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Exempt and Secret
56 religious colleges have asked Education Department to let them discriminate on basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, and most requests have been approved. Should the exemptions be publicized?
UCLA Condemns Anti-Semitic Facebook Post
The University of California at Los Angeles last week condemned an anti-Semitic comment that a UCLA student posted on the...
Less Than 1%
Only 323 of 34,086 learners are eligible to take advantage of Arizona State's MOOCs-for-credit initiative with edX. The university calls it a "positive first step."
Mixed Email Messages From Howard U Admissions
An undetermined number of applicants to Howard University received good news last week via email (that they had been accepted)...
Lost Fees or Lost Students?
Potential master's student at NYU asked for application fee waiver and shared email rejecting request on Twitter. Critics see example of policy that deters low-income applicants.
Kaiser Permanente Will Open Medical School
Kaiser Permanente on Thursday announced plans to open a medical school in California in 2019. The nonprofit insurance and hospital...
Tesla and Henry Ford
Is Tesla channeling its inner Henry Ford? In today's Academic Minute, Miami University's W. Rocky Newman explores the differences and...
Playing the Aid Game
Historically, U of Wisconsin at Madison has minimized the use of non-need-based aid, but it is ending that restraint. The catch? Its top official doesn't really agree with the practice.