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4 Ways Colleges Are Rethinking Degree Completion
New institutional initiatives and research highlight ways to help transfer students, returning learners and other students navigate college.
Calculus Is an Admissions Barrier—Even for Students Who Weren’t Offered It
Admissions officers were 16.4 percentage points less likely to recommend a student for admission who hadn’t taken calculus than one who had, even when the former had taken as many advanced courses as they could.
Why Universities Need to Start Taking Microaggressions Seriously
Drawing on research into the experiences of Chinese academics in the U.K., we hear how these subtle but powerful discriminatory acts manifest in universities and what can be done to address them.
New Earnings Test Will Have Limited but Concentrated Impact
Congressional Democrats Condemn MSI Funding Transfer
Rebuilding the Student Safety Net
A new report examines emergency aid programs in seven states, highlighting how eligibility rules, application processes and other design choices shape students’ access to assistance.
Longtime Legal Advocate Decries ‘Coordinated Assault’ on Noncitizens’ Rights
Thomas A. Saenz, president and general counsel of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, first began advocating for in-state tuition for undocumented students in 1993.
Universities Are on an AI Philosopher Hiring Spree
Artificial intelligence is raising existential questions about knowledge and humanity—and creating exploding demand for philosophy professors equipped to investigate them.