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Improper Grade Changes at Community College

An investigation into a Texas community college found that administrators improperly changed nursing students' grades from failing to passing.
Opinion

The Community We All Choose to Build

Alan R. Townsend describes why he left a top research university to help lead a small liberal arts college.

Michelle Obama on Princeton

After years of avoiding public comment about her college years, the former first lady uses autobiography to describe what it was like to be a working-class black student at an elite, predominantly white campus.

A Very Controversial Idea

Scholars will launch interdisciplinary journal that allows authors to publish under pseudonyms, citing recent threats against polarizing academics. Some like the idea, while posing practical and ethical objections.
Opinion

A Call for Curatorial Teaching

Whenever I draft a new course or revise an old one, I ask myself which voices I tend to privilege and which ones, by neglect or ignorance, I leave out, writes Irina Popescu.
Opinion

Employers Want Liberal Arts Grads

New study says the evolving economy creates a greater need for their skills, but that many colleges could do better at thinking about what graduates can do and helping them translate that into jobs.

An About-Face for House Science Committee

Democratic takeover promises sharp change in direction for science committee, whose GOP leaders had promoted climate change denialism, meddled in federal grant making and badgered researchers.

Making a Statement on Diversity Statements

Former Harvard dean's tweet against required faculty diversity statements sets off debate.