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‘Should White Boys Still Be Allowed to Talk?’
Dickinson student's essay sets off intense debate there and elsewhere about who dominates classroom discussions. While piece has been pummeled in conservative blogosphere, issues related to who speaks in class concern many in academe.
Fighting the Stigma About Community Colleges
One president's thesis: to recruit more students straight from high school, it's time to admit that there's an image problem. New data show the stigma issue is real among high school counselors.
The Week in Admissions News
The value of liberal arts colleges; finances at Franklin & Marshall; recruiting students.
2 More Universities Go Test Optional
Creighton and Ferris State are the latest.
Do Law Schools Need a Second Ranking From 'U.S. News'?
Some fear an emphasis on faculty publications is the last thing law schools and students need.
Proposed Cuts Imperil 1,300 University Jobs
Alaska's governor proposes a 41 percent cut, the largest in a century, to the public university system. State's only medical education would be eliminated.
Whether the University Did Enough
A federal appeals court found that Iowa State officials were not indifferent to a sexual assault survivor when they declined to move the student she accused of rape.
11 Years After 5 Killed, New Tragedy for Northern Illinois
In February 2008, a gunman killed five students at Northern Illinois University before shooting and killing himself. Two of those...