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Visa Denials Disproportionately Affect African Students

International students from African nations and the Global South are much more likely to have their visas rejected, according to...
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A National Summit on a Higher Ed ‘Low Point’

At a daylong conference on affirmative action, there was much commiserating but little guidance as higher ed leaders searched for a path forward.

Colgate Adds Vocational Ed to Benefits for Employees’ Children

Colgate University has added vocational and trade schools to its benefit for employees’ children. Colgate, like many colleges, has offered...
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‘Untold Harm’: Education Department Discharges Loans of 7,400 CollegeAmerica Students

The Biden administration says the Colorado campuses of CollegeAmerica, a defunct for-profit college, lied to students, so the Education Department is forgiving their loans and offering refunds.

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‘Affirmative Action for the Rich’

The ban on affirmative action has put pressure on selective colleges to end legacy preferences in admissions. But the advantages of familial wealth go beyond alumni status.

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Academic Success Tip: Working Smarter With ChatGPT

A professor at the University of Iowa taught students how to get better results from ChatGPT with a classroom assignment.

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A Homecoming of Sorts for Freshman Survey

The American Council on Education will jointly manage UCLA’s Higher Education Research Institute, which produces the longitudinal survey of students and other studies.

The Paris Commune’s Long Shadow: Academic Minute

Today on the Academic Minute: Carolyn J. Eichner, professor of history and women’s and gender studies at the University of...