-satisfied with it. the academic job search: The un- Of course I’m ecstatic that that usually large time commitment academic meritocrat would admit didn’t happen, and mortified that involved in sending out dossiers I thought it should. But now I and customized letters made that an extra dose of compassion in wonder: Was my all-encompass- rejection that much harder to the academy wouldn’t hurt anyone. ing sense of failure common- take. Especially insulting was place? And, if so, why? What what one reader described as makes academe so “special” as to “the ABSOLUTE DEAFENING SILENCE” that greets many journal submissions and job applications. Another reader, who had been a campus finalist, publication, and tenure cycles. There is no cure for the symp- lamented: “The only reason I The former-academic blogger toms. In fact, when you are on know I didn’t get the job was via who goes by “Werner Herzog’s the academic job market, they the department’s Facebook page Bear” revealed, “Every August will simply become more acute. that touted the hire.” Ouch. and September, as I started There is, however, a cure for the What struck me as even more getting ready and looking for disease: compassion. Compas- interesting in the responses I got, the tenure-track job ads, I sion for the rejected self, and though—and what may serve to would get anxiety attacks and compassion for those we feel bring healing and redemption couldn’t sleep. Rejection exists have rejected us—people who to those readers currently in the in other fields,” he says, “but are, of course, rarely acting out throes—were the remarkably not to the point that it becomes of personal malice, but instead introspective examinations of a yearly ritual of self-hatred simply doing their own jobs to academic self-conception, which and emotional pain.” Another the best of their ability. We must CHARTING ACADEMIC PEERS I believe is the true issue here. ex-academic blogger, “Professor evoke compassion, that is, for a One reader, “David,” explained Never,” echoed: “In the rest of system full of people who are, in that those who “yearn to teach, the world, there is always the one way or another, hurting, in write, and research find this possibility something could both failure and success.

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Ohio State University, to executive dean of the School of Arts and Sci- APPOINTMENTS ■ New chief executives: AMERICAN RIVER COLLEGE, Thomas Greene; BALL STATE UNIVERSITY, Paul ences at Rutgers University at New Leslie Alldritt, associate professor W. Ferguson; BLACK HILLS STATE UNIVERSITY, Tom Jackson Jr.; CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY TEXAS, Brunswick. of religion and philosophy, to in- Robert Marley, interim vice pres- terim vice president of academic Donald Christian; DELGADO COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Joan Davis; FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY, Mirta ident for student success at Mon- affairs and dean of the faculty at Martin; GEORGIA GWINNETT COLLEGE, Stas Preczewski; HOLY FAMILY UNIVERSITY, Sister Maureen tana State University at Bozeman, Northland College. to provost at Missouri University of McGarrity; LEHIGH CARBON COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Ann Bieber; NORMANDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Shelly Armstrong, interim vice Science and Technology. president, to vice president for uni- Joyce Ester; SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, Sean Burrage; SOUTHWESTERN CHRIS- Mirta Martin, dean of the School of versity advancement and marketing TIAN UNIVERSITY, Reggies Wenyika; TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, Robert Duncan; UNIVERSITY Business at Virginia State Univer- at Ferris State University. sity, to president of Fort Hays State OF BALTIMORE, WEST GEORGIA TECHNICAL COLLEGE, YO SAN UNI- Manuel Avalos, associate vice Kurt Schmoke; Stephen G. Daniel; University. chancellor for faculty support and VERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE, Lois Green. Sister Maureen McGarrity, provost, development and director of re- to president of Holy Family Uni- search partnerships and innovation versity. at University of North Carolina at Terry McManus, vice president for Jeanne Colleran, dean of the Col- Wilmington, to dean of the College dent of Normandale Community director at San Francisco State lege of Arts and Sciences, to provost strategic initiatives for the foun- of Arts, Humanities, and Social College. University. and vice president for academic af- dation at Translational Genomics Science at University of Southern Robert Ferguson, deputy director Erika Hayes James, senior as- fairs at John Carroll University. Research Institute, to assistant Maine. of development at the Natural Re- sociate dean for executive edu- dean of development and alumni John Colombo, professor of law, to sources Defense Council, to vice cation in the Graduate School Lynn Babington, dean of the School relations for the School of Law at interim dean of the College of Law president for development and of Business Administration at of Nursing, to senior vice president Boston University. at University of Illinois. executive director of the foundation University of Virginia, to dean of for academic affairs at Fairfield J. Kim McNutt, at the Fashion Institute of Tech- the School of Business at Emory assistant vice pres- University. Vicki Colvin, vice provost for re- ident for adult and continuing search and professor of chemistry nology. University. Ann Bain, interim dean of the education at Our Lady of the Lake and chemical and biomolecular Paul W. Ferguson, Hisham Hegab, College of Science and chair of the president of professor of me- University, to dean of College of engineering at Rice University, to nursing department, to founding University of Maine, to president of chanical, nanosystems, and cyber Extended and International Edu- provost at Brown University. dean of the College of Education Ball State University. engineering, to dean of the College cation at California State Universi- and Health Professions at Univer- Thomas Coon, director of extension Gene Finn, vice president for insti- of Engineering and Science at Lou- ty-Dominguez Hills. isiana Tech University. sity of Arkansas at Little Rock. and professor in the department of tutional advancement and execu- Andrew Morriss, professor of law at fisheries and wildlife at Michigan tive director of the foundation at Tom Jackson Jr., vice president for Cynthia A. Berg, interim dean and University of Alabama at Tuscalo- State University, to vice president, Kent State University, to vice pres- professor of psychology, to dean of student affairs at University of Lou- osa, to dean of the School of Law at dean, and director of the division of ident for development for arts and the College of Social and Behavioral isville, to president of Black Hills Texas A&M University. argricultural sciences and natural sciences and dean of development State University. Science at University of Utah. Susan Mosley-Howard, chair and resources at Oklahoma State Uni- and alumni relations at Columbia Lyle Jepson, director at Stafford Mark Berger, adjunct professor of versity. University Columbia College. professor of educational psychol- music at University of Massachu- Technical Center, to dean of entre- ogy, to interim dean of the College Chandice Covington, professor and Sheryl Fontaine, setts at Lowell, to associate pro- interim dean, to preneurial programs at Castleton of Education, Health, and Society chair of the department of women, fessor of the practice and member dean of the College of Humanities College. at Miami University (Ohio). children, and family nursing at and Social Sciences at California of the Lydian String Quartet at Jay Johnson, director of the MBA Kimberly Motes, Rush University, to dean of the State University at Fullerton. vice president Brandeis University. program and chair of the business, for institutional advancement at School of Nursing at Kaplan Uni- Timothy Ford, interim dean of the leadership, and technology division Ann Bieber, interim president, to versity at Davenport. College of Saint Benedict, to senior president of Lehigh Carbon Com- College of Health Professions, dean for the graduate school at Friends vice president for institutional Andrew Cullison, associate profes- munity College. of graduate studies and public University, to dean of the College of advancement at University of St. sor of philosophy at the State Uni- health, and vice president for re- Global Business and Professional Thomas (Minn.). Bradley Bielski, vice president versity of New York at Fredonia, to search and dean of graduate stud- Studies at Fontbonne University. for academic affairs and dean at Darrell Newton, chair of the de- director of the Prindle Institute for ies at University of New England, Ali S. Khan, Thomas More College, to dean and director of public partment of communication arts Ethics and associate professor of to dean of the School of Health Pro- health preparedness and response chief administrative officer at Kent philosophy at DePauw University. fessions at Shenandoah University. and associate professor of media State University-Tuscarawas. at the Centers for Disease Control and cultural studies, to associate Elizabeth A. Dale, senior vice presi- Jeffrey Frye, interim dean, to dean and Prevention, to dean of the Col- Sean Blackburn, associate dean of dean of the School of Liberal Arts dent for institutional advancement of the College of Sciences at Univer- lege of Public Health at University at Salisbury University. students at Winthrop University, to at Drexel University, to senior vice sity of Findlay. of Nebraska Medical Center. associate vice president and dean of Doretha O’Quinn, vice provost president and chief development Shearle Furnish, Elizabeth Knott, students at University of Wyoming. founding dean director of busi- for multiethnic and cross-cultural and alumni relations officer at of the College of Liberal Arts and ness immersion and leadership Wanda Blanchett, dean of the Thomas Jefferson University. engagement at Biola University, Social Sciences, to founding dean programs at Wabash College, to to provost and vice president for School of Education at University Stephen G. Daniel, provost at of the College of Arts, Letters, and director of career and community of Missouri at Kansas City, to dean academic affairs for the Costa Mesa Southern Crescent Technical Col- Sciences at University of Arkansas integration for the Professional campus at Vanguard University. of the Graduate School of Educa- lege, to president of West Georgia at Little Rock. Edge Center at University of Indi- tion at Rutgers University at New Richard Paustenbaugh, associate Technical College. Kevin Galvin, anapolis. Brunswick. senior director of dean of libraries for research and Joan Davis, interim president of communications at Harvard Uni- Ron Koger, vice president for stu- instruction services at Oklahoma Charles Bomar, interim dean, to Shelton State Community College, versity, to vice president for media dent and enrollment services, to dean of the College of Science, State University, to dean and di- to chancellor at Delgado Commu- relations and strategic communi- interim president of Southern Poly- rector of the library at Dixie State Technology, Engineering, and nity College. cations at Arizona State University technic State University. Mathematics at University of Wis- University. Susan Dolbert, vice president for at Tempe. Stacey Lambert, consin-Stout. associate vice Stas Preczewski, interim president, development at the Fred Hutchin- Salma Ghanem, dean of the College president for academic affairs, to Sharon Brown-Welty, director of the to president of Georgia Gwinnett son Cancer Research Center, to of Communication and Fine Arts an additional post, chair of the College. doctoral program in educational vice president for development for at Central Michigan University, to department of clinical psychology Larissa Rodríguez, leadership at California State biomedical and health sciences at dean of the College of Communica- at Massachusetts School of Profes- co-director of University at Fresno, to dean at Rutgers University Foundation. tion at DePaul University. sional Psychology. the division of female pelvic medi- California State University at Palm cine and reconstructive surgery and Robert Duncan, senator in the James E. Graves, W. Cherry Li-Bugg, Desert. dean of the Col- dean of learning professor of urology at University Texas State Senate, to chancellor at lege of Health at University of resources and educational technol- of California at Los Angeles, to vice Brian Buhr, interim dean and direc- Texas Tech University system. Utah, to dean of the College of ogy at Santa Rosa Junior College, tor, to dean of the College of Food, chair of academics for the Insti- Ken Eastman, interim dean, to dean Science, Technology, and Health at to vice chancellor for educational Agricultural and Natural Resource tute of Urology, director of female of the School of Business at Okla- University of Southern Maine. services and technology at North Sciences and director of the Minne- pelvic medicine and reconstructive homa State University. Lois Green, founder and presi- Orange County Community College surgery at USC-Beverly Hills clinic, sota Agricultural Experiment Sta- District. tion at University of Minnesota. Rodolphe el-Khoury, director of ur- dent of Performance Alliance and director of the FPMRS Fellowship, ban design at University of Toronto, former executive director of the Sarah Mahurin, visiting assistant Sean Burrage, senator in the Okla- and professor of urology at Univer- to dean of the School of Architec- master’s in health administration professor of English and African homa State Senate, to president sity of Southern California. ture at University of Miami. program and clinical associate American Studies at Wesleyan Uni- Kurt Schmoke, interim provost and of Southeastern Oklahoma State professor at University of Southern versity, to dean of Timothy Dwight University. Joyce Ester, former president of general counsel at Howard Univer- Kennedy-King College, to presi- California, to president of Yo San College at Yale University. Donald Christian, dean of the Col- sity, to president of University of University of Traditional Chinese Charles Maimone, chief financial Baltimore. lege of Business, to chief executive Medicine. officer and vice chancellor for Steve Sokany, senior associate vice officer of Concordia University Thomas Greene, vice president business affairs at University of Texas. president for institutional advance- for academic affairs and student North Carolina at Wilmington, to ment, to interim vice president Shirley Collado, dean of the college To submit information for a services at Lake Tahoe Community vice chancellor for business affairs at Middlebury College, to executive for institutional advancement and listing in the Gazette, please College, to president of American at University of North Carolina at executive director of the foundation vice chancellor for strategic initia- River College. 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Stein, president and Southern University. struction at Berkeley City College. ment of horticulture and landscape RESIGNATIONS executive director of Mount Car- Ronald Tulley, interim director Andrew Wall, associate professor architecture at Purdue University mel Health System Foundation, of online learning and associate and chair of the educational lead- at West Lafayette. John L. Anderson, president of Illi- to vice president for university professor of English, to dean of the ership program and the co-interim Craig White, professor and chair nois Institute of Technology, effec- advancement at Ohio Dominican College of Liberal Arts at Univer- director of the Warner Center for of the department of accounting, tive August 1, 2015. University. sity of Findlay. Professional Development and to interim dean of the School of Joseph Benoit, president of Mount Laura Stephenson, interim dean, to Benjamin Ullem, senior partner at Educational Reform at University Management at University of New Marty College. dean of the College of Arts and Sci- Whitfield & Eddy, to interim dean of Rochester, to dean of the School Mexico. Lewis Duncan, president of Rollins ences at Washburn University. of the School of Law at Drake Uni- of Education at University of Red- Stanley Wilder, university librarian College. Kristen M. Swanson, dean of the versity. lands. at University of North Carolina at Brett Fairbairn, provost at Univer- School of Nursing at University of Joseph Urgo, former president of Blake Wentz, director of the con- Charlotte, to dean of libraries at sity of Saskatchewan. North Carolina at Chapel Hill, to St. Mary’s College of Maryland, struction management program, Louisiana State University. Karen Gross, president of Southern dean for the College of Nursing at to interim provost at University of to chair of the department of civil Martha-Velerie Wilson, director of Vermont College, effective October Seattle University. North Carolina at Asheville. and architectural engineering and the School of Social Work, to dean 1. Carmen Tillery Taylor, vice presi- Ashley Valis, assistant chief of staff construction management at Mil- of the College of Graduate Studies Ben Sasse, president of Midland dent for student affairs and dean of for Maryland Governor Martin waukee School of Engineering. at University of New England. University, effective December 31. students at Indiana State Univer- O’Malley, to executive director of Reggies Wenyika, provost and vice Jonathan Woodward, chair of the Bruce Smith, dean of the College of sity, to vice president for student community initiatives and engage- president for academic affairs, to department of fine arts at the Law at University of Illinois, effec- Jackson County campus, to vice tive May 1. Alan Vestal, dean of the School of Law at Drake University, effective June 30. Walter Wagor, dean at Kent State University-Stark, effective June 30. FREE Webinar RETIREMENTS Robert Antonucci, president of Fitchburg State University, effec- A Corporate Sponsor Event tive June 30, 2015. presented by ETS Barney Forsythe, president of West- minster College (Mo.), effective June 30, 2015. James G. Moseley, president of Franklin College of Indiana, effec- tive June 30, 2015. Fast-track Your Assessment Planning for Success: James G. 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Laura and John Arnold http://www.mott.org Paramount Farming Companies, Remy, a manufacturing company Pennsylvania State University at Foundation Education. For a pre-college pro- Pom Wonderful, FIJI Water, and in Pendleton, Ind., and served University Park. $1-million from P.O. Box 460809 gram for students from the Flint, Teleflora. In 2009, they donated as president and manager of its William and Wendy Korb to cre- Houston, Tex. 77056 Beecher, and Westwood Heights $21-million to establish the in- powertrain division until 2004. ate and endow three early-career http://www.arnoldfoundation.org school districts: $415,700 to U. of stitute. He earned a bachelor’s degree professorships in industrial engi- Domestic violence. To assist law Michigan at Flint. Columbia University, Graduate in business administration and neering. Mr. Korb is retired chief enforcement agencies and courts —To collect and disseminate prom- School of Journalism. $4-million economics from the university in executive of Marconi Commerce to more effectively respond to ising practices for school day and from the Dart Foundation (Ken- 1968. Systems and graduated from the and reduce incidents of intimate after-school educators: $250,000 neth Dart) to the Dart Center Miami University (Ohio). $3-mil- university with a bachelor’s degree partner violence: $67,000 to over two years to American Insti- for Journalism and Trauma, to lion from Mike and Anne Gossett in industrial engineering in 1962. Trustees of the U. of Pennsylva- tutes for Research. improve reporting on violence, Armstrong, of which $2-million —$3-million from Tracy Winfree nia. McCourtney and Ted McCourtney New York Community Trust conflict, and tragedy. Mr. Dart will create student scholarships Education. To study the effects is former chief executive of Dart and $1-million will be used to to endow the Institute for Democ- of a mentoring program and a 909 Third Avenue, 22nd Floor racy. The endowment will help New York, N.Y. 10022 Container Corporation, a manu- expand the student center. Mr. fund student and faculty research tutoring program on rates of http://www.nycommunitytrust.org facturer of foam cups and con- Armstrong is the retired chair- violent crime and school failure: and public outreach programs. Elderly. To train adult protective tainers. man of the Comcast Corporation, Ms. McCourtney graduated from $749,918 to U. of Chicago. service workers, through the Duke University. $1-million pledge the cable-television and Inter- the university in 1965 with a Government. To reduce polariza- Huguette Clark Family Fund for from Glenn H. and Stacy Schiff- net-service provider headquar- bachelor’s degree in English. Mr. tion and dysfunction in govern- Protection of Elders: $26,000 man to create a pediatric-cancer tered in Philadelphia, and former McCourtney is a retired partner at ment: $157,856 to Trustees of to San Diego State U. Research research fund at Duke Children’s chairman and chief executive of Venrock Associates, a venture-cap- Princeton U. Foundation. AT&T. The couple both earned ital firm in New York. The couple’s Hospital & Health Center. The previous donations to the universi- Ball Brothers Foundation Health. To educate the medical fund will endow the division of bachelor’s degrees from the uni- ty endowed scholarships and pro- 222 S. Mulberry Street community about the connections pediatric hematology-oncology, versity in 1961, he in business fessorships and provided support Muncie, Ind. 47305 between toxic chemicals and re- the chief of the division Dan and economics and she in educa- to building renovations. http://www.ballfdn.org productive and children’s health: Wechsler’s research on new treat- tion. Their previous donations to Pepperdine University, School of Facilities. For renovations and for $75,000 to U. of California at ments for childhood leukemia, the university include $14.7-mil- Law. $2-million matching gift an accelerated associate’s degree San Francisco. faculty development, and fel- lion in 2008 to endow an inter- from R. Rex and Carrol Parris program for students from needy active media-studies program and Bernard Osher Foundation lowship training. Mr. Schiffman for a professional development families: $125,000 to Ivy Tech is senior managing director at $15-million in 2010 to construct institute for first-year law stu- Foundation. 1 Ferry Building, Suite 255 San Francisco, Calif. 94111 Guggenheim Partners, a privately the student center. dents. The couple will match up Chevron http://www.osherfoundation.org held, global financial-services Muhlenberg College. $1-million to $1-million for the program. 6001 Bollinger Canyon Road Continuing education. To endow firm. He graduated from the uni- from an anonymous donor to Mr. Parris is mayor of Lancaster, San Ramon, Calif. 94583 its Institute for Lifelong Educa- versity in 1991 with a bachelor’s establish an endowed chair in Calif., and partner at R. Rex Par- http://www.chevron.com tion, which provides classes for in economics. neuroscience. ris Law Firm, which the couple Conservation and the environ- adults ages 50 and older: $2-mil- —$10-million from the Crown Northwestern University, School of founded in 1985. ment. For a graduate fellowship lion to Dartmouth College. family for programs at the student Law. $1-million from David and Purdue University at West Lafay- program focused on environ- union. The donors include Jim and Libby Savner to construct a class- Walmart Foundation his wife, Paula, a trustee of the ette. $15-million from the Lyles mental conservation and energy room for technology-based instruc- family for the School of Civil development: $1-million to Colo- 702 Southwest Eighth Street university, and A. Steven Crown Bentonville, Ark. 72716 tion and create an endowment to Engineering. The family owns a rado State U. and his wife Nancy. Jim is presi- http://www.walmartfoundation.org dent of Henry Crown and Compa- maintain it. Mr. Savner is partner construction business, Lyles Con- Henry L. Hillman Foundation Military and veterans affairs. To ny, an investment firm in Chicago, at Jenner & Block, a Chicago-based struction Group, in Fresno, Calif., 310 Grant Street, Suite 2000 expand entrepreneurial training and Steven is a general partner at law firm. He was senior vice presi- which specializes in water and Pittsburgh, Pa. 15219 and support for female military the company. Several members of dent, general counsel, and secretary other infrastructure. Brothers Bill http://www.hillmanfdn.org veterans: $450,000 to Institute for the Crown family are alumni of at General Dynamics Corp., a glob- and Gerald Lyles later expanded the university. Political science. For its endow- Veterans and Military Families. al defense contractor. Mr. Savner the enterprise into real-estate ment: $5-million to U. of Pitts- Florida Gulf Coast University. received a law degree from the uni- development, real-estate rentals, burgh, Institute of Politics. GIFTS & BEQUESTS $2-million pledge from David versity in 1968. Lucas to establish the Lucas Continued on Following Page Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Abilene Christian University. Center for Faculty Development. P.O. Box 23350 $30-million from April and Mr. Lucas is chairman of Bonita Seattle, Wash. 98102 Mark Anthony. Half of the gift, http://www.gatesfoundation.org Bay Group, a real-estate company $15-million, will construct a Education. To study how and when in Bonita Springs, Fla. He is a children learn: $1,400,00 to U. of football stadium. Seven million founding member of the universi- Washington, Institute for Learn- will support the College of Busi- ty’s Board of Trustees and serves ing and Brain Sciences. ness Administration; $5-million on the Board of Directors for the to build the Robert R. Onstead university’s foundation. Glenn Foundation for Medical Center for Science and Human- George Washington University. Research ities; and $3-million that has not $5-million from Mark and Rosa- 1270 Coast Village Circle, Suite 200 been designated yet. Ms. Anthony lind Shenkman to improve career Santa Barbara, Calif. 93108 is chief executive of Encompass services for students. Mr. Shen- http://www.glennfoundation.org Home Health and Homecare Medical research. For research kman, who earned a master’s Homebase, a software company degree in business administration on aging: $3-million to Salk In- focused on the home health care stitute. from the university in 1967, is and hospice industry, in Dallas. founder and president of Shen- Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley The couple both graduated from kman Capital Management, an Charitable Trust the university; she in 1989, and investment firm in New York. 230 Park Avenue, Suite 659 he in 1986. Grove City College. $1-million New York, N.Y. 10169 —$15-million from the Caris from Richard Staley, founder of http://helmsleytrust.org Foundation (Kathy and David Hal- Medical research. To develop new bert) to build the Halbert-Walling Flavor House, a manufacturer of treatments and vaccines for vari- Research Center. Mr. Halbert food flavoring products in Ad- ous forms of cancer: $5.5-million founded AdvancePCS, a pharma- elanto, Calif., for a new sciences over three years to U. of Louis- cy-benefits management company building and for the college’s sold in 2004. The couple both Center for Entrepreneurship and ville, James Graham Brown Can- graduated from the university in cer Center. Innovation. He earned a bache- 1978. lor’s degree in chemical engineer- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Arizona State University at Tem- ing from the college in 1962. College Road East, P.O. Box 2316 pe. $25-million from Julie Ann Indiana University, School of Princeton, N.J. 08543 Wrigley for the Global Institute Medicine. $1.3-million pledge http://www.rwjf.org of Sustainability to study the from Donald C. Danielson, an Health. To investigate the reach of effects of human activity on the investment banker, to establish pharmaceutical marketing strate- Earth’s ability to sustain all spe- gies with regard to race, ethnicity, a chair in urology. He is a board cies. Ms. Wrigley is president member of the university’s foun- and social class: $327,000 to New of Wrigley Investments, in Sun York U. dation. Valley, Idaho. Her late husband, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Sidney Andrew W. Mellon Foundation William, was president of the Kimmel Comprehensive Can- 140 East 62nd Street Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, the cer Center. $65-million bequest New York, N.Y. 10021 chewing-gum manufacturer in from Albert P. (Skip) Viragh http://www.mellon.org Chicago. To date, she has donated to construct a new outpatient To create a graduate pro- Art. $50-million to the institute. cancer building, which will be gram focused on training in the California Institute of Technolo- named after him. Mr. Viragh was techniques, materials, and phys- gy, Resnick Sustainability Insti- founder of Rydex Investments, in ical properties of works of art: tute. $15-million from Stewart A. Rockville, Md., and was treated $1,299,404 to be divided among and Lynda R. Resnick. Most of for pancreatic cancer at Johns Art Institute of Chicago, North- the gift, $12-million, will match Hopkins. He died in 2003. western U., and U. of Chicago. donations to create new endowed Manchester University. $2.5-mil- Arts and culture. For orchestra funds. The remainder will estab- lion from Mike and Sandy Jarvis education programs for children lish an innovation fund that will to underwrite its Academic Cen- and youths: $100,000 to Longy support new projects in clean-en- ter. Mr. Jarvis founded Franklin School of Music of Bard College. ergy and sustainability science. Power Products, a company that Charles Stewart Mott Foundation The Resnicks own Roll Interna- produced engines, transmissions, 503 South Saginaw Street, Suite 1200 tional Corporation, a Los Angeles and electrical systems, in 1983. Flint, Mich. 48502 holding company that includes He sold the company to Delco A42 j u n e 6, 2014 | t he chron icl e of highe r e duc At ion

Continued From Preceding Page services for students with learn- Gordon Banks to endow faculty from the university in 1959 with hedge fund. He graduated from and agriculture. The brothers and ing differences. positions. Mr. Banks is co-found- a bachelor’s degree in business the U. of Oklahoma in 1973 with other members of the family are University of Arkansas at Fayette- er and former chairman of ABRY administration. a bachelor’s degree in business alumni of the university. Bill and ville, College of Engineering. Partners, a Boston-based equity University of Nebraska at Kearney. administration. The foundation Gerald Lyles earned bachelor’s $7.8-million pledge from Robert investment firm that focuses on $1.08-million from an anonymous donated $25-million in 2001 to degrees in civil engineering in H. Biggadike, a former aerospace the media and communications donor to provide scholarships for the Albert Einstein College of 1955 and 1964, respectively. Bill’s engineer, to establish an endow- industry. He serves as chairman undergraduate music students; to Medicine at Yeshiva U. to es- son, Will, also earned a bachelor’s ment for teaching. Mr. Biggadike of the Board of Directors for the create an endowment to support a tablish a center for genetic and degree in civil engineering and earned bachelor’s and master’s U. of Florida Investment Corpo- faculty member in the department translational research. economics in 1981. degrees in mechanical engineer- ration. He earned a bachelor’s de- of music and performing arts; host University of Rochester Medi- St. Mary’s University. $1.5-million ing from the university. His pre- gree in political science from the artists; and stage a strings and pi- cal Center. $4-million from the from an anonymous donor to vious donation to the college, in university in 1976. ano competition. James P. Wilmot Foundation endow a chair in Catholic philos- 1983, established a scholarship University of Kansas. $1-million University of Northern Iowa (Wilmot family) for the Wilmot ophy. endowment. from Jerry and Kay Jennett to Foundation. $1.1-million pledge Cancer Institute for research. The Salve Regina University. $1-million University of California at Irvine. provide scholarship support for from Mark and Jill Oman to family owns Wilmorite, a com- from the Rodgers Family Foun- $5-million from Sue and Ralph students in the School of Busi- provide scholarships for students mercial real-estate development dation (Thomas A. Rodgers III) Stern to establish the Center ness’s Finance Scholars Program. from Iowa or Nebraska who are and management company in to establish a graduate program for Cancer Clinical Trials and Mr. Jennett is chief executive majoring in teacher education or Rochester, N.Y.. in nursing. Mr. Rodgers is former Research, which will be named officer of Georgia Gulf Sulfur a program that leads to teacher University of Southern Indiana chief executive officer of Globe after them, at the Chao Family Corporation, which manufactures certification and for students who Foundation. $1-million from Len- Manufacturing, a company in Comprehensive Cancer Center. agricultural sulfur products, in are business majors. Mr. Oman is ny and Anne Dowhie to create Fall River, Mass., that produces Mr. Stern is founder and former Valdosta, Ga. He earned a bach- senior executive vice president of an endowment for the ceramics spandex fibers. He is a trustee of chief executive of two health-care elor’s degree in business from the Wells Fargo & Co., headquartered program. Mr. Dowhie is professor the university. companies, Steri-Oss, a manu- university in 1963. The couple in San Francisco. He graduated emeritus and former chair of the Talladega College. $1-million from facturer of dental implants, and has made previous donations to from the university in 1976. Ms. art department at the university. William R. and Norma Harvey to CareCredit, a patient-financing the university. Oman graduated from the uni- Villanova University. $2.5-mil- establish an art museum to house company, which were sold to University of Kentucky. $10-mil- versity in 1985. lion from John (Jack) Drosdick, the Hale Woodruff Amistad Mu- Bausch & Lomb and GE, respec- lion from Blue Grass Community University of Oklahoma at Nor- retired chief executive officer of rals. Mr. Harvey is president of tively. Ms. Stern was a cancer Foundation (anonymous) for a man and Yeshiva University, Sunoco, the oil company in Phila- Hampton University and 100-per- patient at Irvine. football training facility. Albert Einstein College of Med- delphia, for a new engineering in- cent owner of the Pepsi-Cola University of California at San University of Michigan at Ann icine. $3-million from the Price novation laboratory in its Center Bottling Company of Houghton, Diego, Jacobs Medical Center. Arbor. $10-million from the J. Family Foundation (Michael F. for Engineering Education and Mich. He earned a bachelor’s de- $7.5-million from Pauline Foster, Ira and Nicki Harris Foundation Price) to create the OU-Ein- Research. He graduated from the gree in history from the college president of Foster Investment for its athletic department. The stein Research Consortium, a university with a bachelor’s de- in 1961. Group, in San Diego, for a new money will go toward the football research collaboration between gree in chemical engineering. Thomas More College. $4-million cancer care hospital. Both her program and the facilities in the U. of Oklahoma and the Albert from an anonymous donor. The husband and brother died from Stephen M. Ross Athletic Cam- Einstein College of Medicine at gift will be used to create a stu- cancer. pus. Mr. Harris is chair of J.I. Yeshiva U. Mr. Price is president dent success center for tutoring, University of Florida. $5-million Harris & Associates, a financial and managing partner of MFP advising, career counseling, and from Andrew Banks and Pamela consulting firm. He graduated Investors, a New York City-based

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n a recent column, I argued against using the charged think of themselves as workers too. If graduate students, ad- language of slavery, sharecropping, and civil rights when juncts, and tenure-track or tenured faculty all see themselves discussing the working conditions of adjuncts. On the as laborers, there would be a fundamental equality in their other hand, adjunct rights are labor rights. But advocates relationship to the university-as-employer. That could erode the for adjuncts perceive a lack of solidarity across the contin- divisions of rank that so bother advocates for adjunct rights. gent/full-time divide, so they turn to the more sympathet- There are signs that this erosion is happening. The faculty as- Iic language of civil rights in the hopes of closing that gap. sociation of the University of California at Santa Cruz support- From this approach, I believe, emerges a misunderstanding: ed the institution’s graduate-student union (represented by the Many academics, especially those on the tenure track, just United Automobile Workers). When the director of the writing resist seeing themselves as laborers. Academics, even many program at Santa Cruz allegedly told graduate students that “if JOBS adjuncts, continue to think they belong to a loosely meritocrat- you strike, you will not work again,” thousands of union mem- ic system in which the best work rises to the top, peer review bers and supporters, employees and undergrads remains the optimal way to judge the quality of alike, held strikes across University of California From FACULTY work, and if you work hard enough, you’ll be fine. campuses. Fail to get a tenure-track job? Work harder. POSITIONS In February, full-time and Keep your nose to the grindstone, stick with it, part-time faculty members at the Humanities and you’ll find a home. Get stuck in a bad posi- University of Illinois at Chica- DAVID PERRY A48 tion? Publish your way out of it! Worried about A service of The Chronicle go united for a two-day strike, tenure? Just say yes to everything, work over 100 of Higher Education with further action planned in April until the Social & hours a week for a few years or more, and you’ll two sides reached a deal. The faculty voted to behavioral sciences be fine. organize as one bargaining unit in 2011, but the A48 We believe this despite all the evidence and anecdotes to the university successfully sued to divide adjuncts and full-timers contrary. Everyone in academe knows good people stuck in based on the intricacies of the relevant labor law. That said, if Science, technology, terrible jobs, or jobless, or burned out, or stricken with serious the goal was to divide and conquer, it’s failed. The faculty at & mathematics mental-health issues from the pressure of trying to compete in Chicago seemed ready to fight as a single body of teachers, re- A49 an irrational system. It’s not their fault. gardless of rank and status. Tenure-track faculty and adjuncts Maybe once upon a time, during the boom years of the also united successfully at the University of Oregon, winning a Professional fields postwar generation, faculty members were truly independent salary floor of $36,000 for adjuncts. A49-A50 artisans—practicing the arts of teaching and writing, admin- I suggest we can think even bigger rhetorically, if not nec- istering our institutions in a spirit of shared governance, and essarily in practice. A recent article in the Minneapolis Star ADMINISTRATIVE worrying only about the quality of our craftwork. I doubt it, Tribune talked about adjuncts as “temp workers.” That may not POSITIONS though. The medieval university, the precursor of our modern be as good at inducing sympathy as “slaves,” “sharecroppers,” institutions, developed when faculty members decided they or “migrant workers,” but this isn’t about sympathy. We need to Academic affairs needed the rights and power of a guild—a labor organization— A50 recognize that what’s happening to our universities is happen- to negotiate more effectively. At the risk of being reductive, my ing across the North American labor market (and beyond), and Student affairs guess is that the shape of the university has been governed by that we’re not special. Other highly trained, specialized indus- labor issues ever since. A50 tries have turned to contingency work. Higher ed is no different. Yet still we persist with the myth that the university is a In fact, we could learn from the industries that increasingly Business affairs special space, exempt from the power and pressures of capital- argue that one must treat contingent workers as full members A51-A53 ism and the neoliberal worldview. I may seem absolutely guilty of the community. of romanticizing the university when I talk about teaching, but Why not embrace the pressures that are falling on the univer- Deans when I write against the entree of corporate-speak into the sity? Be proud of being laborers, identify with your fellow work- A53 academy, it’s because that language gets used for a reason. It’s ers, and organize across the tenure-adjunct divide. Ultimately, designed to depersonalize the workplace and focus attention on it’s the only thing that’s going to improve the situation. EXECUTIVE “efficiencies” instead of the messy realities of our jobs. Best of all, it’s the right thing to do. POSITIONS According to the corporate language, we’re anonymous customer-service cogs. According to the way we speak about Comment from Jack Schultz: Fairness is a concept that sti- Presidents ourselves, we’re rigidly individualized specialist artisans. These fles excellence and promotes mediocrity. The rules in academia Chancellors are antithetical views. When we fail to make room for any con- are not similar enough to unionized labor (with, for example, Provosts versation in between those poles, we deny ourselves the chance its favoritism toward seniority) to be useful. I also take serious A54-A55 to organize across the lines of class and status. exception to the claim that the language of business, enterprise, When I was in graduate school in Minnesota, we twice tried labor, whatever is DESIGNED to “depersonalize” workers. It to unionize and twice failed. One reason was that graduate might be accurate (??) but to assign motive is a mistake. students in better-paid positions didn’t want to collectively Comment from Jacob Longshore: Mr. Schultz, I don’t know organize with the rest of us. This is a classic labor problem. what your concept of fairness is, but it makes no sense. My guess Perceptions that the university is simply not a labor space is you equate it with absolute equality, which is false. It’s difficult played a big role too. Antiunion voices argued that to collec- enough for adjuncts to do the things tenured academics take for tivize would reduce us to mere workers, destabilizing the core granted (i.e., research and publish), since they often are lucky to master-and-apprentice dynamic of the relationship between make rent. Having enough mental space at the end of the day for professor and student. Lots of people bought it. “excellence” is hard to come by in those circumstances. And the argument continues. At Brown University, the dean of the graduate school argued that the school depends on “a David Perry is an associate professor of history partnership of students and teachers.” “Unionization,” he said, at Dominican University in Illinois. He writes regularly “is not consistent with thinking of students as partners.” at his blog, How Did We Get Into This Mess. His Twitter Why not? It’s only not consistent if the teachers refuse to handle is @Lollardfish. JUNE 6, 2014  THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION A45

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Salary and benefits package is attrac- their learning, is committed to scholarly en- edu with questions regarding the position. orientation and knowledge of the communi- tive and will be commensurate with experi- deavors and who will participate actively in Email Joann Devich at [email protected] with ty college experience and/or non-traditional ence. Applicants should submit cover letter, campus life. A number of instructional ini- questions regarding the application process. students and will have demonstrated expe- resume and three professional references as tiatives are currently underway at the Col- In all emails, please write “ACCTG Facul- rience in market segmentation, student re- a single pdf document to afletcher@nccc. lege: use of technology-enhanced instruc- ty” in the subject line. Apply to job 51460 cruitment planning, quantitative analysis of edu. In addition, inquiries and nomina- tion, use of active and collaborative learn- at http://apptrkr.com/475125. Campus Secu- strategy effectiveness, and high-quality ser- tions will be managed by Victoria J. Dutch- ing strategies, an emphasis on international rity Crime Statistics: For more about safety vice delivery. This individual will possess er. Dutcher LLC has been contracted by the and diversity issues, and opportunities for at Penn State, and to review the Annual Se- strong systems and process thinking - the College to assist in the management of this learning via community service. We seek curity Report which contains information ability to optimize, streamline, and improve search process. Victoria can be reached at faculty members who are comfortable with about crime statistics and other safety and the student recruitment cycle experience 860.819.5786 and [email protected]. and supportive of these initiatives. 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The successful can- tion employer, and is committed to provid- dividual will also possess a range of person- periments according to prescribed protocols didate is expected to teach undergraduate ing employment opportunities to minorities, al attributes - flexibility and adaptability; a and assigned schedules. Work in lab study- courses in intermediate accounting, taxa- women, veterans, disabled individuals, and strong work ethic; self-motivation with min- ing human social cognition and its neural tion, auditing, and related courses, conduct other protected groups. imal supervision; an ability to evaluate and basis. Requirements: Bachelors or foreign research leading to publications in refereed improve team and individual performance; equivalent degree in Biology, Biomedical journals, advise students, and serve the col- Admissions: The Dean of Admissions is a excellent presentation skills; willingness Engineering, or Neuro. 1 year of research lege and community. Priority consideration senior level position reporting directly to to take responsibility for both success and experience with IRB approved neuroimag- will be given to applications received by Ju- the President and sitting on the President’s failure; self-confidence and a positive atti- ing project including data acquisition, pro- ly 1, 2014, although applications will be ac- Council. The Dean will play a leadership tude; effective listening and questioning; cessing, analysis and creating reports; ex- cepted until the position is filled. Applica- role in the implementation of the College’s sincerity, trust, credibility and warmth; and perience with fMRI analysis s/w packages tion materials should include: a letter of strategic plan, and will be a vital collabora- a strong desire for success. The Dean must (FSL or AFNI) and designing neuroimag-

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ART DIRECTOR

VCUQatar (www.qatar.vcu.edu) is the Qatar campus of the prestigious Virginia TENURE TRACK FACULTY POSITIONS FALL 2014 Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Richmond, Virginia. Established in 1998 through a partnership with the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, VCUQatar offers students the opportunity to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History and Fine Arts degrees in Fashion Design, Graphic Design, Interior Design and Painting & Printmaking; and, a Master of Fine Arts degree in Design Studies. Located in Doha, the capital city of Qatar, VCUQatar is fully accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art & Design, The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, and the Council for Interior Design Accreditation. The current student body represents a diverse range of nationalities with students coming from more than 40 different countries. VCUQatar strives to provide an engaged, learner-centered environment that fosters inquiry, discovery and innovation in a global setting. The university hosts the biennial international art and design conference Tasmeem Doha and supports the biennial Hamad bin Khalifa Islamic Art Symposium, attracting globally recognized scholars, designers, academics and thinkers while fostering sustainable, university-community partnerships that enhance the educational, economic and cultural vitality of Qatar. The university has substantial involvement with the emerging design industries and museum communities in Qatar and is a significant catalyst for that growth. It has established itself as a center of excellence for education and research in art and design. The Art Director is an integral member of the university’s communications team. Under the leadership of the Executive Director of Communications, the Art Director supervises the design team in the day-to-day management of projects, creative direction and approvals, and develops consistent, high-quality materials to support the effective implementation of communications strategies targeting local, regional and international audiences in VCUQatar. Projects may include publications, ads, signage and interactive design of microsites, and HTML. The Art Director provides concept development, design and execution of print and digital publications. These duties include pre-press, procuring and reporting on bids, press check, and tracking print projects and specifications. In collaboration with the Executive Director of Communications, the faculty will define and direct the College’s photo requirements including preparing graphics and images for multiple web and print applications, project archives, a procedural manual to reflect the operations of the department, and maintaining a file management system. The Art Director will establish and maintain vendor relationships, including negotiating contracts with printers, print production service providers, and other vendors as needed. For more information on VCUQatar and this unique international opportunity, please visit www.vcu.edu/arts/employment/qatar Virginia Commonwealth University is an equal opportunity, affirmative action university providing access to education and employment without regard to age, race, color, national origin, gender, religion, sexual orientation, veteran’s status, political affiliation or disability.

College of Education Positions for Fall 2014

Department of Educational Psychology and Special Education ASSISTANT PROFESSOR/FACULTY FELLOW • Clinical Assistant Professor CONTEMPORARY MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES Multiple & Severe Disabilities (Log # 15-119)

The Hagop Kevorkian Center CLASE at the College of Education • Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Georgia seeks Intellectual Disabilities (Log #15-120) for Near Eastern Studies the following: Salaries are commensurate with qualifications and experience. Post-Doctoral Fellow in ARTS AND SCIENCE Applicants should send a letter of application, curriculum vitae, official education or psychology. Primary transcript of highest degree earned and three letters of recommendation scope of work will include to the appropriate hiring department, found at our Web site: http:// educational research, ELLs and The Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies at education.gsu.edu/main/coe_positions.htm. Please include the teacher education and professional New York University invites applicants for a full-time, non- log number of the position to which you are applying in your letter of development. tenure track position as Assistant Professor/Faculty Fellow application. to begin September 1st, 2014, pending budgetary and Research Scientist: academic administrative approval. The appointment will be for one background in education or The listed positions are being considered for a start date of Fall 2014. year, renewable for a further two years. We are looking for an psychology and a history of active However, it will remain open and applications accepted until filled. outstanding junior scholar in any social science or humanities research and grant writing is Please be advised that should you be recommended for a position, discipline whose research offers a critical perspective on essential. University System of Georgia Board of Regents policy requires the the contemporary Middle East and would complement the completion of a background check as a prior condition of employment. strengths of our existing faculty in Middle Eastern Studies. Please see www.coe.uga. We are especially interested in receiving applications from edu/CLASE for qualifications All other inquiries may be sent to Glenda Haliburton, Dean’s Office, women and minority candidates. The successful candidate requirements in their entirety. College of Education, Georgia State University, P. O. Box 3980, will supervise the Center’s internship program, and oversee Atlanta, GA 30302-3980. academic advising for the students in our Master’s Program. To apply, please send C.V. and three letters of recommendation to Dr. The deadline for applications is June 27, 2014, but we may Pedro Portes at [email protected]. Georgia State University is an equal opportunity educational institution and continue to accept applications until the position is filled. an equal opportunity affirmative action employer. To apply see the NYU Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Review of applications may begin Studies at http://www.neareaststudies.as.nyu.edu via the immediately and will continue “Employment” link to submit a detailed cover letter describing until an adequate applicant pool is research and teaching experience, c.v., writing samples, and established. the names of three referees. The University of Georgia is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Institution.

Assistant Professor ods to study biological questions. Outstand- ing applicants in all areas of computational of Spanish biology will be considered. Qualifications (One-Year Temporary) NYU is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. include a Ph.D. in biology, computer science or relevant discipline and postdoctoral or Saginaw Valley State University seeks applica- professional experience. Candidates should tions for a one-year temporary Assistant articulate a plan to establish and maintain a Professor of Spanish. Position will begin in Fall 2014. Primary teaching rigorous and competitive research program responsibilities in the Department of Modern Foreign Languages include ing paradigms; knowledge of neuroanatomy Rilling, Department of Anthropology, 1557 that incorporates research opportunities for courses in Spanish language, literature, and culture at the undergraduate and cognitive neuroscience; programming Dickey Drive, Atlanta, GA 30322. Reed undergraduates. A competitive start- level. For complete list of requirements, further information, and to experience in Matlab; experience with sta- up package and research space will be pro- apply for this position, please visit www.jobs.svsu.edu. Applicants must tistical s/w packages (SAS, SPSS) to run sta- Biology: The Biology Department at Reed vided based on the successful applicant’s apply on-line at www.jobs.svsu.edu. tistical tests like ANOVA, regression, cor- College invites applications for a tenure- needs, with salary determined according to relation, and t-test; knowledge of physics of track faculty position (preferably at the rank the applicant’s experience. In addition to ad- Saginaw Valley State University is an EO/AA employer. Women and minorities are MRI and BOLD response; experience with of assistant professor) in computational biol- vising senior theses, teaching duties will in- encouraged to apply. signal processing, data filtering and motion ogy. We seek candidates with demonstrated clude the development of a new course that correction techniques for neuroimaging excellence in developing, integrating or ap- introduces students to computational ap- project. Send resume and cover letter to Jim plying computational or quantitative meth- proaches and techniques in biology, as well

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Director, School of Life Sciences

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas seeks an individual with out- Assistant Professors Aquatic Microbial Ecology & Water Technology standing academic credentials in any field of Biology to serve as Director of the School of Life Sciences. The successful candidate The School of Freshwater Sciences (SFS) at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) invites must have proven management and leadership skills, as well as a applicants for two faculty positions: one will be in the field of Aquatic Microbial Ecology and other strong track record of extramurally funded, internationally recog- in the field of Water Technology. Both positions will be hired at the Assistant Professor level and nized research commensurate with appointment at the level of will be tenure track. In the area of Aquatic Microbial Ecology, we are searching for applicants with Professor and a demonstrated commitment to excellence in teach- research interests in understanding the important role microbes play in freshwater systems and health, ing and mentoring. Applicants should present a clear vision to build with a particular emphasis on microbial community structure and function in aquaculture systems upon Life Sciences’ recent growth and strengths in diverse areas of or nutrient cycling. Experience with microbial genomics is highly desirable. In the area of Water biology. The new director will lead an active and productive school Technology, we are searching for applicants interested in development of new measurement and comprised of 27 tenure-track faculty, 6 full-time lecturers and 10 exploration technologies that are central to improved ecosystem management, resource sustainability, staff. With over 2000 undergraduate majors and over 40 M.S. and and environmental health monitoring. Of particular interest are researchers involved with in situ Ph.D. students, Life Sciences has the largest enrollment in the sensors and DNA technologies. College of Sciences. UNLV is an urban campus in a growing, vibrant, culturally diverse Applicants for both positions must hold a PhD at time of application with an emphasis in city, set in the Mojave Desert with easy access to numerous nation- microbiology, molecular biology, marine science or a related field. Post-doctoral experience is also al parks, wilderness, and recreational areas. It is the largest research required. Applicants who have prior teaching experience are desirable. university in the Nevada System of Higher Education, offering more than 200 degree programs to over 27,000 students, and is a The successful candidates are expected to conduct active, internationally recognized, externally Title III and Title V Minority Serving Institution (MSI). The School funded research programs. The successful candidates will teach undergraduate and graduate level of Life Sciences has taken advantage of UNLV’s location in an courses in their field of expertise, and advise graduate student thesis projects. EPSCoR and IDeA-eligible state to attract substantial program funding and will continue to play a significant role in advancing UWM is a doctoral/research extensive university and Wisconsin’s premier public urban institution, UNLV’s goal of Carnegie Foundation - Tier 1 designation within offering a comprehensive liberal arts, sciences, and professional education at the undergraduate and the next decade (http://www.unlv.edu/tier1). graduate level to its 28,000 students. SFS is the only graduate school in the nation dedicated solely to the study of freshwater. Complete information can be found at http://www4.uwm.edu/freshwater. For more information and application details, visit SFS expands a tradition of freshwater studies at UWM that has been carried out at the Great Lakes http://hr.unlv.edu/jobs or call (702) 895-2894. WATER Institute since 1966. Research and education is integrated across four essential themes: freshwater system dynamics; human and ecosystem health; freshwater technology; and freshwater UNLV is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action economics, policy, and management. In pursuing these multidisciplinary themes, SFS works with a Educator and Employer Committed to Achieving wide range of partners inside and outside the university. Excellence Through Diversity. On-Line Application Procedure:

Application materials MUST be submitted electronically. A complete application includes: cover letter describing your interest in and qualifications for the position; a curriculum vitae; a brief research plan; a teaching statement; three peer reviewed journal articles; and a list of three references complete with telephone numbers and emails .

To apply for the Aquatic Microbial Faculty Position, please visit: http://jobs.uwm.edu/postings/18048.

Associate Research Scientist To apply for the Water Technology Faculty Position, please visit: http://jobs.uwm.edu/postings/17960.

The National Center for Children in Poverty at the Mailman School Initial screening of applications will begin on June 30, 2014 and will continue until the positions of Public Health, Columbia University, seeks an Associate Research are filled. Questions should be directed to Dr. Sandra McLellan, Search Committee Chair, School of Scientist to serve as Director for our Child Care & Early Education Freshwater Sciences, 600 East Greenfield Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53204 or [email protected]. Research Connections project (www.researchconnections.org). The position will provide overall leadership for this multi-component, Under Wisconsin’s open records law, requests for confidentiality will be honored, except that names web-based project. NCCP operates Research Connections, now in its and titles of all finalists must be disclosed upon request. 11th year, in partnership with its subcontractor, the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) at the University of UWM offers competitive salary and start-up packages, commensurate with experience. Further information Michigan, through a cooperative agreement with the Office of Planning, about UWM can be found at www.uwm.edu. Research and Evaluation (OPRE) in the Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. UWM is an equal opportunity/ affirmative action employer. The Director guides project activities for which NCCP has primary responsibility (ongoing development of the site’s comprehensive database of research on early care and education and outreach to researchers, policymakers, and practitioners in the field); oversees work conducted by ICPSR (maintenance Old Dominion University is an Affirmative of the project’s state-of-the art website; growing its archive of datasets for Marquette • Upper Peninsula Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and requires compliance with the Immigration secondary analysis); and guides activities for which the two organizations Reform and Control Act of 1986. share responsibility (technical assistance and training; development and maintenance of metadata describing the project’s collections of research and MARKETING Business Administration: Assistant Pro- datasets). The position is 60% effort and the candidate will have opportunities fessor of Accounting (Tenure-Track) Date to pursue his or her own research in support of NCCP’s mission to potentially Position type: Instructor/Asst Prof/Tenure Track and Two Year Term posted: 4/2014, Closing date: 7/31/2014, bring the position to 100% (full-time). The position requires a PhD in Early Starting Date: Fall 2014, The Department Department: Walker L. Cisler College of Business of Business Administration--offering a B.S. Childhood Education or a related field; knowledge of early care and education in five concentrations; a M.S. in Account- research, policies, and programs; as well as experience with various forms of Description/Requirements: Visit employMe.nmu.edu ing; and three MBA programs--seeks to fill outreach to research and policy audiences. Annual Salary Range: Competitive a tenure-track faculty position at the Assis- Application deadline: The positions will be posted until June 6, tant Professor level, teaching varied under- We are seeking an established researcher with extensive experience managing graduate and graduate accounting courses. large multi-component projects, and expertise in outreach and dissemination 2014. Candidate must possess an excellent record NMU is an EOE including protected veterans and of teaching and the potential for excellence to research and policy audiences is desired. Candidate must have excellent oral in research; corporate business/accounting and written communication and interpersonal skills, grant writing experience, individuals with disabilities. experience and knowledge of international accounting standards are preferred. On- and five or more years of relevant experience beyond the PhD. line course delivery, on-line Tax Prepara- tion software, and experience with the VI- For more information & how to apply please visit: TA program are a plus. Minimum educa- https://academicjobs.columbia.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=59269 Marquette • Upper Peninsula tional qualification requirements include an MBA plus CPA certification. Wagner Col- lege was cited in the 2013 edition of U.S. News’ “Best Colleges” magazine, as earn- ing two #1 rankings among northern mas- as an upper level course in the candidate’s be sent electronically as PDF (preferred) FINANCE ter’s degree granting schools-”Top Up-and- computational field of expertise. Addition- or Word attachments to biology.search@ Coming Schools” and “a strong commit- al teaching opportunities could include ad- reed.edu, subject “Computational Biology ment to teaching”. It was also cited as hav- vanced seminar courses. Formal teaching Search” by 1 October 2014 for full consid- Position type: Assistant Professor/Tenure Track ing some of the best first-year experiences, experience at the college level will be viewed eration. An equal opportunity employer, Department: Walker L. Cisler College of Business learning communities, and service learn- favorably but is not required. Reed is a dis- Reed College encourages applications from ing “programs to look for.” Given these ac- tinguished liberal arts college with approxi- members of underrepresented groups. Spe- Description/Requirements: Visit employMe.nmu.edu complishments and a strong commitment mately 1400 students that offers a demand- cific inquiries should be directed to Dr. Su- Annual Salary Range: Competitive to students’ practical liberal arts and civic- ing academic program to bright and dedicat- zy Renn ([email protected]), the chair of the learning experiences, we are searching for a ed undergraduates. The cover letter should search committee. Application deadline: The position will be posted until June 9, faculty member who is willing to be part of address how the applicant’s teaching and 2014. and further the College’s mission and pro- scholarship are suited to such a liberal arts grams. All candidates are encouraged to vis- college environment. The Reed communi- Biology: The Department of Biological Sci- NMU is an EOE including protected veterans and it Wagner College’s main website at http:// ty believes that cultural diversity is essen- ences (http://sci.odu.edu/biology/) at Old individuals with disabilities. www.wagner.edu and the Department of tial to the excellence of our academic pro- Dominion University, a PhD-granting state Business Administration’s main website at gram. All applicants, therefore, are invited university, has a 9 month Lecturer/Senior http://wagner.edu/business-admin/ Please to address how their teaching, scholarship, Lecturer position opening beginning in Au- send a letter of intent, teaching philosophy mentoring, community service, or other ac- gust, 2014. We are seeking undergraduate statement, research agenda, curriculum vi- tivities could support Reed’s commitment and graduate teaching expertise in Gross agement and development. Applicants must ence and philosophy, and the names, tele- tae, graduate transcript, dissertation ab- to diversity and inclusion (see http://www. Anatomy and Cadaver Dissection to be sup- have a Ph.D. in Biology or a related field and phone numbers, and email contact informa- stract and/or a copy of the most recent peer- reed.edu/diversity/). Application materials ported with Human Anatomy and Physiol- a publication record to back teaching at the tion of three references to: Robert Ratzlaff, reviewed publication, evidence of teaching (a cover letter, curriculum vitae, research ogy, Developmental Biology or equivalent graduate level. Please submit curriculum vi- PhD at [email protected]. Review of ap- ability and three letters of recommendation plan, and representative publications) and courses. The selected candidate will con- tae, two syllabi (one undergraduate and one plications will begin June 6, 2014 and will to: Dr. Peg Horan. Accounting Search Com- three letters of recommendation should tribute to undergraduate curriculum man- graduate), statements of teaching experi- continue until a suitable candidate is found. mittee Chair Department of Business Ad-

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Associate Provost for University E-learning Registrar Initiatives North Central College invites applications for the position of Registrar. Reporting to the Dean of Faculty and Vice President for Academic Affairs and holding faculty status, the Registrar is responsible for strategic planning in the Office of the Registrar and a forward- The College & William and Mary invites applications for the position of Associate Provost for E-learning looking approach to its functions, ensuring the academic integrity and privacy of student Initiatives. records, consistent application of the College’s academic policies, and collaborative development and implementation of strategies for fulfilling the mission of the Office. As The Associate Provost will work with faculty, deans, CIO and the Provost to prioritize central support for e-learning leader of an 8-person team, the Registrar has responsibility for registration and scheduling, at W&M, working with IT, to create and sustain a comprehensive and integrated infrastructure that allows the maintenance and verification of student records, credit evaluation, degree audits, data university to deliver sophisticated e-learning resources as effectively as possible. He or she will also organize analysis, process evaluation and development, and disseminating information to internal and external constituencies, among other services. The Registrar plays a key role in e-learning support services, working across schools and departments to provide comprehensive, easy-to-navigate providing input and analysis to curriculum and academic standing committees, and ways for faculty to receive both immediate and longer-term assistance with e-learning initiatives. works collaboratively with Academic Affairs to produce the college catalog and develop the course schedule. A transition to Acalog and Curriculog is currently underway. The Associate Provost will work closely with the deans to design and develop both blended and fully online programs and be the primary liaison with external e-learning partner(s). The Associate Provost will oversee and The successful candidate will bring to the position strategic leadership and mentoring skills, an ability to address complex problems and to promote data-informed strategic help to implement e-learning projects arising from the Creative Adaptation Fund process, and work with the planning and decision-making, an ability to effectively employ technology to serve Charles Center, Swem Library and deans to provide an ongoing professional development program that helps strategic goals, a collaborative style in working with faculty, administrators, and staff, and a faculty develop and refi ne the knowledge and skills needed to be successful in planning and implementing demonstrated commitment to student-oriented services. e-learning classes and courses. The Associate Provost will work closely with the deans, chairs and program directors to foster communication and collaboration in developing and launching online and hybrid courses This position requires a Master’s degree and at least 3 years of higher education experience; experience in a Registrar’s office is strongly preferred. Expertise with and programs, and will assist in the possible development of a university extension program. He or she will online information systems and integrated database software is required. Familiarity also advise the Provost on resource needs and opportunities locally, regionally and nationally, and represent the with Ellucian Colleague is a plus. university externally in this arena. North Central College, founded in 1861, is a selective, comprehensive liberal arts college Required Qualifi cations with an enrollment of 2,800 undergraduates and a graduate enrollment of 250. The campus is located in west suburban Naperville, 28 miles west of Chicago, within walking distance of the Naperville Metra station. The community is one of Money Magazine’s “Best Candidates should possess outstanding interpersonal and communications skills, academic credentials consistent Places to Live.” See http://www.northcentralcollege.edu/ for more information. with the position of Associate Provost and the ability to work effectively with external funding sources, professional associations, vendors and government agencies. Candidates should submit an online application, including a cover letter, vitae, transcript, and three letters of recommendation through the College’s employment website (under “Staff Openings”) at: http://www.northcentralcollege.edu/employment. Preferred Qualifi cations Questions about the position should be directed to Dr. Marti Bogart, Chair, Search Candidates should have considerable experience in implementing and managing both blended and online Committee and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, at [email protected], or by courses and programs in higher education. phone at 630-637-5355. Review of applications will begin June 20 and continue until the position is filled. Starting The successful candidate will also exhibit outstanding leadership, advocacy and interpersonal relations skills. He date: early August, negotiable. Applicants who would enrich the diversity of the campus or she will excel at communicating with diverse audiences across and beyond the university, fostering an inclusive community are especially encouraged to apply. EOE. and open culture of intellectual inquiry across the full range of disciplines.

An advanced degree is required and an earned doctorate with teaching experience is preferred. Depending on the candidate's background an appointment in an academic department may be granted. Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience.

To apply, visit https://jobs.wm.edu.Under the Executive category search for position number FA027W. For full consideration, please submit a CV, a list of professional references and a cover letter or personal statement that addresses the qualifi cations as detailed above by the review date of July 15, 2014. Applications received after the review date will be considered if needed. The candidate will be notifi ed before references are contacted. Coordinator, Advance College The College of William & Mary values diversity and invites applications from underrepresented groups who will enrich the Academy Career Coach research, teaching and service missions of the university. (Position #FA397) The College is an Equal Opportunity/Affi rmative Action employer. (J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, Richmond, VA) Master’s degree in Higher Education, Counseling, Student Development or related discipline from an accredited institution. UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY. Deputy Head for Student Completion of the Commonwealth’s Statement of Economic Academic Services (#14-16DFR). The Office of Student Academic Affairs and Interest and pre-employment security screening required. Academy Registrar anticipates filling the Deputy Head position beginning October TYPE OF APPOINTMENT: Full-time twelve-month 6th, 2014. This initial appointment will end on Jun 30th, 2017. Successive reappointments of up to four years in length are possible. The incumbent will direct professional faculty-ranked appointment. Salary commensurate the activities of the Student Academic Services Center and assist the Academy with the education and experience of the applicant. Salary range: Registrar with management activities; will oversee the operations of the Strategies $57,545-$113,305. Approximate maximum hiring salary: for Academic Success program, the Reading Enhancement program, the Writing $68,000. Additional information is available at the College's Center, the Quantitative Reasoning Center and the Graduate Studies Programs website: www.reynolds.edu. Office; and will be responsible for registrar functions, academic advising and guidance programs, curriculum and academic affairs functions, data management, APPLICATION PROCESS: Application reviews will begin Professor of Landscape Architecture and institutional research. A doctoral degree is required. Demonstrated experience JULY 31, 2014 and will be in the field of student academic affairs as it relates to academic support services, accepted until the position is filled. (ecological / environmental engineering) first-year experience and retention programs, curriculum development and implementation, academic advising, and registrar operations is highly desired. AA/EOE/ADA To Apply: Go to www.usajobs.gov. Type in “USAF Academy” in the “Where” The GSD is seeking one or more individuals at the senior box and click on “Search Jobs.” Then scroll down until you locate this position. faculty level whose work focuses on ecological or environmental Applications must be received by August 4th, 2014. U. S. citizenship required. For engineering. Placed in the department of landscape architecture, additional information, go to http://www.usafa.edu/df/dfr/?catname=dfr1 the successful candidate will have the interest and ability to address issues of his/her field and design across the departments at the GSD. S/He will be expected to play a role in the school's advanced studies and doctoral programs, and serve as a liaison to related groups across Harvard. We are particularly interested in individuals who have the capacity to bridge between ecology, technology, infrastructure, and contemporary design culture in Director, Advance College landscape architecture and urbanism. Assistant/Associate Academy Professor of Social Work The appointment will be made at the level of full-time tenured (One-Year Temporary) Professor, part-time tenured Professor in Practice or part-time (Position #FA398) The Department of Social Work in the Adjunct Professor with responsibilities for teaching, research, Crystal M. Lange College of Health (J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, Richmond, VA) and administration. Candidates should have an internationally and Human Services at Saginaw Valley Master’s degree in any discipline from an accredited institution. respected record of research and publication and should be able State University seeks applicants for a Post graduate certificate or doctorate in any academic discipline to interact with related disciplines at Harvard. Prior teaching full-time, temporary appointment to begin Fall 2014. For complete list preferred. Completion of the Commonwealth’s Statement of experience in the context of a graduate school is preferable. of requirements, further information, and to apply for this position, Economic Interest and pre-employment security screening please visit www.jobs.svsu.edu. Applicants must apply on-line. required. Applications will be reviewed on a continuing basis. To apply, Saginaw Valley State University is an EO/AA employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. TYPE OF APPOINTMENT: Full-time twelve-month candidates should submit a one page letter of intent and a administrative faculty-ranked appointment. Salary commensurate current c.v. to: with the education and experience of the applicant. Salary range: Melinda Starmer, Director of Faculty Planning, $62,777-$125,895. Approximate maximum hiring salary: $75,000. ministration. Wagner College. One Campus Chemistry: The University of South Caro- Additional information is available at the College's website: Harvard University Road Staten Island, New York 10301 pho- lina Union invites applications for the po- Graduate School of Design, [email protected] 718-390-3437. Located in sition of Assistant Professor of Chemistry, www.reynolds.edu. an increasingly diverse metropolitan area, a nine-month appointment in the tenure 48 Quincy Street, Wagner College is committed to scholar- track. This full-time teaching assignment APPLICATION PROCESS: Application reviews will begin Cambridge, MA 02138, ship and community outreach relevant to begins August 2014 and involves a 4-3 teach- JULY 24, 2014 and will be Tel: 617-495-5409, Fax: 617-495-9026, the needs of New York City. Wagner values ing load using multi-format delivery meth- accepted until the position is filled. campus diversity (domestic and internation- ods. The successful candidate will teach a E-mail: [email protected] al) and in keeping with this initiative, it wel- variety of introductory courses in Chemis- comes applications from diverse candidates try, as well as occasional upper-level cours- AA/EOE/ADA and candidates who support diversity and in- es in the field. USC Union is an associate ternationalization efforts. degree-granting campus of the University

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ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT AND FOR FINANCE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER The University of Michigan, an internationally renowned institution for Madison, Wisconsin innovative academic and research offerings, seeks an outstanding Employer Information: The University of Florida (UF), a major public individual for the position of Associate Vice President for Finance (AVP). land-grant, sea grant, and space grant institution, is one of the five largest Reporting to the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER universities in the nation with more than 50,000 students. UF is the state's the AVP is a key member of the University's senior administrative team only member of the elite Association of American Universities (AAU). and manages a complex financial organization responsible for the central The Morgridge Institute for Research, a private, nonprofit, highly UF faculty attracts approximately $600 million annually in research and aspects of the University's financial operations including procurement training grants, placing the university among the nation's leading research collaborative biomedical research institute located in the heart of the services, accounting services, payroll, sponsored programs, the externally institutions. The state's oldest and most comprehensive university, UF is University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, seeks a Chief audited financial statements, internal control, tax management, and among the nation's most academically diverse universities, with 16 colleges Development Officer. This is an exciting opportunity for a proven treasury functions including cash, debt and risk management. offering 100 undergraduate degree programs, 200 graduate programs and development professional with a passion to promote interdisciplinary 30 combined degree programs. Attracting and retaining the best The AVP will have a strong team of direct reports all of whom are medical research and the ability to translate the promise of this undergraduate students in the nation is one of the university's top committed to quality customer service and effective stewardship of the research to solve major challenges to human health in a manner that priorities. University's budgets. They include: Director of Financial Analysis, generates understanding, enthusiasm and investment. Director of Sponsored Programs, Director of Procurement Services, Position Description: This is an unrivaled opportunity for a proven The Morgridge Institute for Research is the private side of the Controller and Director of Financial Operations, Treasurer, Tax Director, finance executive to strategically lead and enhance the fiscal operations of Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, a public-private initiative that Director of the Finance Project Management Office, Director of Finance one of America’s elite public universities. This exciting role requires a leverages the best features of a great public university with the Communications, Director of Internal Controls, HR Officer for Finance proven finance leader with a clear vision and a commitment to strategically flexibility and resources of an independent private research institute. Human Resources, and Executive Secretary. Other relationships include address the most important matters facing higher education, and therefore, Its partners include donors John and Tashia Morgridge, the state working with Health System leadership to support responsibilities that the University of Florida, today. The Vice President and Chief Financial of Wisconsin, UW-Madison and the Wisconsin Alumni Research fall under the direction of the AVP. There are approximately 400 staff in Officer (“CFO”) partners closely with the President, Provost and Chief Foundation (WARF). The fusion of ideas between the biosciences the AVP office with 11 direct reports and an operating budget of $40 Operating Officer to drive advancements beyond the status quo in higher and bioinformatics, computer science and engineering is producing million. education finance and administration, generating results that others aspire advances that would have been impossible only a few years ago. to replicate. The position of Associate Vice President for Finance is a highly complex The state-of-the-art Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery facility was one, and it will provide the right person with the opportunity to have Reporting to the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, named 2012 Lab of the Year by R&D Magazine, and not only significant impact on both operations policy and financial strategy. In the the CFO will be an energetic and accomplished financial leader with a houses and brings together scientists and researchers from a broad last five years, the University of Michigan has made considerable progress passion for the mission and core values of the University of Florida. The spectrum of disciplines, but also includes extensive public spaces in in cost containment and improving the efficiency of operations, and this CFO will work across the enterprise to optimize the University’s decision- the Town Center that promote dialogue among campus colleagues will continue to be an objective for the University. making capabilities and inspire the highest standards of financial and the larger community. performance. Professional Experience/Qualifications The Chief Development Officer is a member of the Morgridge Professional Experience/Qualifications • Relevant experience with accounting and financial systems in large Institute’s senior leadership team and will partner with the Institute’s • Ten years of significant fiscal management responsibility with direct complex organizations and proven leadership success across broad and Chief Executive Officer, Board of Trustees and distinguished team responsibility in areas of fiscal analysis, forecasting, borrowing, decentralized environments of comparable size and complexity; of investigators. While leading a small development group to accounting, and financial reporting • Knowledge about challenges and trends facing higher education, and implement a strategic development program with a strong major • Demonstrated experience in and knowledge of financial management current understanding of best practices; gift focus, the Chief Development Officer will be working practices in higher education of large governmental or business entities • Creative ability to develop fiscal policies, procedures and programs in a cooperatively with the Institute’s key collaborative partners in an • Exposure to Responsibility Center Management (RCM) and a complex environment; exciting, evolving environment where creative approaches for demonstrated understanding of its institutional framework • Extensive managerial and administrative experience in financial philanthropic support can be developed. The successful candidate • Advanced verbal and written communication skills and experience in management, analysis and internal controls and forecasting and will bring an established record of securing major gifts with a board presentations experience with complex computer-based financial reporting systems; national scope and preferably leadership experience in development • Ability to operate effectively within a complex multi-faceted academic • A master's degree in accounting, finance, or business administration or campaigns related to scientific research in universities, medical environment an equivalent combination of education and experience. centers, and/or comparable non-profit organizations. • Knowledge of federal and state financial regulations The University of Michigan has retained Korn Ferry, a national executive Details about the leadership opportunities offered by this position • Ability to analyze financial data and prepare financial reports, recruiting firm, to assist with this search. All nominations, inquiries, and and the application process may be found at: statements, and projects application materials should be submitted in confidence to Korn Ferry. • Demonstrated expertise in the development of comprehensive, http://agbsearch.com/current-searches/senior-executive or Email: [email protected] integrated financial budgeting and reporting systems www.discovery.wisc.edu/morgridge Ken Kring, Senior Client Partner • Energy and enthusiasm for new ideas The Chief Development Office Search is being assisted by: Beau Lambert, Principal • Ability to effect change through influence and collaboration Judith B. Ward, Senior Consultant Korn Ferry Email: [email protected] AGB Search, Washington, D.C. The University of Michigan is an Chuck Eldridge, Senior Client Partner [email protected] or 202-215-8519 equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Beau Lambert, Principal All nominations, inquiries and applications will be received and For additional information about the position, visit: Robert Lamp, Associate evaluated in full confidence. Korn Ferry https://www.ekornferry.com 1201 West Peachtree St., Suite 2500 For the most favorable consideration, candidates are encouraged to Atlanta, GA 30309 submit application materials by July 15, 2014. Applications should be submitted electronically (Word or PDF file) to: The University of Florida is an equal opportunity employer and, as an institutional practice, does not discriminate against any employee or applicant [email protected] on the basis of race, creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability, veteran The Morgridge Institute offers a sity, college and departmental committees, tional and Graduate Studies in Education. status, national origin, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. as assigned. Requirements: Ph.D. or equiva- Responsibilities: Teach graduate and post- competitive compensation and This search is conducted under the Florida Sunshine and Public Record Laws. lent in Risk Management, Insurance, Actu- graduate courses ranging from classroom, benefits package and is an equal arial Science, or Economics. Must be dem- school, and district administration, instruc- agbsearch.com/ opportunity employer For additional information about the position, visit: onstrated researcher on topics relating to tional leadership, and research. The major risk management and insurance. Must have portion of this individual’s course load will http://UniversityofFloridaCFO.ekornferry.com prior experience teaching at undergraduate be delivered in a hybrid setting (face-to- and graduate levels. Contact: Yael Wepman, face and online). Qualifications: Doctorate Director of Employee Relations, St. John’s in educational administration, instruction- University, 8000 Utopia Pkwy, Jamaica, NY al leadership, or closely related field. ABD 11439. candidates with graduation imminent may be considered. Experience working in pub- ployer with a strong commitment to commu- forms; implement image analyses methods Education: Assistant Professor (Stockton, lic schools as a teacher, principal, superin- nity engagement. using Matlab, Simulink, and Linux scripting CA): Teach undergraduate and graduate tendent of some other form of administra- (bash/shell) platforms; and perform com- of South Carolina and the smallest campus effective teaching, the successful candidate level accounting courses. Teach in the Uni- tion is required. Special Information: The Engineering: Senior Research Associate 3. puter programming for the development of in the eight campus system, with headcount must demonstrate an aptitude for scholar- versity’s general education program. Plan, applicant should have a record of university University of Miami, Miller School of Med- data processing and analysis related to a re- enrollment fluctuating between 480 and 550 ship and service within the discipline, insti- evaluate, and revise curricula, course con- teaching, service, and scholarly productiv- icine in Miami, FL is seeking a Senior Re- search program. Additional projects include students per semester. The institution has its tution, and community, as required for ten- tent, course materials, and methods of in- ity as well as knowledge of national trends search Associate 3 (position# 048914) to program development related to translation main campus in the town of Union (popula- ure and promotion. Please visit https://usc- struction. Advise and mentor students in in the educational leadership. Additional perform imaging based investigations of of different image data formats, registration tion 8183), located in the upstate of South jobs.sc.edu for additional information and extracurricular activities. Conduct scholarly highly desirable qualifications include ex- the following 3 neurological problems: Id- of different image data, maintenance of an Carolina and also offers courses in neigh- online application submission instructions. research. Serve on faculty committees at de- perience with educational technology, in- iopathic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH), image database, and development of data boring Laurens, S.C. (population 9083) ap- Review of applications will begin immedi- partmental and university level. Job require- struction via distance learning, conducting Chiari Malformations (CMI), and Normal analysis methods. Design and implement proximately thirty five miles west. The insti- ately. Applications will be accepted until ment: Doctor of Philosophy in Accounting research and/or teaching research methods pressure hydrocephalous (NPH). Additional new software, debug applications. Provide tution employs twelve full-time faculty sup- the position is filled. If you have questions or a related field. Foreign degree equivalent courses, and grant writing. Scholarly pro- duties will be to: develop methods for auto- general support of existing data processing plemented by a diverse pool of adjunct and about the application procedures, please is accepted. Send letter of application, vitae, ductivity and service are required for ten- mated segmentation of the Posterior Cranial and image display applications and operat- part-time instructors. The average student call 864-427-3681, ext. 7727. Foreign nation- statement of teaching/research philosophy, ure consideration. High quality teaching, Fossa in CMI by MRI; develop methods for ing systems. Provide instruction and support is a first generation college attendee, who is als should indicate current US immigration three current letters of reference to Chair, consistent scholarly productivity and ser- automated quantitation of the eye globe de- for internal and external users, and write place-bound and possessing various levels status. USC Union is an Affirmative Action Search Committee, Department of Ac- vice are required for tenure. Review of new formation, and automated determination of and maintain user documentation. Position of academic preparation. A doctoral degree and Equal Opportunity Employer. counting, University of the Pacific, 3601 Pa- applications will begin June 16, 2014 and the retinal nerve layers thickness in IIH by requires a Master’s in Electrical Engineer- in Chemistry at the time of appointment is cific Avenue, Stockton, CA 95211. will continue until the position is filled. To MRI and OCT, respectively; develop meth- ing, Computer Engineering or a closely re- required. The candidate must have teaching Economics/Risk Management: Assistant apply, visit: http://www.moreheadstate.edu/ ods for automated segmentation of regional lated field (foreign equivalent acceptable) and academic advising experience that could Professor, Risk Management- (NYC) - employment to complete the MSU Appli- White Matter Hyperintensities by MRI; de- and 3 years of exp with algorithms and soft- have been acquired during the course of a Teach undergraduate and graduate courses Education: Search Extended. Morehead cation for Employment and submit a letter velop methods for 3D segmentation of blood ware development for medical image anal- doctoral program in a higher education en- (with emphasis on risk management and in- State University, recognized as one of the of application, resume, and three letters of vessels and quantification of blood flow dy- yses. Position also requires experience in vironment. In addition to the required aca- surance economics). Design courses, con- top public universities in the South by U.S. recommendation and/or contact informa- namics by MR Angiographic data; perform methods for 3D segmentation of blood ves- demic credentials, the successful candidate duct lectures, advise students, and evaluate News & World Report, is accepting appli- tion of references. Contact the Office of brain parcellation analysis using FSL, SPM, sels and quantification of blood flow dynam- must have excellent communication skills, a students’ progress. Engage in scholarly re- cations for a tenure-track Assistant Profes- Human Resources at (606) 783-2097 should and FreeSurfer; implement algorithms and ics in MR Angiographic data; knowledge commitment to collegiality, and a dedication search on topics related to risk management sor of Education in the area of Educational you have questions about our online applica- image analyses methods using C/C++, of Matlab, C/C++, Open GL and VTK on to undergraduate education. In addition to and insurance economics. Serve on univer- Leadership in the Department of Founda- tion. MSU is an EO/AA educator and em- Open GL and VTK on Visual Studio plat- Visual Studio platforms. Any appropriate

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VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER THE OPPORTUNITY SENIOR DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT This is a unique opportunity for a proven executive to strategically lead the finance operations and business THE UNIVERSITY: Point Park University enrolls nearly 4,000 full- and part-time students in 82 undergraduate affairs of a leading research university. This role requires a leader with deep experience and a commitment to programs, 17 Master’s programs and a doctoral program offered through its School of Arts and Sciences, developing and implementing an effective finance and business model for short-term stability and long term School of Business, School of Communication and Conservatory of Performing Arts. Its students represent 44 success. The CFO will be highly collaborative and play a key role on the university’s executive leadership team, states and 56 countries. working closely with the President, Board of Trustees, (Chairs of Audit Committee and Chair of Finance The University's comprehensive strategic planning process focuses on enhancing academic excellence, a qual- Committee), SVP of Administration, Provost and General Counsel. ity student experience, managed growth and community engagement. In 2008, Point Park moved into the next THE BACKGROUND chapter of its development as a vibrant academic and community partner with the announcement of the Regularly ranking in the U.S. News & World Report’s top 50 national research universities, Yeshiva University Academic Village at Point Park University, a thriving living and learning hub. Point Park's $244 million campus has been transforming lives for more than a century. At its men’s and women’s undergraduate schools, students and public enhancement space plan is already well on its way to transforming the University and Downtown Pittsburgh. For more information, please visit: w are afforded a personal, small college experience while benefiting from the academic rigor of a top ranked ww.pointpark.edu. research university, which includes Schools of Medicine, Law, Psychology and Social Work. Since its inception, POSITION OVERVIEW: Organizing and aligning for success, Point Park University’s Development and Alumni Yeshiva University has been dedicated to melding the ancient traditions of Jewish law and life with the heritage Relations department has created a new position, Senior Director of Development (DoD). The Senior DoD of Western civilization at its undergraduate colleges and schools of Jewish studies. reports to the Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations. The leadership position supervises the Assistant Director of Development and the Director of Annual Giving. Point Park University is dedicated to cre- THE POSITION ating a culture that supports partnership among the Development and Alumni Relations staff, thus, the posi- The CFO will be responsible for strengthening the financial stability of the University and for multi-year tion will work cooperatively with the Senior Director of Communications and Constituent Relations, Director of financial planning to create a dynamic, continuous financial evaluation of opportunities and alternatives. Development Resources, Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations and the Vice President for the new Playhouse Capital Campaign. Reporting to this position are the Offices of Finance and Accounting, Budgeting, Treasury, Human Resources, Procurement, Risk Management, and Tax Compliance. The Senior Director of Development leads the organization’s major gifts, leadership gifts, planned gifts and annual giving fund programs. • Contribute as a university leader to developing and executing the institution’s financial strategy including budgeting, all financial reporting, cash management, treasury, and capital structure. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: • Cultivate and solicit individual and major gifts. Create collaborative and coordinated strategies for planned • Be a strategic partner to the leadership team in anticipating issues and proactively positioning YU to best giving programs and solicit planned gifts. navigate and grow in a dynamic financial landscape. • Manage a portfolio of 75 donors and prospects. • Serve as the focal point for the further development of the finance and human resource organizations. Assess • Supervise staff through regular meetings, evaluations and accountabilities. the current capabilities within the organization and identify which resources must be strengthened. Ensure • Create and implement an annual development strategy and plan for support that includes specific dollar goals. that appropriate resources are available throughout the university to support the achievement of YU’s strategic • Prepare reports for the for the Vice President, President, and Trustees. objectives. EXPECTED OUTCOMES: • Recruit, develop, motivate, and retain talent sufficient to meet the university’s current and future needs. 1. Create and Execute a Development Plan. During the first 90 days, develop a development operating plan • Identify and reduce inefficiency of operations and achieve a greater effectiveness in financial management, that includes implementation strategy. Follow best practices with the research, solicitation and acknowl- processes, controls, and reporting. edgement of gifts from individuals. • Provide leadership and compliance with rules, regulations, and covenants associated with the institution’s 2. Establish and Sustain Internal and External Relationships. Manage relationships professionally. Seek out significant endowment, research, and debt components. opportunities to share and disseminate information internally and externally as appropriate. The Senior • Embrace and articulate the values that make Yeshiva distinctive. Director of Development must have excellent verbal and electronic communication ability. IDEAL EXPERIENCE: The Senior Director of Development should be high energy and entrepreneurial and PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE/QUALIFICATIONS should demonstrate a proven track record in building strong relationships with supporters and meeting Yeshiva University seeks a collaborative leader who is a strong communicator possessing a distinguished record fundraising goals. She/he will possess strong leadership skills that inspire trust, high performance and collab- and outstanding professional accomplishments. The CFO must be a team player who is flexible, forward oration across the University. Strong analytical and quantitative skills are required. This results-orientated looking, and passionate about the mission of YU. Desired experiences and qualifications include: leader will be a visionary with a strong general management mindset. • A minimum of 15 years in progressive financial leadership roles. CFO experience as a senior financial officer • Bachelor’s degree. Advanced degree preferred. in an organization of relevant size and complexity is preferred, especially if the individual has experience with • A minimum of 5 years progressive and effective fundraising. Higher Education experience preferable. organizational change. • Demonstrated success managing staff to meet goals and objectives. • Ability to make strategic and incremental change. • Personal communication skills necessary for effective face-to-face cultivation of donors and written commu- • The ability to think strategically and work proactively in the creation and management of financial solutions nication skills necessary to create compelling fundraising materials. • Experience with fundraising databases. resulting in organizational growth and success. • A thorough understanding and proven track record of using technology to enhance business processes and practices. PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: • A proven record of achieving institutional cost savings in a decisive, yet collaborative and professional manner. • Embrace with passion the goals and culture of Point Park University. • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work very closely and collegially with • Approach work with a collegial attitude. • Respond to colleagues, community partners, donors and all related constituents with respect and graciousness. all levels of the university toward common objectives. • Contribute to the energy and enthusiasm surrounding Point Park University’s momentum and progress. • Exceptional team player with the proven ability to function in a complex organization. • Lead by example with successful outcomes attained through ethical work practices. • High-energy with exceptionally strong and committed work ethic. COMPENSATION: This position offers competitive compensation, commensurate with the level of skill and • Ability to build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders. experience expected from applicants. KORN/FERRY CONTACTS TO APPLY: Individuals wishing to speak confidentially about this opportunity may contact Michelle Pagano Carroll Leatherman Peter Reichman Kenneth Kring Heck, Principal, Nonprofit Talent at [email protected]. Qualified individuals may apply confiden- Client Partner Senior Client Partner Co-Managing Director, Global tially by submitting resume, cover letter and compensation requirements via this link: http://nonprofittalent. Financial Officers Practice Financial Officers Practice Education Practice and Senior theresumator.com/apply/Xt5OqY/Senior-Director-Of-Development-Point-Park-University.html. 200 Park Avenue 200 Park Avenue Client Partner APPLICATIONS ARE DUE BY: June 20, 2014 33rd Floor 33rd Floor 1835 Market Street, Suite 2000 Please direct all inquiries related to this position to Nonprofit Talent and do not contact Point Park University. New York, NY 10166 New York, NY 10166 Philadelphia, PA 19103 Direct: 212-973-5883 Direct: 212-984-9318 Direct: 215-656-5309 Point Park University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Email: Email: Email: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.pointpark.edu

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Review of application materials Finance: The Accounting and Finance Avenue, Stockton, CA 95211. committees, and advise students as appro- years of ICT industry or academic experi- loging treatment of potential new serial ti- will begin immediately, but the position will Department in the College of Business at priate at MS and PhD levels; conduct re- ence; ability to manage multiple projects tles, and resolving complex problems relat- remain open until filled. Full description, Southeastern Louisiana University seeks to search in field, identify funding opportuni- within and outside of classroom environ- ed to existing serials cataloging records. In qualifications, and application available at fill a Visiting Assistant Professor position. Health Education: Substance Abuse Ther- ties and participate in and/or lead research ment; ability to provide advising and career addition, this position will support the cre- http://employment.plu.edu PLU is an AA/ This position involves teaching undergradu- apist/Educator Office of Health, Alcohol, teams in developing grant proposals and development for a diverse graduate student ation, extraction, editing and quality control EOE employer. ate finance classes, conducting research on And Drug Education Ball State University executing the resulting grant projects once population; demonstrable ability to work in of metadata. For complete text, preferred finance-related topics and service to the de- Mincie, Indiana Professional position avail- awarded; lead or serve on committees; par- a graduate professional academic program qualifications and application instructions: partment, college and university. Required able July 1, 2014. 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College level expe- and that reflect the university’s core values; ICT industry experience; extensive track re- regard to race, color, religion, sex, national 2015-16 academic year. We are seeking the rience desired. Must be committed to work- focus on consultation/outreach, group and Information/Communication Sciences: As- cord of securing external funding in higher origin, disability, or protected Vets status. best possible candidates without regard to ing with diversity. Applicants must apply on- individual counseling services, and alcohol sociate Professor Center for Information education and demonstrate a history of lead- subfield of specialization. Applications are line by July 6, 2014 at: jobs.selu.edu/appli- and other drug education for the university and Communication Sciences Ball State ership in either higher education or indus- Management: Ashland University seeks invited from individuals who have earned cants/Central?quickFind=56551. 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Ohio University in Athens, Ohio seeks an talented and committed people. Strong FOUNDING DEAN, accomplished leader to be the Executive financial and business acumen is Director, Facilities Management (ED). The required. Success for this position will be THE UMKC HONORS COLLEGE ED reports to the Senior Associate Vice defined through: creating and maintaining President for Information Technologies effective collaborations and partnerships The University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) seeks an energetic, visionary, and charismatic individual to fill the position of and Administrative Services (SAVP). The across the University; open and founding Dean of the UMKC Honors College. In order to lead the transition from the current Honors Program to the Honors College, the Dean will spearhead the building of an innovative, exciting, and academically challenging unit that will provide high- ED will be responsible for: leading, transparent communication; identifying achieving undergraduates with the best education and opportunities that UMKC has to offer. supervising, and coordinating the facilities and implementing processes and One of the four campuses of the University of Missouri System, UMKC has a student enrollment of over 14,000. Its educational operations including maintenance and systems that improve service and mission emphasizes three areas: visual and performing arts, health and life sciences, and urban affairs. UMKC is unique in custodial of all buildings and grounds on accountability, and control costs; and its dynamic mix of graduate and professional schools (Business, Biological Sciences, Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Pharmacy, Computing and Engineering, Arts and Sciences, Education, the Conservatory, Graduate Studies, Law, and Libraries), which the Athens campus; the procurement, improved internal management of the encourage innovative research, partnerships, and educational programming that span traditional disciplinary boundaries. production, and distribution of all utilities; Facilities division. The current Honors Program at UMKC is an experiential learning environment that encourages excellence for exceptionally and the energy management program. motivated and academically talented undergraduates. The program is designed to enrich the collegiate experience of students. The Executive Director, Facilities Traditional and non-traditional undergraduates from every School and College at the University are provided with the opportunity Nestled along the Hocking River in the Management will have a minimum of 5 to develop their academic and leadership skills within the context of a broad, interdisciplinary education, which will ultimately prepare them for graduate studies and professional careers. beautiful Appalachian region in the years of facilities experience (prefer foothills of southeastern Ohio, Athens is a The UMKC Honors College is being created to attract and recruit high-performing students in persisting and graduating with an 8+years) including building maintenance, undergraduate experience that is academically rigorous and challenging. The student success strategy is designed to support and retain historic college town. With its red brick custodial and ground services, work high-achieving students. To help attract these students, UMKC plans to transform the current Honors Program into an Honors College. Georgian architecture and system of management, utility production and Reporting to the Provost, the Dean is the senior academic and administrative officer of the Honors College and is responsible for “greens,” the Athens campus is distribution, and employee relations is providing the leadership and vision necessary for setting strategic, operational, and financial directions. In those roles, the Dean has overall responsibilities for developing an effective collegial environment that supports excellence in teaching, research, and acknowledged to be one of the most required. 10 years of Facilities service. More specifically, the Dean oversees student admissions and services; evaluates faculty and staff; develops and allocates attractive in the nation. The Athens Management with labor union experience the budget; represents the Honors College in campus decision-making processes; oversees Honors College-based research and campus is made up of 217 buildings and is preferred. S/he will have excellent outreach centers; and engages in fund- and friend-raising in support of opportunities to grow the Honors College’s reputation, resources, and impact. In addition, the Dean needs strong working relationships within the larger University and with alumni, 1850 acres. leadership, communication, and budget external partners, the academic and philanthropic communities, and other key stakeholders. development and management skills, Minimum qualifications for the Dean include: a PhD and credentials appropriate for a tenured appointment, preferably as a full professor This role has operational and financial along with the ability to apply engineering at UMKC and demonstrated successful experience in academic administration, including substantial administrative work in a university responsibility for departments that employ concepts, and the ability to lead honors (program/college) setting; demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and effectively with all constituencies; and clear success approximately 310 people with an in developing external funding and fundraising from private and public sources. Experience in administration, budget management, transformational change over time. A personnel management, and strategic planning is expected. This person will be able to work with other deans and administrators in operating budget of approximately $20 Bachelor’s degree in Management, developing new goals and programs and will be able to address the needs of a diverse faculty, staff, and student body. million. The ED will utilize broad Engineering, or related field is required. The successful candidate will be a gifted communicator, an inspiring pedagogue and mentor, and a visionary leader who is knowledge of facilities management as enthusiastic about creating an innovative and exciting Honors College at UMKC. Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering well as strong communication and or an MBA is preferred. At least one Greenwood/Asher & Associates, Inc. is assisting The University of Missouri-Kansas City in the search. Initial screening of collaboration skills to mold and applications will begin immediately and continue until an appointment is made. To insure full consideration, candidates should certification such as PE, CFM, or LEED have complete applications filed by August 25, 2014. Applications should include a letter addressing how the candidate’s strengthen an organization comprised of AP is also preferred. experiences match the position requirements, an academic curriculum vitae and contact information for at least five references. Individuals wishing to place names in nomination should submit electronically a letter of nomination to include the name, The full position description is found at: http://brillneumann.com/3932/ position, address, and telephone number of the nominee. Please complete and submit the online application and be prepared to attach 3 Applications and letters of nominations should be submitted to: separate documents: Resume, Cover Letter, and a list of 3 professional references with Jan Greenwood, Betty Turner Asher, Partners current contact information at: Greenwood/Asher & Associates, Inc. http://www.ohiouniversityjobs.com/postings/9981 42 Business Centre Drive, Suite 206 Ohio University is committed to creating a respectful and inclusive educational and workplace environment. Ohio University Miramar Beach, Florida 32550 is an equal access/equal opportunity and affirmative action employer with a strong commitment to building and maintaining Phone: 850-650-2277 / Fax: 850-650-2272 a diverse workforce. Women, persons of color, persons with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply. Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] For more information about UMKC, please visit http://www.umkc.edu/ UMKC is an equal access, equal opportunity, affirmative action employer that is fully committed to achieving a diverse faculty and staff.

20, 2014. Send resume, transcripts, three reference letters, or contact information for three references, and a DVD of representa- tive ensemble performance to: Dr. Cynthia Dean, Graduate School Hukill, Head, Department of Music, 407 W. “Q” Street, WPN 107, Arkansas Tech Uni- The University of Georgia invites versity, Russellville, AR 72801 or chukill@ applications and nominations for the Collections and atu.edu. This position is subject to a pre- position of Dean of the Graduate School. employment criminal background check. A If you would like more information, Office Manager criminal conviction or arrest pending adju- please see http://www.hrdocs. dication alone shall not disqualify an appli- uga.edu/dean-grad-school.pdf. The University of Nevada, Las cant in the absence of a relationship to the requirements of the position. Background Confidential requests for information Vegas has an immediate open- check information will be used in a confi- should be directed to Michael Luthi, ing for a Collections and Office dential, non-discriminatory manner con- Primary Consultant with the UGA sistent with state & federal law. AA/EOE. Search Group, 706-542-1837. Manager. Physical Education: Contract Faculty Posi- The University of Georgia is an EEO/ Marjorie Barrick Museum, tion School of Physical Education, Sport, AA/Vet/Disability Institution UNLV Galleries and Exercise Science Ball State University Muncie, Indiana Contract faculty position For a complete position available August 15, 2014, for the academ- ic year. Major responsibility: teach under- description and application graduate students in the physical education details, please visit teacher education program. For more infor- mation, please go to http://www.bsu.edu/ http://jobs.unlv.edu or call hrs/jobpostings . Ball State University is an (702) 895-2894. equal opportunity, affirmative action em- Academic Dean ployer and is strongly and actively commit- EEO/AA Employer ted to diversity within its community. The University of Alabama is Physical Education: Contract Faculty Posi- accepting applications for tion School of Physical Education, Sport, Dean of Continuing Studies. and Exercise Science Ball State University Muncie, Indiana Contract faculty position an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity / available August 15, 2014. Major responsi- ccsdeansearch.ua.edu Disabled /Veterans Employer. bility: teach undergraduate physical fitness/ wellness and physical education teacher ed- for position profile. Music: Arkansas Tech University seeks ap- ucation courses. Minimum qualifications: plications for a Director of Bands/Coordina- earned master’s degree in physical educa- tor of Instrumental Music beginning August tion or closely related field; teaching expe- 2014. Contract: full-time, tenure track, nine- rience in elementary physical education by per, and at least two letters of reference month, assistant or associate professor. Doc- date of appointment. Preferred qualifica- from scholars qualified and willing to evalu- torate preferred, Master’s required. Duties: tion: teaching experience in a college set- ate the candidate’s ability, training, and po- Marching Band (fall), two concert bands ting. Candidates for searches must have tential for research and teaching. Applica- (spring), Conducting, Music Education current authorization to be employed in the tions will be accepted online at: http://www. methods classes, extensive recruiting. Suc- U.S. without employer sponsorship. Email chicagobooth.edu/faculty/openings . We will cessful candidate will be expected to build letter of application, vita, and one copy of begin formally reviewing applications on upon ATU’s tradition of excellence in col- official transcripts of all graduate work, and July 1, 2014 and strongly encourage you to lege contemporary marching and symphonic the names and phone numbers of three ref- complete your application by then. We will bands, and to enhance the role of the ATU erences to [email protected] or mail to Ju- continue to accept applications until Febru- Bands as performing ambassadors for the dy Donahue; PFW/PETE Contract Search ary 28, 2015. The University of Chicago is university. Deadline for application is June Committee Chair; School of Physical Edu-

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The Institute for Basic Science Education Finance Council Announces Presidential Search The Education Finance Council (EFC) is recruiting qualified candidates to lead our organization as its in Daejeon, South Korea President. Interested candidates should email their letter of interest, resume and salary requirements to Ray Bayer, Search Committee Chairman by June 23, 2014, at: [email protected] The Institute for Basic Science (IBS) is a government-funded research institute that has been developed with the sole purpose of driving forward the development of basic Key responsibilities of the President are as follows: science. IBS is committed to identifying, developing and advancing discoveries in basic 1. Develop strong and trusted relationships with the Administration and Congress to further EFC's science and groundbreaking technology through world-class basic science research. legislative and regulatory agenda. Ensure that EFC retains an effective brand and relationship IBS is seeking candidates who have strong leadership skills and a compelling vision to with policymakers affiliated with each political party. lead the institute into the future as a globally-recognized frontrunner in basic science. 2. Lead and strategically deploy EFC's staff resources and member assets to ensure the organization is widely recognized by policy makers as an intrinsic component of the nation's education Position: IBS President financing structure. 3. Effectively engage and collaborate with all EFC members, EFC's Board of Directors, staff, student Term of Position: Five years after the appointment date loan-related industry groups, postsecondary education sector groups and other industry groups to further EFC's goals, while maintaining the focus of EFC's discrete mission and advancing the interests of its membership. Qualifications 4. Develop, modify, and/or maintain as needed the collectively-owned vision of the future for the organization. • Compelling vision and strategic thinking to lead IBS as a global research institute 5. Hire and/or retain and develop staff who support the vision and mission of EFC, and actively • Expert knowledge and significant experience in basic science and scientific motivate staff to succeed while maintaining the highest level of integrity in dealing with internal policies and external stakeholders. • Recognized leadership skills in managing and directing a scientific research 6. Demonstrate effective written and oral communication skills. 7. Manage the internal operations and external affairs of the organization in accordance with EFC's organization policies and prepare an annual budget for review and approval by the Board of Directors. • Demonstrated ability to innovate within an organization 8. Develop and institute an appropriate organizational communication plan. • Is not subject to disqualification in accordance with Article 9 of the Articles of Incorporation of IBS Attributes of the successful candidate will include the following demonstrated abilities:

To Apply 1. Mission Dedicated-Understanding of the student loan sector and the range of issues facing the EFC membership with loyalty and commitment to the mission of EFC and its membership. 2. Organizational Leadership-Skilled at developing and leading the organization to achieve Please visit www.ibs.re.kr/president to submit the required documents, or mail the mission-critical goals, leading by example - directing and developing staff; documents to the address below. 3. Member Relations-Excels at understanding member needs and expectations; 4. Strategic Thinking- Thinks and acts strategically by balancing the implications of internal, Planning & Budgeting Team, Institute for Basic Science external, short-term and long-term factors; 70, Yuseong-daero 1689-gil, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, South Korea (305-811) 5. Communication Skills- Clearly and confidently articulates complex ideas, strategies, and decisions to individuals and groups at all levels. Ability to translate complex concepts into viable strategies and policies. Required Documents 6. Board Leadership and Engagement-Skilled at working with a board of directors to strengthen member engagement and organizational governance. Individual Candidate • Application Form The Education Finance Council currently has three staff members other than the President. Its • Curriculum Vitae (free format with a photo) offices are at 8501 M Street, NW in Washington, DC. The President of the Education Finance • List of All Papers Written Council is expected to live in the greater Washington, DC area. • Introductory Letter (less than 5 A4-Sized Pages) The Education Finance Council (EFC) is the national trade association representing nonprofit and state • Duty Execution Plan (less than 5 A4-Sized Pages) agency student loan organizations. EFC members strive to increase college access, success, and affordability • Certificate of Family-Resident Registration (issued in the last one month, not in their states and nationwide. These organizations are the go-to college planning resources in their states for required from a foreign applicant) students, families, and counselors, providing scholarships and grants, low-cost alternative loan programs, • Letter of Recommendation from Peers (from no more than 3 peers, optional) college planning centers, financial literacy programs, FAFSA completion events, presentations and webinars, and individualized guidance on every step of planning, paying for, and succeeding in postsecondary education. Recommended by Organization or Institution* For more information, see the organization's website at www.efc.org. • Letter of Recommendation from Organization or Institution • Curriculum Vitae (free format with a photo) ties are strongly encouraged to apply. USCA • List of All Papers Written is an AA/EOE. • Introductory Letter (less than 5 A4-Sized Pages) Political Science: Middle East North Af- • Duty Execution Plan (less than 5 A4-Sized Pages) rica Politics (MENA). Assistant Professor of Political Science, tenure-track position, • Certificate of Family-Resident Registration (issued in the last one month, not to start in September 2015, in international required from a foreign applicant) and comparative politics in MENA at Eck- CHANCELLOR erd College. Ph.D. in Political Science re- • Letter of Recommendation from Peers (from no more than 3 peers, optional) quired. We are seeking someone to play a University of Hawaii Maui College invites applications for the significant role in teaching courses in Mid- dle East politics and history as part of both *List of Recognized Organizations and Institutions: The Korean Federation of Science and position of CHANCELLOR (position #89063) to be responsible our Political Science major and also our for the administration, management, development and integrity multi-disciplinary International Relations Technology Societies, The Korean Academy of Science Technology, The National Academy and Global Affairs (IRGA) major. Teach of instructional and non-instructional programs and services seven courses per academic year, (3-1-3), in- of Engineering of Korea, etc. (For the complete list, please visit www.ibs.re.kr/president) of the College. For complete details visit: http://workatuh. cluding Introduction to IR or Comparative Politics, Middle East Politics and other Mid- hawaii.edu or contact Lorelle Peros (808-984-3343 or lorelle@ dle East Politics electives. Ability and will- Closing Date: 18:00 (KST) Friday, July 4, 2014 hawaii.edu). Review of applications begins July 14, 2014. ingness to teach political science statistical methods required. Candidates should have • Please submit the required documents by the closing date. An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Institution. a lively interest in scholarly research and especially a demonstrated background of teaching excellence. In addition, field expe- Others rience in the Middle East, previous work in a multi-disciplinary program, and a desire to cation, Sport, and Exercise Science; Ball tics course with an emphasis on South Car- teach in study abroad programs will also be State University; Muncie, IN 47306. Re- olina politics. May also be opportunity for a plus. Participation in an interdisciplinary, • Submitted documents shall be used for application review only, and shall not be view of applications will begin immediately involvement with small public opinion re- values-oriented general education program returned. and will continue until the position is filled. search lab on campus. Candidates should is required, including regular rotation in the (http://www.bsu.edu/nrem ) Ball State Uni- not duplicate existing departmental posi- two-semester freshman program. Eckerd • Incorrect information may result in the revocation of nomination for the position. versity is an equal opportunity, affirmative tions (political theory, public administra- College, the only independent national lib- action employer and is strongly and active- tion, international relations, and compara- eral arts college in Florida, has a tradition • For more details, please visit www.ibs.re.kr/president, e-mail jungsm@ibs. ly committed to diversity within its com- tive politics); must demonstrate excellence of innovative education and teaching/men- re.kr or call +82-42-878-8159. munity. in teaching and scholarly potential. Pri- toring excellence. Submit a letter of applica- or university teaching experience strongly tion, vita, teaching evaluations, statement of • Matters regarding evaluation criteria, procedures, appointment, contracts, etc. preferred. Deadline for receipt of complet- teaching philosophy and interests, research Political Science/American Government: ed applications is September 30, 2014. Ap- interests, graduate and undergraduate tran- for foreign applicants shall comply with all Korean laws and IBS regulations. Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Amer- ply online and view full ad and application scripts, and three letters of recommendation ican Government beginning August 2015. guidelines at: https://uscjobs.sc.edu/appli- to http://www.eckerd.edu/hr/employment Ph.D. in political science must be in hand cants/Central?quickFind=73980; and have Applications must be complete by October May 26, 2014 by time of appointment. Required: abili- three letters of reference mailed to: Dr. 31, 2014. Inquiries may be sent to Dr. An- ty to teach or develop courses in introduc- Thomas J. Wood, American Government thony R. Brunello, [email protected]. tory level American Government, Scope Search Committee Chair; College of Hu- Applications from women/minorities en- IBS Presidential Search/Nomination Committee and Methods of Political Science, and up- manities and Social Sciences; University of couraged. EOE. Qualified candidates must per level American politics courses. Must South Carolina Aiken; 471 University Park- be authorized to work in the United States be willing to develop a state and local poli- way; Aiken, SC 29801. Women and minori- for the College.

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The Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System invites The University of Wisconsin System (UW System) invites applications and nominations for the position applications and nominations for the position of President of Northwestern of chancellor of the University of Wisconsin Colleges (UW Colleges) and University of Wisconsin- State University. The individual selected as President will assume the Extension (UW-Extension). Sharing a vision to provide maximum access to all university resources for position during the 2014-2015 academic year. the benefit of all of Wisconsin’s residents, these two historic institutions have been led by one chancellor and one central administration since 2006. The UW System seeks an energetic and visionary individual Founded in 1884, Northwestern is categorized as an SREB Four-Year 4 institution, as a Carnegie Master’s College and University (larger programs), to further develop and strengthen the contributions and impact of UW Colleges and UW-Extension. and as a COC/SACS Level V institution. Northwestern State University, UW Colleges is a network of 13 campuses and UW Colleges Online that prepare students of all ages and located in rural Louisiana between the population centers of Alexandria and Shreveport, serves a wide geographic area between the borders of Texas and backgrounds for baccalaureate and professional programs. In addition to offering the Associate of Arts Mississippi. The University enrolls approximately 9,000 students in 58 degree and Sciences degree, UW Colleges offer the Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences degree completion programs. It serves the educational and cultural needs of the region through program and participates in the UW Flexible Option Program. UW-Extension works in partnership with traditional and electronic delivery of courses. Distance education continues 26 UW System campuses, 72 Wisconsin counties, tribal governments, and other public and private to be an integral part of Northwestern’s degree program delivery, providing flexibility for serving the educational needs and demands of students, state organizations to fulfill its public service mission. In addition to these two institutions, the UW System government, and private enterprise. includes two doctoral universities and 11 comprehensive universities. The Board and University are seeking a president who will be a visionary, As the leader and chief administrator of UW Colleges and UW-Extension, the chancellor exercises broad entrepreneurial leader who has exhibited both academic and senior responsibilities for all aspects of the academic, student, financial, development and administrative administrative success; is committed to fundraising, economic development, dimensions of the institutions within this multi-campus system. Among other qualifications, the ideal and community relations; and is student-centered. Further, the President candidate will have: a record of academic accomplishment at the university level, and others with should empower others through transparent communication, collaborative comparable accomplishments in the public or private sectors relevant to university administration are management, and shared governance. also highly encouraged to apply; demonstrated ability to provide leadership for organizational Candidates will be expected to have high-level executive experience with development and change processes in a complex public institution; evidence of success serving a broad demonstrated performance of exceptional quality. Those holding an earned range of people that includes underserved and non-traditional populations; an enthusiastic commitment doctorate and having a background in higher education administration are to Wisconsin’s tradition of shared governance with students, faculty and academic staff; a collaborative preferred. Management experience in other fields will also be considered. leadership style that emphasizes openness and consultation; and the ability to build effective R. H. Perry & Associates, an executive search firm, is supporting this search, relationships with community stakeholders. and applications and nominations will be accepted until the position is filled. Screening of candidates will begin immediately and, for full consideration, Information for Applicants application materials should be provided by August 1, 2014. An application The University anticipates that the new chancellor will start in early 2015. For optimal consideration, should include a letter describing relevant experiences and interest in materials should be submitted no later than Friday, August 15. Inquiries, nominations and applications the position; a résumé; and the names of five references, including titles, addresses, telephone numbers, and email addresses. Inquiries, applications, will be held in confidence. In accordance with Wisconsin's Open Records Law, the University will not and letters of nomination should be submitted as PDF attachments via email reveal the identities of applicants who request confidentiality in writing, except that the identities of to [email protected]. “final candidates” must be revealed upon request. “Final candidates” under Wisconsin law means “the five candidates who are considered most qualified for the office or position.” See Wis. Stat. sec. Dr. Toni A. Murdock, Senior Consultant Telephone: (520) 896-2264 19.36(7). Employment will require a criminal background check. Application materials (to include a Cellular: (206) 795-7252 letter of interest, a curriculum vitae, and the names, addresses, telephone numbers and email addresses [email protected] of five references) must be submitted electronically (MS Word format). Mr. Paul G. Doeg, Senior Consultant All nominations, applications and requests for information should be Cellular: (406) 220-2129 directed to: [email protected] Steve Leo, Vice President R.H. Perry & Associates Liz Moseley, Consulting Associate 2607 31st Street, NW Storbeck/Pimentel & Associates, LP Washington, DC 20008 [email protected] For more information and desired qualifications, see the website at: The University of Wisconsin System is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer www.ulsystem.edu or email questions or comments to and actively seeks and encourages applications from women, minorities, and persons with disabilities. [email protected]. It is our policy to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities who are employees or applicants for employment. The University of Louisiana System is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. Louisiana is a Public Records Law State.

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Academic Design/graphic arts Social/behavioral administration A53 A48 sciences/other A47, PRESIDENT Anderson, Indiana Academic affairs/other Development/ A48 A47, A 5 0 advancement A51, Sociology A50 For nearly 100 years, Anderson University has delivered an excellent education to generations Accounting/finance A52 Special education A48 of students. To continue this legacy of excellence, the board of trustees announces their search for Anderson’s fifth president. Located 45 minutes from Indianapolis, this beautifully A49 Distance education Student affairs/other situated university offers highly relevant programs that enable students to prepare for lives of Admissions/ programs A50 A47, A 5 0 faith and service to the church and society. Anderson University continues to be recognized enrollment/ Engineering A50 Teacher education A48 as one of America’s top universities by U.S. News and World Report, The Princeton Review, retention/registration Ethnic/multicultural and Forbes. A50 studies A48 Established in 1917 by the Church of God (Anderson, Ind.), Anderson University has a Alumni affairs A52 Executive directors historical and strong commitment to the liberal arts. The university offers more than 65 Architecture A50 A53 undergraduate majors and graduate programs in business, music education, theology, and nursing. Academic programs at Anderson University enable students to pursue professional Arts administration Executive positions/ preparation in their chosen field of study. A48 other A47, A 5 5 Biology/life sciences Facilities management/ This co-educational and residential university enrolls more than 2,400 students from 42 states and 16 foreign countries. Each year, approximately 25 percent of the student body is involved A49 physical plant A53 in an international experience. Since 1973, the Center for Public Service has provided Business/ Financial affairs A51- students with opportunities beyond the traditional classroom. Anderson University rests on administrative A53 strong Christian commitments while fostering a learning environment that encourages the affairs/other A47, Foreign languages/ freedom to discover at its core. A51 literatures A48 Anderson University seeks a transformational leader who is visionary and innovative, thinks Chancellors/presidents Humanities/other A48 strategically, provides clear direction and vision, and communicates effectively. The next A54, A55 Instructional president will need to provide exceptional direction for a complex organization and interact successfully with internal and external stakeholders and others who are key to the continued Chief academic technology/design quality and enhancement of the university. The president will help secure the resources to officers/vice A50 allow the university to achieve exceptional levels of academic and operational success. presidents A50 Marketing/sales A49 The review of credentials will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. For Chief business Museums A53 best consideration, please submit materials by July 14, 2014. Applications, nominations, and officers/vice Professional fields/ expressions of interest should be forwarded by e-mail to the Presidential Search Committee presidents A51, A52 other A48 at [email protected] or P.O. Box 181, Anderson, IN 46015. Chief student- Psychology A48 For more information about the position, application materials and the presidential affairs officers/vice Science/technology/ profile document, please visit www.anderson.edu/presidentialsearch. presidents A50 other A47-A49 AU is an equal opportunity employer. Individuals who bring diversity are encouraged to apply. Counseling A50 Social work/human Anderson University complies with federal and state requirements for non-discrimination in employment with Dean A53 services A50 regard to sex, age, race, color, disability, and national and ethnic origin.

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MORE VIEWS INSIDE Higher Education’s Missing Faculty Voices Amid all the talk of college reforms, faculty members are rarely mentioned. They should be a key part of the conversation: A34

Writing Academic Novels for Fun and (Little) Profit Spend at least part of your summer reading about fictional campus life: A36

Better Ways to Battle the Silent Epidemic on Campuses

hen people think of mental it was difficult to function.” It also found that, over ly normal worries and woes that come with being a illness, they all too often asso- the same period, nearly 50 percent of students “felt student. ciate it with extreme cases, in- overwhelming anxiety.” But the survey also showed However, what if the everyday worries and woes cluding those involving higher that only 11 percent of students had been diagnosed of life as a student were both normal and medical? education. Unfortunately, the or treated for depression and only 12 percent had What if, as the ACHA survey (and a number of intense media coverage of such been diagnosed or treated for anxiety. others like it) suggests, a large number of students tragedies,W like the Virginia Tech shootings and the re- Certainly, one survey question does not a DSM-5 were experiencing mental-health problems but were cent murders at the University of California at Santa diagnosis make. However, from this survey we can not getting the support and treatment that they Barbara, does little to reduce the stigma associated tentatively infer that two in three students who may needed? Worse still, what if there were a whole group with mental illness. have or are at high risk of developing depression, and of students who had mental-health problems but Those rare examples aside, normalizing mental three in four students who may have or are at high were unaware that they had those problems or were illness can serve to destigmatize it. If colleges were risk of developing anxiety, have not been identified unable to understand or articulate them? to recommend routine and universally available and are not getting the support they require. Wheth- Screening needn’t be something to fear. After mental-health screening to students and make er it is on a campus or beyond it, the mental-health all, it is really just a type of applied research. For mental- health edu- POINT OF VIEW epidemic is largely a silent one. human subjects’ research to be ethical, it needs to cation a compulsory The challenge is that we can’t help what we can’t provide participants with the means to get follow-up part of the curriculum, see. The only real way to uncover and aid sub- and information, and support or care where necessary, SIMON WILLIAMS campus mental-health pre-clinical depression, anxiety, and other conditions particularly in cases where the material covered is services might be seen is through some form of screening. Recently I argued sensitive in nature. Offering routine mental-health as a resource for more in the British Medical Journal that introducing checks across college campuses would not only than those with severe problems. universal mental-health checks for schoolchildren provide opportunities to reduce the burden of men- The good news is that a growing number of could reap significant social, health, and economic tal-health problems in this population but would colleges are providing some type of counseling or benefits. The same argument applies to the college supply researchers with more-substantial data that mental-health support service, and many institu- population. The earlier we identify burgeoning prob- more accurately reflected the extent of the problem. tions that cannot provide on-campus counseling are lems, the more likely we are to prevent them from The second thing we need to do is make mental- referring students to outside professionals. developing into clinically diagnosable problems, the health education and awareness part of the core The bad news is that these services are currently costs of which are far greater. curriculum. Some colleges offer it as an elective, not dealing with the full extent of emotional and Such an idea is not without its detractors. Some but optional mental-health education is insufficient mental-health problems within the college popula- people feel that mass screening programs encroach because it will not reach enough students. tion. A 2012 survey by the American College Health on individual liberty and are a contrivance of the We can point to diversity awareness as an example Association found that more than 30 percent of stu- “Nanny State,” or that mental-health screening is to follow. An increasing number of colleges require dents over a 12-month period “felt so depressed that simply a vehicle for the medicalization of the perfect- staff members and students to undergo mandatory diversity-awareness training. Like diversity efforts focused on matters of race, gender, and physical disability, mental-health destigmati- zation is an important social-justice mission within higher education. Related to this, research has shown that racial and ethnic minorities, religious minori- ties, and people of low socioeconomic status are the least likely to seek mental-health help, even though they may be at greater risk for mental illness. So colleges should make a point of focusing on those groups. But regardless of students’ risk factors, no mental-health course should be formally grad- ed, because the anxiety caused by examinations could do more harm than good. Rather, the aim would be to encourage students to reflect on their self-concept and emotional self-aware- ness. That could be followed up with more widely available interventions, such as stress- management programs and meditation sessions. College students could benefit from rou- tine mental-health screening—particularly because of the added pressures they face at this stage in their education. Although they are no longer children, they are still learning. This should include learning about their own mental health. It has long been acknowledged that an important part of college is about “finding” oneself. Finding oneself emotionally can and should take place in the lecture halls and classrooms as well as in the frat houses and dorm rooms.

Simon Williams is a research associate in the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern MICHAEL MORGENSTERN FOR THE CHRONICLE University.