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Giving Voice to Detained Migrant Children
We’ve seen the effects of family separation at the southern border. In today's Academic Minute, part of University of Texas...
Publishers' Pending Merger Faces Growing Opposition
Concerned about limited purchasing options and potential price increases, students and consumer groups challenge the proposed merger of two major textbook publishers.
This Journal's Future Is Female
Political science association pleases and surprises members with its flagship publication's new editorial team.
Rising GOP Senator Takes Aim at Higher Ed and ‘Elites’
Josh Hawley, a freshman senator from Missouri and rising GOP star, has targeted the "higher ed monopoly" in new legislative proposals. But some observers don't see much impact beyond rhetoric.
California Acts to Fix Problem Blocking Aid for Online Students
State officials set up complaint process for students enrolled at out-of-state public and nonprofit colleges -- but Education Department won't confirm the fix will actually work.
Neil deGrasse Tyson Will Keep His Job at Hayden Planetarium
Neil deGrasse Tyson, head of the American Museum of Natural History’s Hayden Planetarium, will keep his job there, according to...
Performance Funding and Underrepresented Student Enrollment
Roughly 35 states have enacted performance-funding formulas that tie support for public colleges to metrics like graduation rates and degree-attainment...
The Value of Voc Ed
Report finds career and technology education courses have a higher wage return for those with no college degree than academic ones.