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The Brain Is Maintained by Chance the Gardener: Academic Minute
Accused Harvard Dishonesty Researcher Sues Harvard, Bloggers
Admitting the Top 10%, for Geographic Diversity
University of South Carolina to admit top 10 percent of students from the state’s public high schools. Texas did that when its colleges couldn’t consider race; South Carolina officials say that’s not their motivation.
College Access Groups Fear Impact of Outsourcing Guidance
Requirements were aimed mostly at for-profit companies colleges hire to run their online programs. Nonprofits that help students attend and complete college feel caught in the crossfire.
The Common App Enters an Uncommon Era
The start of this year’s application cycle was more momentous than usual, as colleges introduced new essay prompts and adjusted requirements for a post–affirmative action world.
Campus Engagement Tip: Connecting Online-Only Learners
Fort Hays State University gave the reins of website Tiger-2-Tiger, initially a digital learning community, to students to share, inspire and motivate one another asynchronously and synchronously.
Meet the Success Professionals of the University of Dayton
Two longtime staff members serve as coaches, mentors and guides for 140 scholarship recipients every year, relying on their wealth of knowledge of the university to support students’ definitions of success.