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Post-Truth and First-Year Writing

Such a class can provide a model for constructive, fact-based public discourse and stand as a model of principled resistance in a “fake news” era, argues John Duffy.
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‘Running Out the Clock’ on Grad Unions?

Graduate student union bids at private institutions have succeeded, flopped and been challenged since a major NLRB decision last summer -- but none thus far has resulted in a contract for student workers.
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Making the Second Time the Charm

The second chance for year-round Pell Grants also means a new opportunity for the U.S. Department of Education to get implementation right this go-round, Ben Miller writes.

A ‘Repudiation’ of Trump Budget

In restoring year-round Pell Grants and boosting research and other programs targeted for major cuts in White House's 2018 blueprint, 2017 budget deal suggests Congress's disinclination to embrace Trump approach.

Politically Divided

Annual survey of first-year college students reveals deep partisan splits.

Diminishing Returns for Tuition Discounting

Net tuition revenue per full-time equivalent student decreased after unrestricted tuition discount rates hit 28.7 percent.

Focusing on the Feds

Harvard, Stanford and Ohio State presidents talked about federal research funding and immigration, among other issues.

Why They Marched

Academics, graduate students and others brave the cold and rain in Washington Saturday to rally for science and research. Participants told Inside Higher Ed why they joined the event.