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Major Restriction Policies Work Against Diversity
A new report from Brookings warns that underrepresented minority students were less likely to earn degrees in high-earning majors, tied to institutional policies around change of major.
NACAC Acquires Character Collaborative
The National Association for College Admission Counseling is acquiring the Character Collaborative, a nonprofit that encourages the use of character...
Japan Expected to Lose 140,000 Students by Midcentury
The decline could prompt government intervention.
VCU Cuts 14 Faculty Jobs
Facing a $25 million budget gap, Virginia Commonwealth University is cutting 14 jobs in the Department of Focused Inquiry, according...
Accreditor Requests Closure of the King’s College
Faced with the possibility of closure since January, the King’s College’s chances of survival took another blow Thursday when its...
The Stock Market’s Impact on Tipping: Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute: Cihan Uzmanoglu, Zurack Professor of Finance and Economics at Binghamton University, examines the relationship between...
Competition for Students Presents ‘Fraught’ Route Forward
Prospective students view regional public colleges as more affordable but also as having less stature and academic rigor than the national public universities now recruiting those students, new report says.
RAND Corporation Graduate Student Researchers Unionize
Graduate student researchers at the RAND Corporation think tank’s Pardee RAND Graduate School have voted to unionize. Out of 122...