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A student with a backpack walks under the entryway to a tree-lined college campus.

‘Affirmative Action for the Rich’

The ban on affirmative action has put pressure on selective colleges to end legacy preferences in admissions. But the advantages of familial wealth go beyond alumni status.

An instructor works with a student using a computer.

Academic Success Tip: Working Smarter With ChatGPT

A professor at the University of Iowa taught students how to get better results from ChatGPT with a classroom assignment.

College and career success coordinators from Maine community colleges stand together smiling at a summer retreat with trees in the background.

Connecting Adult Ed Programs and Community Colleges

The Maine Department of Education has placed advisers on community college campuses to help students bridge the gap between adult education programs and colleges.

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A Homecoming of Sorts for Freshman Survey

The American Council on Education will jointly manage UCLA’s Higher Education Research Institute, which produces the longitudinal survey of students and other studies.

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Campus Engagement Tip: Boost Resources for Students With Children

University officials can promote retention and belonging among student parents by providing physical spaces on campus for them—and their children—to thrive.

A student in a ball cap sits at a laptop with the words "The George and Mary Foster Anthropology Library" on official lettering on the wall behind him, and, on banners below those letters, “You fund displacement why not education?” and “public libraries are not for sale."

UC Berkeley Student Protest Keeps Anthropology Library Open—Kind Of

Student protesters and faculty support dwindled over the nearly three-month occupation of the anthropology library.

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Engagement Tip: Create a First-Day Survey

Professors can start their academic terms off on the best foot with students by creating a first-day survey to collect information about learning goals, personal information and prior knowledge.

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Resilience Coaching, Videos Inspire Student Comebacks

James Madison University students are learning how to get back up when life knocks them down with the REBOUND program.