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State Funding Bump Would Have Modest Effect on Grad Rates
An increase to state higher education appropriations could have a modest impact on graduation rates, a new report from the Midwest Higher Education Compact showed.
Penn Students Seek Online Finals
Students at the University of Pennsylvania are petitioning to have final exams switched to online because COVID-19. More than 500...
Students’ Perceptions of the Benefits of Homework
Homework has never been popular with most students. In today's Academic Minute, Rutgers University's Arnold Glass examines whether students benefit...
Purdue English’s Uncertain Future
How a dispute over pandemic-era funding for graduate education is putting the entire department’s future at risk.
‘Enough Is Enough’
Senator Elizabeth Warren has been one of the most vocal lawmakers when it comes to student loans and student debt. In an exclusive interview with Inside Higher Ed, she explains why.
Colleges Respond to Latest Coronavirus News
Middlebury moves all classes and final exams online; Cornell cancels all student gatherings; Penn calls off indoor social events; Tulane reinstates mask mandate; Rochester bans holiday parties; more colleges require booster shots.
Alumni Groups Support Undocumented Graduates
An undocumented graduate of UCLA created an alumni association to help undocumented alumni navigate the challenges of life after college. Now other institutions are following suit.
Opinion
The First Amendment, Social Media and College Admissions
Frank LoMonte asks why so many admissions officers look at applicants’ social media posts and factor what they find into decisions.