Check out the top headlines in higher education news and commentary from around the Web.

The Forever Professors
Professors are increasingly delaying retirement past the age of 70 or even choosing not to retire at all. Find out why they aren’t retiring (and why it’s bad for the institution).

New Standards for Diversity Officers
As colleges and universities continue to add chief diversity officers to their top administrative ranks, higher ed has called for a set of professional standards.

To Change a Campus, Talk to the Dean
More than ever before, deans are the ones top administrators rely on to push schools and college to evolve.

New Report on Adjunct Working Conditions
A new SEIU/Adjunct Action report released last week, Crisis at the Boiling Point, tells an important story of what’s happening in academic labor.

About The Author

Angie Walls works as a copywriter for The Chronicle of Higher Education, the leading source for news and insights in higher ed. Having worked in the industry for five years, her blogging topics of choice cover a variety – big data/trends in higher ed, best practices of other colleges, insights from campus leaders, technology innovation, and other news.