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Cash Is Still King
The impact of rising costs in a post-recession economy on the concerns and decisions of incoming freshmen is stronger than ever, an annual survey shows.
Standards of Evidence
An Education Department proposal on how colleges need to conduct campus disciplinary hearings involving sexual assault is sparking renewed debate over the standards of evidence in those proceedings.
Opinion
Don't Go to College Next Year
Gap years change students in ways that society needs -- and much more should be done to make them a possibility for all students, not just the privileged, Joe O'Shea writes.
Going Rogue
Swarthmore College's Hillel chapter says it won't adhere to guidelines barring it from cooperating with or hosting anti-Israel groups or speakers. In response, Hillel headquarters draws a hard line.
Streaming Suicide
A student at the University of Guelph attempted to take his own life while 200 online strangers watched. Experts on campus mental health worry about the student -- and the potential impact of the footage.
New Survey, Same Engagement
Revamped version of annual survey, NSSE, examines students' use of effective learning practices, academic advising and technology in the classroom.
Building Students' 'Cultural Capital'
Academic and student affairs officers discuss their responsibilities to help first-generation students overcome deficits in exposure to arts and culture -- and the pros and cons of requirements.
Wanted: Adoring Female Students
Do male professors need and seek out attention from their female students? A popular feminist blogger thinks so, as do many of her Twitter followers.