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White Supremacist Robocalls to Drake Students
A white supremacist group set up robocalls to Drake University students, The Des Moines Register reported. The calls feature white...
Majority of Veterans Eligible for Loan Forgiveness Are in Default
The Education Department and the Department of Veterans Affairs announced earlier this year that they would work together to notify...
Academic Minute: Infants' Persistence
Today on the Academic Minute, Kelsey Lucca, postdoctoral researcher in psychology at the University of Washington, explores how we can...
Opinion
Employers Want Liberal Arts Grads
New study says the evolving economy creates a greater need for their skills, but that many colleges could do better at thinking about what graduates can do and helping them translate that into jobs.
Lessons From Racial Tensions at Missouri
Much has been written about the explosion of racial tensions at the University of Missouri at Columbia in 2015 --...
Effect of Rhyming Books on Children’s Vocabularies
Making a rhyme every time is great for children’s minds. In today's Academic Minute, Santa Clara University's Kirsten Read explains...
Making a Statement on Diversity Statements
Former Harvard dean's tweet against required faculty diversity statements sets off debate.
New Data on Admissions: Criteria That Matter, Early Decision and More
"State of College Admission" finds colleges focus more on academics than personal characteristics and value first-generation status over race/ethnicity.