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Do Algorithms Lead Admissions in the Wrong Direction?
Do they result in colleges filling their classes but not giving enough aid for a student to succeed?
Thinking About Thanksgiving
Some colleges are planning to shift instruction online after the Thanksgiving vacation, but far fewer are doing so than last year when COVID-19 vaccinations were not yet available.
California Students: Use a Condom, Save the Polar Bears
In honor of World Contraception Day Sept. 26, the Center for Biological Diversity donated 1,400 “endangered species” condoms to 12...
New Programs: Dietetics, Chiropractic Education, Nursing, Data Analytics, Sports Analytics
Buffalo State College, of the State University of New York, has a new master’s degree in dietetics. Campbellsville University is...
Academic Minute: English Professors Study More Than Books
Today on the Academic Minute: Amy Lueck, associate professor of rhetoric and composition at Santa Clara University, discusses some of...
‘Connecting College and Careers’: An Inside Higher Ed Report
Colleges and universities are under increasing pressure to ensure that their students thrive in the workplace after they graduate. Many...
The Week in Admissions News
Protest over legacy preferences; free application for aid; progress with vaccine mandates; Pell Grant taxability; impact of student debt on lawyers; antigay policies.
Will Higher Ed Feel the Effects of a Federal Shutdown?
There’s still time for lawmakers to avoid shutting down the federal government, but if they can’t do it, higher education shouldn’t have much to worry about -- as long as the shutdown doesn’t last too long.