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Tapping Alumni to Be Career Mentors for Students

Colleges are orchestrating formal connections for students with alumni who can provide support as they approach graduation and prepare to launch their careers.

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Report: Tuition Discounts Fuel Higher Ed Skepticism

Tuition discounting is a tactic private colleges have long used to control a primary revenue stream. But over the past...
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Text Messages Encourage Healthy Habits, Relationships for College Students

Baylor University launched a campus-grown intervention to enhance student well-being via text messaging.

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Opinion

What I Learned From Advising 120 Ph.D. Students

Too often, career planning is an afterthought and students seek degrees without direction, William J. Rothwell writes.

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White House Floats Compact for Preferential Treatment

Advocates condemned the proposal, which asked nine universities to overhaul admissions, hiring and speech policies and to suppress criticism of conservatives in exchange for more federal money.

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Is This the Moment for Tuition Resets?

One Washington university is addressing families’ growing desire for cost transparency by slashing tuition in half. Such resets haven’t always worked, but some think they may become the new normal.

U of Missouri President Wants Local Officials to Address Crime Near Campus

University of Missouri president Mun Choi is pressing local officials about crime rates near the Columbia campus after a student...
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Contextualizing Completion Gaps for First-Generation Students

First-generation students’ enrollment rates match their peers’, but a new report found these students face stubborn graduation rate gaps—regardless of their levels of income or academic preparation.