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U of Illinois System Bans Consideration of Race, Sex in Hiring, Tenure, Student Aid

The University of Illinois system is telling its institutions they can’t consider race, color, national origin or sex in hiring...
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Shutting Women Out of Preferred Courses Can Hurt Their Academic Outcomes

Getting shut out of a preferred course can have lasting negative effects on incoming female students, a recent working paper...
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Drop in Pell Funds Hurts Black Students, Southern Colleges

A new report found that federal disinvestment in Pell Grants hit higher ed in Southern states hard. It also likely played a role in plummeting Black student enrollments.

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Giving Credit Where It’s Overdue

Reverse transfer—the practice of awarding associate degrees for credit earned in pursuit of a bachelor’s degree—is beneficial for colleges, state workforces and the vast some college, no credit population. Why do so few students opt in?

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Opinion

The Case for Sustaining Undergraduate Research at Small Colleges

Primarily undergraduate institutions should not be left out of conversations over shifts in federal research funding, Andrea Chapdelaine writes.

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Survey: Americans Overwhelmingly Oppose Trump’s Higher Ed Cuts

The poll also found more Democrats, Republicans and independents strongly trust universities to do what’s right than strongly distrust them—ranking colleges just behind hospitals and doctors, the military, and scientists and researchers.

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Newsom Vetoes Bill Related to Reparations in College Admissions

California governor Gavin Newsom on Monday vetoed a bill that would have allowed colleges in the state to give admissions...
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Opinion

IVF and the Leadership Gap for Women

Having left a senior role for the grueling process of IVF, Jennifer Jefferson writes that higher ed must do more to support those seeking to have children through nontraditional means.