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Colleges Will Face Economic Challenges This Fall: Moody’s
Two new reports from Moody’s Investors Service warn that colleges and universities face ongoing economic uncertainty for the next academic...
Williams Expands Financial Aid
College, already known for generous packages, is completely eliminating loans from packages and will no longer require students to work—even in the summer.
Molecular-Engineering Cancer Therapeutics
Some of the best engineering successes can be hard to see. In today’s Academic Minute, part of Cornell University College...
College Towns Come Back to Life
The COVID-19 pandemic turned college towns into ghost towns, decimating local economies. Now they’re bouncing back, thanks to new initiatives, innovative partnerships—and hungry students.
Courseware Designed to Close Equity Gaps
Coalitions of companies, colleges and research groups, funded by Gates, will develop digital courses especially aimed at improving learning outcomes for underrepresented students in gateway statistics and chemistry courses.
Opinion
What Are We Saying When We Thank Students for Sharing?
Students often repeat this handy phrase of praise, but we are not doing them any favors by using it in class—and we’re certainly not helping prepare them for what comes next, writes Rachel Toor.
Opinion
Humanities Scholars Can Make Their Papers Open Access Now
While shifting to open access is harder in the humanities, scholars should seize existing opportunities to archive papers in personal or institutional repositories, Rebecca Lea Morris writes.
Newspaper Standoff at VMI
Virginia Military Institute administrators have a contentious relationship with a resurrected student newspaper, which they worry is a puppet publication for alumni with an ax to grind against reforms.