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Williams Gets More Generous With Aid
College will be all grants, no loans for all students, regardless of family income. No students will have to hold down jobs, even in the summer.
Lessons on Democracy From Ancient Athens
Where should we look for lessons on sustaining democracy? In today’s Academic Minute, Jeff Miller of SUNY New Paltz turns...
Are Rankings Being Rigged (Again)?
Two lawsuits charge that the Rutgers Business School inflated its rank by hiring its own students through a placement company.
Who Is Still Accepting Applications?
NACAC releases its annual list, and it’s early.
The Week in Admissions News
Sentencing of parents for cheating on son’s SAT; courseware to close equity gaps; religion on campus; HBCUs look at satellite campuses; statement in defense of holds.
A Positive Change for a Negative Label
California State University, Fullerton, sought to make students feel less defeated about being placed on academic probation, so administrators banished “probation” from the institution’s official lexicon.
‘Deplorable’ Conditions for Academic Freedom
AAUP report on Linfield University’s firing of a chaired professor sets stage for censure later this year.
Students Desperately Seek a Way Out of Afghanistan
After nearly eight months of Taliban rule, about 350 students are still stranded at the American University of Afghanistan, unable to get visas out of Kabul, where they fear for their lives.