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News
Transitions: U. of Alaska at Anchorage Chooses New Chancellor, Smith College’s First Female President Dies at 83
Cathy Sandeen, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin Colleges and the University of Wisconsin-Extension, will lead the Anchorage campus. -
Admissions
How Admissions Competition Brought New Rivalries, Strange Bedfellows, and ‘An Us-Versus-Us Lawsuit’
CollegeNET, which is suing the sponsor of one admissions form, is powering a competing group’s admissions form. Oh, it’s awkward. -
The Review
The Best Freshman Year Is a Gap Year
A purposeful year off before college is the best way to ensure that more students arrive on campus prepared to declare both a major and a mission. -
News
A Third of Your Freshmen Disappear. How Can You Keep Them?
Colleges redesign the first-year experience to improve retention, learning outcomes, and students’ sense of belonging. -
News
What Do ‘White Guys’ Think About Race? This Professor Is Trying to Find Out
In more than 100 interviews with students, Nolan L. Cabrera has heard strong beliefs they don’t feel they can share publicly. -
News
Freshmen ‘Are Souls That Want to Be Awakened’
“I know your doubts and fears, and I’ll have your back till the end of the semester.” That’s the message that Bryan Dewsbury, a biology professor at the University of Rhode Island, wants to get across to first-year students. -
Chronicle List
Colleges With the Best 4-Year Graduation Rates, 2014
Only three private nonprofit institutions had four-year graduation rates exceeding 90 percent for students who began their studies in 2010. -
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News
How a Student Got Kicked Out of Class — and Became a Conservative Hero
When Lake Ingle got in trouble with his professor, he waged a right-wing media campaign against her. She paid a fearful price as the target of the internet outrage machine. -
News
Transitions: Missouri State Campus Selects Its First Female Chancellor, U. of Southern California President Resigns
Shirley Lawler, former provost at Ozarks Technical Community College, will lead Missouri State University at West Plains. -
Academic Freedom
Undeterred by Criticism, Koch Foundation Increases Spending in Higher Education
The Associated Press found that the conservative fund laid out 47 percent more in 2016. -
News
This Admissions Officer Changed Her Recruiting Strategy in the Trump Era. It Worked.
Lehigh University’s Morgan Volkart focused on new countries in Latin America and Africa this year, and the resulting group of international freshmen will be more diverse than ever. -
Sexual Misconduct
A Scholarly Group Had Avoided Talk of Harassment in Its Midst. Now It Seeks to ‘Start Anew.’
The Latin American Studies Association announced the creation of an anti-harassment task force at its annual meeting last week. -
Commentary
Are You in a ‘BS Job’? Thank You for Your Work. No, Really.
Despite fashionable opinion to the contrary, 21st-century administrators are crucial to the smooth running of a college. -
News
This Nepali Teenager Sees His Future Vanishing. Can an American University Save Him?
After losing their full scholarships at the University of Texas at Tyler, dozens of students from Nepal have scrambled to find other colleges. Here’s how one young man has fared. -
The Review
The Criminalization of Knowledge
Why the struggle for academic freedom is the struggle for democracy. -
News
USC President Steps Down Over Sexual-Misconduct Scandal Involving Gynecologist
C.L. Max Nikias, president of the University of Southern California, will step down, the institution announced on Friday. -
Backgrounder
Georgia State U. Made Its Graduation Rate Jump. How?
A student-success expert shares seven principles that underlie the university’s high-tech, high-touch approach. -
News
While Congress Squabbles, Some States Take Their Own Steps to Help Hungry Students
California and Massachusetts are working within the limits of existing law to expand students’ access to a key federal nutrition-assistance program. -
News
Inside Gay Students’ Fight to Be Heard at BYU
In March, the Mormon university sponsored a panel on LGBT issues — something it had never done before. How it got there is a story of mixed motivations and incremental progress. -
The Review
Design Thinking Is a Boondoggle
Its adherents think it will save higher ed. They’re delusional. -
The Review
Why Legalizing Sports Betting Is Good for the NCAA
A Supreme Court decision will most likely lead to more fans, more viewers, and more money. -
The Review
The University Is Not an Aristocracy
So why do we value selectivity over social mobility? -
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