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New Challenge to Affirmative Action
Education Department investigates complaint of Asian student rejected by Princeton.
Angst Over Admissions
Loss of control. Anxiety. Questioning of purpose. Rejection. Reviewers of college applications seem to have much in common with applicants.
How Explicit Is Too Explicit?
Chalked political messages on sidewalks are a campus tradition, but some at Swarthmore say they have gone too far.
More Science, Less Social Science
Curricular reform at U. of Georgia emphasizes languages and quantitative reasoning, but leaves less room for certain disciplines.
Putting the 'Lame' in Lame Duck Session
There is no shortage of higher education issues on Congress's agenda, chief among them renewal of the Higher Education Act...
International Recovery
New data suggest that the post-9/11 crisis in foreign enrollments is over; Americans studying abroad increased by 8%.
The Engaged E-Learner
Release of 2006 NSSE survey, with new data on online education, prompts calls for wider release of data.