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  • As colleges try to tamp down partying by students, administrators consider options for promoting lower-risk -- not no-risk -- social opportunities and providing a semblance of a normal college experience.
  • California voters are strongly resisting a proposal that would restore the ability of public colleges in the state to consider race and ethnicity in admissions decisions.
  • The National Association for College Admission Counseling has released "Roadmap for Change: Reimagining U.S. Higher Education as a Public Good."
  • University of Chicago English department says it's only admitting Black studies Ph.D. candidates for 2021 admissions cycle, citing Black Lives Matter and the field's complicated history with regard to race.
  • Some Democrats and some Republicans don't fit neatly into their expected boxes on free college.

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