TEACHING AND LEARNING

How to Restore Joy to the Classroom  (Beckie Supiano, Chronicle of Higher Education, October 29, 2025): Sometimes, it means fixing what’s broken.

AI Has Joined the Faculty (Beth McMurtrie, Chronicle of Higher Education, November 4, 2025): More instructors are teaching with it. Is it making their courses better or dragging the profession down?

View: How Teacher Evaluations Broke the University (View) (Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, September 12, 2025):  “We give them all A’s, and they give us all fives.” (subscription required)

EXTRA CREDIT READING

The Edge: Faculty and administrators are on the same side (Guest essay by Ian F. McNeely, Scott Carlson, The Edge, Chronicle of Higher Education,  October 30, 2025):  Service obligations to the university should be seen as an authentic form of management, our guest columnist writes.
Anatomy of the Research Statement (opinion) (Letitia Henville, Inside Higher Ed, November 4, 2025):  When it comes to promotion and tenure, don’t just describe your research—explain and quantify its impact.

The Enrollment Cliff Is Worse Than We Think  (Beth Kania-Gosche, Inside Higher Ed, October 27, 2025):  The challenge is far greater if we pay attention to college-readiness data.

Universities Can’t Pursue Truth Without Viewpoint Diversity  (John Tomasi and Jonathan Haidt, Inside Higher Ed, October 29, 2025): This is what we wish critics of the concept on both the left and right would understand.

What’s Lost When Liberal Arts Schools Close (opinion) (Kevin Carey, New York Times, October 22, 2025)

AI Is the Future. Higher Ed Should Shape It. (Opinion) (Ted Underwood, Chronicle of Higher Education, November 4, 2025): To stay at the forefront of knowledge production, we must fit technology to our needs.

NYTimes: To Avert Crisis, Talladega College Sells Its Art Treasures (Arthur Lubow, New York Times, October 29, 2025): An H.B.C.U.’s remarkable Hale Woodruff murals commemorating Black history have been bought by an art museum and two foundations. But the college says it is not completely letting go.

Around the GLCA

DePauw University announces major gift:  DePauw University Announces an $80 Million Gift to Build New Athletics Performance Center DePauw University proudly announces a landmark $80 million philanthropic commitment from an anonymous donor, an alumnus of the university. (see also:  $50 Million To Stanford, $80 Million To DePauw University For Athletics (Forbes, Michael T. Nietzel, October 4, 2025)

American University in Bulgaria:  Fulbright Science of Disinformation Symposium Call for Proposals.  AUBG’s Center for Information, Democracy, and Citizenship is hosting an online symposium in February and is currently accepting proposals.  More information here. 

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