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‘Raising Up’ Student Parents
Filmmaker Jaye Fenderson discusses her new docuseries, which offers an intimate glimpse into the lives of student parents and the supports they need to thrive in college.
Higher Ed and ‘Charleston: Race, Water, and the Coming Storm’
Climate change and the eight most interesting colleges and universities in the U.S.
The Case Against Any Divestment, Ever
Campus leaders should resist all demands for divestment, Bruce A. Kimball and Sarah M. Iler write.
Legislation Guarantees Mental Health Withdrawal in Maryland
University leave-of-absence policies have been under scrutiny for how they handle mental health emergencies. Maryland lawmakers hope a new bill will help.
Report: Grade Inflation Highlighted in Developmental Course Placement
A new study from ACT finds students who completed high school during the COVID-19 pandemic were placed in developmental courses more often, despite holding similar GPAs to their peers who entered college before 2019.
Positive Partnership: Streamlining and Speeding Up Transfer Completion
A partnership between George Mason University and Northern Virginia Community College promotes timely degree completion among two-year college students through a seamless transfer process with guaranteed admission.
A Viable Model for Open-Access Publishing
MIT Press’s digital approach has broadened readership of monographs, but questions remain on whether its “idealistic” open-access model can change the publishing industry.
Is Enrollment Management Really Ruining Higher Ed?
Robert Massa and Bill Conley argue that a new book overstates the negative influence of the enrollment management industry.