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What Policies for Improving Graduation Rates Actually Work?

As students across the country prepare to receive their degrees, five authors explore how to increase their numbers.

New Jersey Takes Action (Sort of) on Snooki's 2011 Rutgers Visit

New law bans use of state funds for such talks, but state funds weren’t used for the visit by the star of once popular reality show.

Demanding Results on Transfer

Unusual foundation grant will pay for community colleges and four-year institutions to improve their transfer pathways, with goal of 30 percent bump in four-year degrees earned by community college graduates.

Leaving Over Campus Carry

Professor’s public resignation letter points to tensions in Kansas as new law takes effect this summer.

$1.43 Million Wake-Up Call

Experts say jury award to former Iowa athletics official points to gender and sexual orientation bias issues present at many colleges and universities.

Due North

Professor says she’s giving up a tenure-track job in the U.S. and taking her family back to Canada over racism directed at her Nicaraguan-born spouse.
Opinion

‘Running Out the Clock’ on Grad Unions?

Graduate student union bids at private institutions have succeeded, flopped and been challenged since a major NLRB decision last summer -- but none thus far has resulted in a contract for student workers.
Opinion

The Approaching Storm? Or Impending Drought?

If recent events are any indication, students who serve as resident advisers are mad as hell and may not be willing to take it anymore, warns Lee Burdette Williams. Can we manage residence halls without them?