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An Overabundance of Caution
Colleges are going over race-conscious practices with a fine-toothed comb, anticipating future legal challenges. Critics fear they’re sacrificing values at the altar of prudence.
Creating a Systemwide Mental Health Solution
To meet a growing student need for mental health care, the University of Texas took a systemwide approach to solutions, investing $16.5 million into new resources.
Most Career Outcome Narratives Are Incomplete
Colleges should closely analyze how postgraduation employment outcomes differ based on race, class and first-generation student status, Hayley A. Haywood writes.
At 11th Hour, University Drops Racial Literacy Requirement
A mandated curriculum long sought by Virginia Commonwealth students and faculty members was set to take effect this fall. The university delayed it late last month, and advocates don’t buy its reasoning for doing so.
Florida’s LGBTQ+ College Students Face a Tough Choice: Stay or Go?
One in eight high schoolers living in the state wants to leave for bluer pastures. But for LGBTQ+ students, the decision is a little more complicated.
Student Success Champion: Colin David Pears at the University of New England
As the university’s newest associate provost for student success and chief retention officer, Pears aims to facilitate collaboration and ensure cohesion in the support of students.
What If the Campus Speech Crisis Is a Hoax…
…and we create a better university for nothing? Leon Sachs argues there’s no harm—and much benefit—in taking concerns about the campus speech climate seriously.
Training Should Happen at Work
Truth is, education is not set up to prepare employees for the specifics of the workplace. That’s a good thing.