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Study: 'Nudging' Helps STEM Students at 2-Year Colleges
A behavioral "nudging" campaign at four community colleges improved student persistence rates, according to the report "Nudging to STEM Success"...
USC Athletics Director Resigns
The embattled athletics director of the University of Southern California resigned on Monday three years into his tenure. Lynn Swann...
The Global Landscape of Online Program Companies
New trove of data suggests a bigger, more complex, more varied ecosystem of companies that work with colleges to take their academic programs online.
Warren Urges Defunct For-Profit to Stop Collecting Student Debts
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, warned the court-appointed receiver for a defunct for-profit college chain not to collect on...
End of Neoliberalism
The 2016 presidential election may have signaled the end of neoliberalism. In today's Academic Minute, part of Westminster College Week...
'The Dangers of Fluent Lectures'
A study says smooth-talking professors can lull students into thinking they've learned more than they actually have -- potentially at the expense of active learning.
Admissions for Donor Children
One parent's defense in the admissions scandal is that the University of Southern California encouraged applications from the wealthy -- if they would donate.
'The Years That Matter Most: How College Makes or Breaks Us'
Author discusses his new book on economic inequities and higher education. And the role of the SAT.