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Bold Move in Graduate Education
In a reform aimed at reducing Ph.D. program timelines and attrition, University of Chicago will guarantee full funding to humanities and social sciences students -- in exchange for program caps.
Fair Leave for Mental Illness
Stanford University will no longer use leaves of absence as a "first resort" for students in crisis.
Grad Enrollment: Gains at Home, Losses Abroad
New graduate school enrollments continue to fall among international students, but underrepresented U.S. minority enrollments are way up.
Opinion
The Costs of Overpromising
It is impossible to identify and treat all the college students who experience anxiety and depression, and we must determine which groups we can effectively assist, argues Billie Wright Dziech.
Grad School Without the GRE
Brown follows Princeton in letting departments decide whether to require the admissions test. Twenty-four of them opt out.
The Push for Player Pay Goes National
Days after California enacted a law allowing college athletes to sign endorsement deals, lawmakers in other states and in Congress threaten legislation to advance player compensation.
When CVs Are Too Good to Be True
Faculty search committees take note: academic dishonesty extends to CVs, according to a new study.
Opinion
The Impact of California’s Athletes’ Rights Bill
Newly signed legislation allowing athletes to profit from their names and likenesses is a step in the right direction, but it's only a start, write Welch Suggs and Solomon Hughes.