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Accreditors Can Hold the Line
It may fall to accreditors to hold colleges accountable to long-standing principles of academic freedom and institutional independence, Lawrence Schall writes.
The Week in Admissions News
Webcast on admissions changes globally; helping rural students; the three-year bachelor’s degree.
Loneliness as a Health Issue: Academic Minute
Accreditors as Referees
Don’t hate on higher ed’s refs: an accreditor’s role is to enforce the rule book for academic freedom and institutional autonomy, Jamienne Studley writes.
2.2% of This Year’s Applicants Are Trans or Nonbinary
Data come from Common App and Campus Pride as they release new guide on sex and gender questions in applications.
The Benefits of Finding Flow
Even anxious, frazzled academics like myself who are struggling for some semblance of work-life balance can find it helpful in grading, teaching and writing, writes Nicole Bauer.
A Dead Professor, 2 Critical Reports and a Presidential Apology
The University of Arizona dismissed a faculty report on the murder of one of their colleagues in his workplace. The university’s own contracted report has now largely confirmed the faculty members’ work.
Lawsuit Prompts Changes in Fulbright-Hays Grant Program
The Education Department does not consider native language skills as a plus in evaluating applications for a competitive research program. A lawsuit is trying to change that.