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Hegseth Moves to End Race-Based Admissions at Military Academies

Newly confirmed U.S. secretary of defense Pete Hegseth issued a memo Jan. 29 ordering the Department of Defense to eliminate...

Education Department Removes Nonbinary Gender Option on FAFSA

The U.S. Education Department is eliminating the nonbinary gender identity option from the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, according...

Student Visa Numbers Hit Record Despite Australian Clampdown

New figures suggest political headache for government—and educators—will not disappear any time soon.

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Too Little Access to Broad-Access Institutions

A new report found that millions of Americans don’t have any colleges with high acceptance rates nearby, or they have only one, causing geographic disparities in college access.

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Insiders Reflect on the Scramble to Fix the FAFSA

Last year’s rollout of the revamped federal aid form was a disaster. The Education Department’s efforts to get it on track could reshape the agency that oversees student aid.

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Career Development, Internship Funding for First-Gen Students

A five-year-old program at California State University, Fullerton, provides personalized support and mentorship to first-generation students, as well as priority placement for microinternships.

Texas A&M to Pause Enrollment Growth in Order to ‘Rightsize’

Texas A&M University is planning to pause undergraduate enrollment growth for the next five years, The Battalion reported. The university’s...
The cover of the December 2024 issue of the 'Atlantic' magazine, which features David Brooks's "How the Ivy League Broke America" as the cover story.
Opinion

Did the Ivy League Really Break America?

Jim Jump doesn’t buy David Brooks’s critique of the “meritocracy” but writes that his argument merits consideration nevertheless.