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Choosing a College: The Virtues of a Good Misfit

All the talk about helping prospective students find "the perfect fit" may be discouraging them from truly valuable experiences at colleges where they may thrive, writes Diana Senechal.

You're Fired

Professor says she's "terminating" Michigan State as her employer after it ignored her harassment complaints against an administrator and then pursued what she calls cooked-up research misconduct allegations against her.
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Making Race-Conscious Affirmative Action a Scapegoat

The recent challenges are at best mistaken and at worst malicious, argues Michele S. Moses.

Insuring Against Drop in Chinese Students

U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is paying $424,000 to protect itself in case of a falloff.

Did Rice Scholar Assist in Banned Research?

University to investigate whether a physics and bioengineering professor was involved in a banned genome-editing procedure that allegedly produced the world's first genetically edited babies.

Why Remind Poor Students That They Are Poor?

Trinity in Connecticut now offers Pell-eligible students four years of institutional aid based on a single application.
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Ethical College Admissions: The Bloomberg Gift

The windfall for Hopkins raises many issues but is still worth some praise, especially when considering the policies of most private colleges, writes Jim Jump.
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The Reality of Asians and Higher Education Access

The public discussion of the Harvard lawsuit creates a false impression, one that ignores the poverty and disadvantages faced by many Asian Americans, writes Noel Harmon.