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Does It Matter Which AP Courses You Take?

Six AP courses correlated with an admissions advantage, according to data from a college counseling company. It’s unclear whether those courses led to the boost or if confounding variables played a role.

Opponent of NYT v. Sullivan Decision Set to Lead Iowa Intellectual Freedom Center

The Iowa Board of Regents offered the job to the University of Nebraska at Omaha’s Carson Holloway, who has served as a visiting fellow at multiple conservative groups.

A New Home for Nontraditional Students

Columbia University’s new residence hall aims to ease housing pressures and strengthen community among veterans, transfer students and returning adults.

Outgoing Iowa Civics Center Leader Accuses Board of Possibly Illegal Actions

The Center for Intellectual Freedom’s interim director accused the regents of violating at least the spirit of the law creating the center. The board president says, “We definitely deny that anything illegal is going on.”

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I Defend Due Process—the Cornell Case Shows Victims Need More

The Title IX rules do not do enough to protect students like Jane Doe.

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Strengthening HBCUs Shouldn’t Weaken HSIs

Congress allocated funds for Hispanic-serving institutions and other minority-serving institutions for good reasons.

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The Future of Higher Education Can Look Bright

When institutions from around the globe come together, amazing things can happen.

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The Shils Report and Academic Merit

It’s not a triumphant monument to academic merit, but an attack that seeks to purge leftist faculty.

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On Using a Collaborative Writing Tracker

Tracking our collective progress on a shared Google Sheet was, over all, more helpful than not.

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The Ph.D. Is Not a Pit Stop for Creative Writers

Don’t do a Ph.D. program because you want to work on your novel.

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Apprenticeships: Learning at Work

Apprenticeships predate the modern university by centuries. But as concerns about both college costs and value mount, many higher ed institutions are looking to apprenticeships—all of which involve earning while learning—as affordable, efficient pathways for learners seeking reliable, well-paying careers in everything from nursing to cybersecurity. In the process, they’re reimagining the interplay between higher ed and the workforce and developing fresh ways to deliver experience and credentials of value. Inside Higher Ed’s multipart series, produced with support from Ascendium, explores the people, places and programs shaping the new era of apprenticeships.