THE CHRONICLE of Higher Education ® June 6, 2014 • $6.99 chronicle.com Volume LX, Number 38 INSIDE GOVERNMENT Skewed Distribution? Iowa’s planned reallocation of state funds raises Hawkeye hackles. A4 GRADUATE STUDENTS Accounts Poolable At Duke U., doctoral candidates in the humanities merge their financial resources and problems. A6 FACULTY 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 Texts, Tweets, and of a notorious experiment? THE CHRONICLE REVIEW B6 the Courting of a Star A26 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 of Recent Grads A3 Dilemma A8 A2 JUNE 6, 2014 | THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION It’s your retirement. How do you plan to spend it? We can help you get ready for what’s next. Retirement is all about entering a new phase of your life — one lived on your terms. 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Third-party trademarks and service marks are the property of their respective owners. All other trademarks and service marks are the property of FMR LLC. Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, Member NYSE, SIPC. © 2014 FMR LLC. All rights reserved. 687769.1.0 THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION | JUNE 6, 2014 A3 Shootings Prompt Online Discourse About Violence The Week Against Women A11 Academics’ One-Body Problem A8 | Offline, Please, at Middlebury A10 People A16 | In Brief A19 | In Focus A20 GETTY IMAGES 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 THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION (ISSN 0009-5982) IS PUBLISHED WEEKLY EXCEPT ONE WEEK IN JANUARY, MAY, JUNE, JULY AND DECEMBER AND TWO WEEKS IN AUGUST, 45 ISSUES PER YEAR AT 1255 TWENTY-THIRD STREET, N.W., WASHINGTON, D.C. 20037. SUBSCRIPTION RATE: $87.00 PER YEAR. PERIODICAL POSTAGE PAID AT WASHINGTON, D.C., AND AT ADDITIONAL MAILING OFFICES. 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