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Engaging First-Gen Students’ Families Is Critical to Their Success
Being a first-generation student is an asset, and families of these students can be partners in supporting success, writes Julie Carballo.
Multiple Suicides Leave WPI Reeling
A spate of student deaths has deeply shaken Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Student mental health issues, worsened by the pandemic, are a concern that extends to campuses across the U.S.
Connecting With Students by Hearing Their Personal Stories
Faculty, staff and administrative efforts to build trust can help make college students feel understood.
Seeing Students for Who They Are and Where They’ve Been
How precollege experiences and students’ identities shape the challenges they face and connections they make in postsecondary education.
Changed Political Winds in Virginia Shift Vaccine Policy
The new Republican attorney general in Virginia says public colleges lack authority to mandate COVID-19 vaccines, reversing the opinion of his Democratic predecessor.
More Support for COVID-19–Affected Professors
Two years into the pandemic, Stanford University is offering junior faculty members another pretenure year or an additional quarter of research leave, plus childcare and research grants. Will other institutions follow suit?
Limited Entry to Japan
Country lets in 87 international students out of 147,000 waiting to return.
Discontinuing the COVID Dashboard
The University of Florida has stopped updating its dashboard. Will more colleges follow suit?