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Transparency and Agents
At American International Recruitment Council annual conference, members discuss what should be required of universities and their overseas recruitment agents vis-á-vis transparency.
Making Nice
Using commission-based agents in international recruitment has gone from unmentionable to mainstream. At 5th annual conference, a group formed to bring standards to the practice reflects on where it has been and where it's going.
Tiny Budget, Big Payoff
Alabama's community college transfer website is a national example of how to help students transfer more efficiently, so why is the office that runs it on life support?
Delay for New SAT
The new test will debut in 2016, not 2015. Will it lose more market share to the ACT before the launch?
Giving 'Voice to Faculty'
Cathy Trower, closing out 16 years leading a research effort of academic work, shares thoughts on tenure, retirement age, adjunct conditions and more.
What Goes into a Degree?
UConn's stalled proposal to limit outside credits earned by non-transfer students generates controversy and may be a sign of future tussles to come over "unbundled" degrees.
Affirmative Action Alive and Dead
Study finds evidence that state bans on consideration of race in admissions have a significant impact – and one that extended to some nearby states without bans.
The Future Grad Students
New data from ETS illustrate gaps by race and nationality in GRE scores, and differences between graduate population of Americans and non-Americans.