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Graduation Shouldn't Be Endpoint
Colleges that truly want to help first-generation students need to stay involved as they make their next transitions, write Karen Gross and Ivan Figueroa.
UNC and the Sports Media
The scandal in North Carolina is only the latest evidence of how rarely sports reporters -- who are beholden to athletics departments and coaches -- delve into the darker side of college athletics, writes Murray Sperber.
Opinion
Myth of the Amateur Athlete
Defenders of college sports should stop pretending that players are amateurs and that universities don't compete for their services, John V. Lombardi argues.
Pressure on the Presidents
Survey of college leaders finds significant minority in public sector feel pressure from governors. And as lawmakers want colleges to use climate surveys on sexual assaults, presidents support concept, but only a minority say their institutions are doing so.
Trick or Drink, No More
As Bates College aims to combat excessive drinking, administrators anger students by unilaterally canceling a popular drinking event held until now every Halloween season.
More Athletes Get to Finish Line
The NCAA's Graduation Success Rate for college athletes is at an all-time high, but critics continue to question its definition of success.
Big Ten and the Next Big Thing
Michigan, Purdue and the Wisconsin System give competency-based education a try, but carefully and with targeted new programs.
Opinion
What to Do About Football?
The U. of North Carolina academic scandal is only the latest evidence of the need to distance big-time college football from the academic enterprise it corrupts, Robert Atwell argues.