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Bipartisan Progress on Pell Grant Expansion, but Hurdles Remain
The House wants to expand the Pell Grant to shorter career training programs. To pay for it, a new bill would cut off federal student loans to the nation’s wealthiest private colleges, starting in July.
Program Innovation: Uniting Transfer Students in Class
A staff member at Stockton University developed a transfer-only general studies course, creating a space for engagement and camaraderie between transfer students with proven outcomes on retention and graduation.
Effort to Re-Enroll California College Students Has Early Success
The California Reconnect program is re-enrolling adults who left college without earning degrees at higher rates than the national average for re-enrollment.
Russia Seeks to Arrest CUNY Professor, ‘New Yorker’ Writer
Palestinian Communication Professor Says She’s Been Censored Again
For a second time, Ahlam Muhtaseb, of California State University, San Bernardino, lost an opportunity to share her message due to concerns over her using the word “genocide.” This time, she says, she didn’t even use it.
Fallout From Wisconsin System’s Failed Deal
Lessons on Moral Clarity From the Antisemitism Hearing
The presidents’ answers were not so much wrong as they were deaf to the moral imperatives of the moment, Karl Schonberg writes.
Welcome to the Admissions ‘Luckocracy’
The degree to which the college admission process is a meritocracy may be in question—but it’s most certainly a luckocracy, Jim Jump writes.