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Faculty Members Unionize at 2 Maryland Community Colleges

Full-time faculty members have unionized at two Maryland community colleges. Erica Snipes, the Maryland Public Employee Relations Board’s acting executive...

The Hottest in 100,000 Years? Academic Minute

Today on the Academic Minute: Darrell Kaufman, Regents’ Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Northern Arizona University, looks to...

University of Toronto to Return $450,000 Gift From Amazon

The University of Toronto’s law school will return a $450,000 gift from Amazon amid criticism that the source of the...
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College Admission Gets Personal

Between advancements in AI and the end of affirmative action, the traditional application process is more fraught than ever. Some colleges are trying a radical strategy: meeting students face-to-face.

New Presidents or Provosts: Barber-Scotia College, DeVry U, Jacksonville College, Montana Technological U, Robeson CC, Texas A&M U–Texarkana, U of Charleston

Ross C. Alexander, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the University of North Alabama, has been chosen...
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Talkin’ ’Bout Their Generation

They might not be preternaturally savvy, but at least the kids are all right, Alex Small writes.

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Opinion

Courting Wealthy Students

The failure of colleges to expand access for students of color can’t be blamed solely on the Supreme Court—rather, it’s a result of colleges’ own aid choices, Mike Nylund writes.

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A New Home for New College of Florida Émigrés

When conservative leaders took over Florida’s only public liberal arts institution, Hampshire College officials knew they had to help. Now they’re welcoming the first cohort of New College defectors.