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Promise Provides Enrollment Boost
Tennessee Promise drives dramatic increases in freshman enrollments at the state's two-year institutions.
No Career Clarity
Postdocs in biomedical sciences don't make career options clear, and that may be one reason so many people in these positions lose interest in academic careers, report finds.
Taking Transfer National
Edvance Foundation calls for a national college transfer partnership to improve graduation rates and access to four-year institutions.
Opinion
Where Are the Veteran Students, 2015?
Wick Sloane's annual Veterans Day survey of highly ranked private colleges shows signs of progress amid the usual (major) disappointments.
Defending Affirmative Action
Dozens of higher education groups urge Supreme Court to continue to allow colleges to consider race in admissions. Arguments focus on institutional autonomy.
Opinion
Two Steps to a Saner, Sounder Admissions Process
We must make structural changes across thousands of colleges, Carol Barash argues -- not just rely on the good intentions of a privileged few.
Encouraging Low-Income Enrollment
A new report from the Institute for Higher Education Policy identifies selective colleges that could do better at enrolling and graduating low-income students, while also highlighting the colleges that do a good job with this population.
A Parade of Horribles?
Why do admissions professionals engage in certain practices that some people question? W. Kent Barnds provides some answers.