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Air Force Academy Sued Over Affirmative Action
An anti–affirmative action group sued the Air Force Academy for its continued use of race-conscious admissions on Wednesday, days after...
Scaling Up: College Readiness Coaching for First-Year Students
A personalized coaching model for at-risk first-year students helps address persistence at Shepherd University. The intervention has expanded campuswide, allowing all learners to receive this kind of help.
A Long Way Down the Demographic Cliff
The traditional college-age population will peak next year. Is higher education ready to face the coming decline?
Supreme Court Passes on Another Affirmative Action Case
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a major case over whether admissions criteria at elite Boston public high schools...
Opinion
Some Things Never Change
You know there’s something wrong when the proportion of low-income students at elite colleges has barely changed over a century, Jim Jump writes.
Federal Judge Rules Naval Academy Can Consider Race in Admissions
The U.S. Naval Academy can continue to consider race when evaluating applicants to the elite military higher education institution, a...
Brown Unveils Diversity Recruiting Strategy
Brown University is launching a new initiative to improve student diversity, focusing on expanded recruitment and financial aid strategies to...
College Completion Rates Trending Up
Prior dual-enrollment experience made students more likely to finish their credential within six years of starting college, according to a new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.