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Why Remind Poor Students That They Are Poor?
Trinity in Connecticut now offers Pell-eligible students four years of institutional aid based on a single application.
The Box Is Alive and Well at Many Institutions
Debate at Princeton illustrates challenges that remain for movement to end admissions questions on criminal history.
Judge: Professor Had Right to Question Her Accusers
A professor of sociology at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor disciplined for harassment should have been able to...
Hopkins Still Figuring Out Its Post-Gift Recruiting Strategy
When megagift from Bloomberg was announced, university gave itself a goal for enrolling Pell-eligible students. How will it get there?
Academic Minute: Cars and Government Regulations
Today on the Academic Minute, John Heitmann, professor of history at the University of Dayton, explores how we reshaped the...
Life Sentence -- and Then a Pardon -- for a Graduate Student
British Ph.D. student in U.A.E. was found guilty of spying after what observers say was an unfair trial in which he was denied due process. Some academics urge Western universities -- including NYU -- to reconsider role of campuses in the Emirates.
Brazilian Academics Vow to Resist Threats to Freedom
Campuses have been stormed by military police. Students are being encouraged to report on instructors.
Pointing the Finger at Colleagues
Scholar's article said his colleagues were publishing in "predatory journals." Now he's banned from campus.