Lee Papa

Dec 10, 2024 | chronicle.com | Alex Walters |Beckie Supiano |Lee Papa |Emma Pettit

Throughout the year, Chronicle journalists have engaged with voices across the higher-education community to report stories that shape your professional world. From the economy and technology to politics and beyond, we’ve covered the critical intersections that define the sector in real time. As 2024 draws to a close, we’ve analyzed reader data to reflect on the stories that resonated the most with you.

Dec 4, 2024 | chronicle.com | Jasper Smith |Eric Kelderman |Lee Papa |Scott Carlson

I’m Scott Carlson, a senior writer at The Chronicle covering higher ed and where it’s going. This week I discuss how leadership in the sector will increasingly require courage, emotional intelligence, humility, and the ability to see your job as being like a DJ.

Dec 2, 2024 | chronicle.com | William Deresiewicz |Adam Briggle |Lee Papa |Len Gutkin

If you’ve taught at a college or university in the last decade, you’ve almost certainly sat through some required diversity, equity, and inclusion programming. Perhaps you were on a search committee and had to meet regularly with a diversity consultant who promised to help root out your implicit biases.

Nov 26, 2024 | chronicle.com | Lee Papa

Before her case unraveled, everyone in the English department was rooting for Cora to get tenure, including me. She was up a few years ago, and the road had been rough. She had taken on too much service, not just to the department and college, but also to national organizations. She had had difficulty in getting the publications she needed. Her book had not yet been picked up by a press. Several articles were awaiting decisions.