NEW: The Q-Collar claims to help protect athletes' brains. But sleuths say they've found anomalies/errors in underlying studies. Authors say they'll address some—though not all—of them. And the journal has resisted calls for an independent investigation. chronicle.com/article/this-d…

Really good piece on the post-SFFA enrollment picture and the need to not jump to conclusions. We barely know WHAT happened; we surely don't know WHY.

‘You Become a Mere Mortal’: What Happens When Presidents Go Back to the Faculty chronicle.com/article/you-be…

Does diversity training work? I looked into what the research has found, and the results are meh chronicle.com/article/does-d…

Students are rethinking whether college is worth it. What does that mean for the future? And what does it have to do with Eric Kelderman's trombone? Check out our latest podcast to find out. link.chtbl.com/collegematters

Over 6000 long-secret documents related to MSU’s handling of Larry Nassar were finally released. We read them all so you don’t have to … 🧵🧵🧵

The next chapter in the FAFSA saga begins today with the first round of beta testing — and many crossed fingers. chronicle.com/article/a-new-…

🧵You've heard it before, and it's making the rounds again: Everyone is going to school in the south, and fleeing the north. Is it true? If I don't know, the journalists talking to three high school counselors don't know. However....

What kind of childhood makes a top scientist? Is it enough to have all the right traits (brilliance, grit, etc) or do you need the right family too? And why should we care? A 🧵 on our paper on the Nobel Laureates. A teaser: the income distribution of the laureates' fathers.1/N

Florida public U's have submitted hundreds of courses to be reviewed for "antisemitism or anti-Israeli bias." Only "a sample" were chosen for further scrutiny, a system spokesperson told me. She didn't say which ones were selected, or by whom. chronicle.com/article/do-the…

Has the enrollment cliff come sooner than expected?

College journalists, The Chronicle of Higher Education's spring internship application is open! Send us a resume, cover letter, and clips before Nov. 20. As a full-time reporter in our newsroom, you'll get to tackle ambitious stories alongside honing your daily-news judgment. jobs.dayforcehcm.com/en-US/thechron…

Howard University researchers are confident that by next spring, the university will reclaim its Research-1 status — the first HBCU to do so. Other HBCUs are still vying for the designation. A history of discrimination had long stood in the way. chronicle.com/article/howard…

As #HigherEd prepares for a second Trump presidency, Christa Dutton, Garrett Shanley, and I took a look at what college leaders are saying about the election results — and what they aren't — in The Chronicle of Higher Education. chronicle.com/article/when-t…

The latest must-read from my colleague Beth McMurtrie Cheating Has Become Normal chronicle.com/article/cheati…

Faculty pay is a perennial topic of interest The Chronicle of Higher Education. This year, we decided to look at it through the lens of cost of living, using county-by-data. Explore the results here. #HigherEd chronicle.com/package/cost-o…