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How Georgia State Prevents Summer Melt
Text messages, some automated but some with real human interaction, reach students who might never otherwise have showed up.
Who Counts as a Black Student?
Cornell protest revives debate on whether first-generation immigrants from Africa and Caribbean make up disproportionate share of black students at top colleges, and what -- if anything -- should be done as a result.
The Week in Admissions News
Struggling to repay student loans; another law school will accept GRE; transfer guidelines.
International Admissions Group Fed Up With Testing Practices
Limited testing dates and sudden cancellations erode “equity” for test takers outside U.S., says new statement. Testing agencies say they are working on the issue.
New Presidents or Provosts: Augustana College (Ill.), Birmingham City U, Eastern Illinois U, Fairfield U, Grand Valley State U, Gwynedd Mercy U, Hobart-William Smith Colleges, U of Pennsylvania, Xavier U (Ohio)
Melissa Baumann, assistant provost for undergraduate studies and director of the honors college at Auburn University, in Alabama, has been...
Outsourcing Rape Investigations
Some colleges hire outside parties to look into and judge sexual assault cases, a move meant to ensure fairness in the process.
A ‘Global Innovation Exchange’
Seeking to “invert the model” of U.S. universities opening campuses abroad, the University of Washington and China’s Tsinghua University will open degree-granting academic center near Seattle.
Academic Minute: Effects of Incarcerated Parents
Today on the Academic Minute, Jill McCorkel, associate professor of sociology and criminology at Villanova University, examines how a jailed...