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Student Success The College Experience

Improving Academic Supports for Incarcerated Students

An analysis by the University of Puget Sound identifies barriers to success and promising practices to support students enrolled in higher education programs in prisons.

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Government Science & Research Policy

‘New Collaborations Needed’ as U.S. Cuts Global Health Funding

Curtailing competition, reducing waste and drawing more on industry and philanthropic sources seen as ways to fill gaps left by NIH’s retreat.

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Quick Takes

College Degree Aspirations on the Decline

As public skepticism about the value of a college degree persists, the number of students who expect to earn one...

A group of four college students of different races/ethnicities talk and laugh together as they walk across a campus.

Quick Takes

Study: Institutions, Over Peers and Tribes, Bolster Indigenous Student Belonging

A new study from the American Indian College Fund and National Native Scholarship Providers found that Indigenous students report a...

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Governance Trustees & Regents

Democratic Lawmakers Pressure UVA

Democrats are demanding answers over the University of Virginia president’s resignation and warning the board against signing a proposed federal compact.

Kimberly Richey, a white woman with blond streaks in her hair, sits at a table in front of an audience during a confirmation hearing on Thursday.

Quick Takes

Senate OKs Richey to Lead ED Civil Rights Office

The Senate voted this week to confirm Kimberly Richey as the Education Department’s assistant secretary for civil rights—returning her to...

Campus

Why Grit and Knowing When to Say No Are Vital Skills in Academia Today

In this week’s podcast, two professors discuss the skills and characteristics needed to achieve long-term academic career success and fulfillment.

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Global U.S. Colleges in the World

Saudi Arabia Approves Branch Campus for Longtime Partner U of New Haven

The institution says it started educating Saudi royal family members in the ’90s and later developed curricula for a Saudi “security college,” despite criticism. Now it could be the first university approved to open a branch campus in the kingdom.