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Gates Gives $210 Million to U of Washington
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is today announcing a $210 million grant to the University of Washington’s Population Health...
Doane U Adds Test-Optional Admissions
Doane University has started an admissions option under which applicants with a high school grade point average of at least...
U of Cincinnati Suspends International Student Fee
The University of Cincinnati has agreed to suspend a new, controversial $150-per-semester fee required of international students, WCPO News reported...
Executive Power and the Electoral College
How did the Electoral College come to be? In today's Academic Minute, Stanford University's Jack Rakove explores the origin of...
Impact and Nonimpact of Online Competition
Paper finds growth of fully online degree programs led to increased spending and falling enrollments at some place-based colleges, but had little impact on tuition rates.
Can Your Productivity Be Measured?
Book offers critique of uses of big data to measure the output of professors and institutions, arguing that technique is equivalent to “The Emperor’s New Clothes.”
A Passport in the Sock Drawer
At Generation Study Abroad summit, panelists discuss how to get a more diverse group of students abroad, including students enrolled at minority-serving institutions.
'The Have and Have-Not Gap'
At meeting of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, sports leaders express concern about "out of control" spending among top conferences. So far, colleges don't appear to be trying to reverse course.