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Aspiring Accreditor Focuses on Student Outcomes
The Postsecondary Commission aims to offer a new model of evaluating institutions. It has powerful supporters, vocal critics and a long road ahead to federal recognition.
Big Ten, Southeastern Conferences Create Joint Advisory Board
The two biggest and most powerful conferences in big-time college athletics are joining forces to develop a joint committee to...
New Report Suggests Supports for Nontraditional ‘Comebackers’
A new report by California Competes, a nonpartisan research organization, identifies “promising practices” being implemented at state institutions to bolster...
Advocates Promote Equitable Prison Education Programs Post–Pell Restoration
Using feedback from incarcerated students is one way to work toward making prison education programs more racially inclusive, according to a new report from the Vera Institute of Justice.
U of Iowa Expands Crisis Hotline
A University of Iowa crisis hotline, which was launched two years ago to support students, expanded its services in January...
The Paradox of Cultural Othering: Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute: Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager, associate professor of communication studies at Colorado State University, defines cultural othering and...
Fallout From a FAFSA Fiasco
Colleges are pushing back admission deadlines after the latest FAFSA delay. But not all institutions will be affected equally, and many aren’t yet ready to make the call.
Student-Made Cookbook Offers Recipes for Campus Pantry Users
Students at a Maryland community college created a cookbook featuring favorite family recipes that use ingredients commonly found in the free campus food pantry.