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Some school districts have threatened to suspend students who join protests for tougher gun laws. Admissions leaders at MIT and elsewhere tell applicants such suspensions won't be held against them.

Some economics departments are reclassifying their programs as STEM fields, in part to make them more attractive to international students.

University of Florida and University of South Florida lose rankings in nursing. Sam Houston loses ranking in education.

Jim Jump considers the questions raised when high school students and their parents don't want a college to know about a disciplinary infraction.

People who are not academics are invited to vote. QS says it weeds them out after they do so.

In a fast-changing world, nearly everything is unsettled in higher education.

Bard College opens its second "microcollege" in Brooklyn Public Library. The free program, which selects ambitious applicants from underprivileged backgrounds, culminates in an associate's degree.