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A new study shows that income inequality contributes to rising net tuition prices because colleges and universities are incentivized to offer discounts to high-performing, low-income students.

New analysis finds that research by Black, Latinx and Asian scientists is often clustered in certain fields and underrepresented in terms of citation counts. This lack of diversity hurts everyone, the authors say.

Colleges and universities should use consistent standards to evaluate transfer credits and remove unnecessary barriers to accessing transcripts, according to a new joint statement on transfer students.

More eligible Californians are applying to University of California and California State University campuses, but a new report says underrepresented students still struggle to gain access to the institutions.

The trial is scheduled to begin Tuesday in the case of the former chair of Harvard University’s chemistry department accused of lying to investigators about his ties to a Chinese university.

How a dispute over pandemic-era funding for graduate education is putting the entire department’s future at risk.

Selectivity matters, but more for some than others.