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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.
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Ethical College Admissions: After the Applications Are In

Ethical choices don't go away at this stage in the process, especially if an applicant does something that may hurt his or her chances, writes Jim Jump.

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.

Insuring Against Drop in Chinese Students

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

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.

Hopkins Still Figuring Out Its Post-Gift Recruiting Strategy

When megagift from Bloomberg was announced, university gave itself a goal for enrolling Pell-eligible students. How will it get there?