The Weekly Briefing: At Michigan State, a Shaken Campus Struggles Through Its Shame

[THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION] #subscribelink [Subscribe Today]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Subscribe to The Chronicle today to get access to premium content and more.]( Weekly Briefing Monday, January 29, 2018 --------------------------------------------------------------- [Sign up for this newsletter]( This Week’s Highlights --------------------------------------------------------------- [At Michigan State, a Shaken Campus Struggles Through Its Shame]( By Sarah Brown An institution in turmoil asks what comes next. People echo similar themes: openness, a president who will take ownership of what happened, and an effort to do right by the victims. [How an Army of Survivors Toppled a President]( By Steve Kolowich and Andy Thomason Public anger over a sex-abuse scandal forced Michigan State’s leader from office — and demonstrated that ignorance may no longer be an adequate defense for leaders of institutions tainted by scandal. [Pitt Investigates Racist Messages Connected to College Republicans]( By Julian Wyllie Offensive memes from a private chat were made public in an anonymous Twitter account. [Who Should Oversee Athletes’ Academic Progress?]( [premium] By Eric Kelderman The athletic director or the provost? The question comes to the fore at Ohio University. The Chronicle Review --------------------------------------------------------------- [The Tyranny of Metrics]( [premium] By Jerry Z. Muller The quest to quantify everything undermines higher education. Commentary --------------------------------------------------------------- [Why Community Colleges Are Good for You]( By Carl J. Strikwerda These unsung engines of higher education deserve the resources and respect to be equal partners with four-year institutions. Advice --------------------------------------------------------------- [The Benefits of Doing It Wrong]( By David Gooblar Why you should invite your students to write badly, perform an experiment incorrectly, or botch an equation. People --------------------------------------------------------------- [An Economist Argues That Our Education System Is Largely Useless]( [premium] By Scott Carlson School and college, boring as they are, do little to make us smarter or more prepared for work, says Brian Caplan, who proposes a profound change. [What I'm Reading: ‘The Teenage Brain’]( By Ryan Korstange New insights into teenagers’ cognitive development suggest that professors might need to rethink the way they design courses. [4-Year Colleges That Drew the Highest Percentages of First-Time Students From Out of State, Fall 2016]( [premium] The Chronicle List Among the colleges that drew the highest percentages of first-time students from other states were elite private institutions on the East Coast. [Appointments, Resignations, Deaths]( Compiled by Brianna A. Tucker and Ruth Hammond Jacqueline Screws will become president of Chattahoochee Valley Community College, and Elizabeth Kiss was named warden and chief executive of the Rhodes Trust at the University of Oxford. Blogs --------------------------------------------------------------- Lingua Franca [Negative or Positive? Answer (a) or (b)]( A high school in Taiwan poses to its ninth-graders a grammar question about negative vs. positive clauses, and it worries Geoff Pullum a lot. ProfHacker [Creating Your Own Attendance “App” with Google Forms]( Amy Cavender explains how readers can create their own attendance "app" using Google Forms. [View the Latest Jobs in Higher Education]( Tools & Resources --------------------------------------------------------------- [Free Dossier Service]( Get organized with The Chronicle’s Vitae dossier service. Manage all of your professional documents in one convenient place — safely, securely, and at no cost. Applying for jobs online is simpler, saving you time and money. [Start your free dossier.]( [THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION] 1255 Twenty-Third St., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20037 [Like us on Facebook]( [Follow us on Twitter]( [Add us on Google+](chroniclehighereducation/posts?elqTrackId=7e445f63c38a4e539fd6e34d1d95b281&elq=f6dd6f0cc9654cb6b15cf57610a942d0&elqaid=17636&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=7756) [Subscribe Today]( Get the insight you need for success in academe. [Stop receiving this newsletter]( Copyright © 2018 The Chronicle of Higher Education