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COVID-19 Roundup: Quarantines Abound
This weekend, three colleges began mass quarantines, one canceled a football game and one men’s soccer team has been suspended.
A Secret Merger Discussion in Boston
The Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology is in talks about merging with Wentworth Institute of Technology, The Boston Globe reported...
Academic Minute: Tourism and Local-Global Tension
Today on the Academic Minute, Thomas Paradis, professor of geography and urban planning at Butler University, explains how tourism can...
The Week in Admissions News
A normal (or close?) college experience; California voters are dubious of plan to restore affirmative action; NACAC's "roadmap"; Chicago English Department's priorities; nuances of free college.
U of Michigan Faculty Vote No Confidence in President
The University of Michigan Faculty Senate voted no confidence in President Mark Schlissel on Sept. 16. The results were close...
The Faculty Role in Transfer
When faculty from the institution to which students transfer engage with the students early on, it increases the odds of a transfer taking place.
Arbitrator Sides with U of Akron on Faculty Layoffs
On Friday, an arbitrator sided with the University of Akron in its termination of nearly 100 unionized full-time professors. Some...
2020 Survey of Admissions Leaders
The process of building a class to educate has never been easy. In recent years, community colleges and nonelite liberal...