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The federal government has drastically altered its relationship with the nation’s college campuses.

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Plus, oral exams make a comeback, and our other top stories.
By Eugene McCormack September 11, 2026
Teaching

Are Oral Exams a Better Way to Test?

Professors are moving toward oral assessments to combat AI and are finding other benefits in the process.
By Beth McMurtrie September 10, 2026
Latitudes

International Education Gets Its Day in Court

What to know from the first hearing on a lawsuit challenging student-visa changes.
By Karin Fischer September 9, 2026
The Review

We’re People-Watching Here

Plus: Cantankerousness; complacency; polarization.
By Len Gutkin September 8, 2026

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September 4, 2026

Highlights

The Immigrant-Access Architect

Miriam Feldblum turned a niche coalition into a frontline combatant.

The Gen-Ed Revivalist

Roosevelt Montás believes the liberal arts can save higher education. He’s building a movement to prove it.

The Pluralist President

Ronald J. Daniels has a plan to inoculate universities from political capture.

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Best of Our Archives

Rediscover timeless and popular stories from our archive, handpicked by Chronicle editors.
The Review

The Academic Home of Trumpism

This little circle of SoCal Straussians became the intellectual hub of Trumpism.
The Chronicle Review

My Title IX Inquisition

What’s the good of having a freedom you’re afraid to use?
The Chronicle Review

How to Teach in an Age of Distraction

Human interaction and sustained introspection? There are no apps for those.

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Virtual Events

Improving Student ROI and Economic Mobility

ON DEMAND: For broad-access institutions, economic mobility isn’t a talking point, it’s the whole mission. The Chronicle convened college leaders and policy experts to examine what it actually takes. With support from Ascendium. Watch on demand.

The New Student ‘Swirl’

ON DEMAND: The student journey is no longer linear. Transfer students, stop-outs, adult learners, dual-enrollment participants, and certificate seekers are reshaping enrollment patterns and challenging long-held assumptions about how students move through higher education. Learn more about what’s working, what’s changing, and how colleges and universities can better serve today’s increasingly mobile learners. With support from InsideTrack. Watch on demand.
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Professional-Development Programs

Visit The Chronicle’s professional-development-resources page to stay up to date on our career-advancement workshop opportunities for higher-ed professionals.

The Chronicle’s Women Leading Change Program

September 2026. The Chronicle has collaborated with Strategic Imagination to create a groundbreaking virtual leadership series that will provide critical context, creative strategies, and guided exercises for women in leadership roles across academe. Our program tracks are designed to target the areas most important to women in today’s tumultuous higher-ed landscape, with flexibility to sign up for just one day or an All-Access series.

The Chronicle’s Higher-Education Leadership Institute

October 2026. Higher education is going through seismic change, and leaders are faced with new internal and external challenges every day. This virtual workshop series will provide administrative leaders with the skills to effectively enhance institutional success and navigate shared governance by learning how to make tough decisions, lead with resiliency, and build high-performing teams.

The Chronicle’s Higher-Education Mental-Health Forum

October 2026. Join us for a transformative half-day of professional development featuring interactive sessions designed to address the growing challenges that students, faculty, and staff are facing on college campuses. Through engaging discussions and practical strategies, campus leaders will gain valuable insights to better support student well-being and foster productive mindsets.

Data

The Academic Year’s Main Stories, Told Through Data

What the numbers say about funding uncertainties, faculty morale, and the effects of federal policy.

College Attainment. Graduation Rates. Faculty Pay. How Does Your State Stack Up?

Explore how the states compare with one another and with the nation on demographics, college enrollment, diversity, tuition costs, and more.

Colleges Teach Gender and Race. They Ignore Class.

A database of 85,000 syllabi reveals a striking blind spot.
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