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Full-time Faculty Raises Finally Beat Inflation … Just Barely

With the dollar’s declining value taken into account, new data shows that real wages grew by half a percent. But pay remains well below pre-pandemic levels, and full-time women and part-timers continue to receive less than others.

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Degrees Earned Fall Again, Certificates Rise

Fewer people are earning degrees for the second year in a row, but certificates are having a moment, according to a new report.

4 More Universities Under U.S. Review for Alleged 'Shared Ancestry' Bias

The U.S. Education Department is investigating four more universities for possible violations of federal laws that prohibit discrimination based on...
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‘Game-Changing Crisis’: Lawmakers, Experts Vent FAFSA Frustrations

While one House committee probed the FAFSA mess Wednesday, another grilled Education Secretary Miguel Cardona about the disastrous rollout of the student-aid form.

Analysis Finds Colleges Fumbled Oct. 7 Statements

New analysis on university statements following Hamas’s Oct. 7 attacks on Israel and the retaliatory war that has since killed...
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Success Program Launch: Leadership Academy for All Undergrads

A $20 million gift will fund a leadership development center for students at Washington University in St. Louis, creating new leadership trainings and funding research.

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When FAFSA Completion Takes a Village

In New York City, completion rates for the revamped federal form are down a whopping 45 percent. City agencies, higher ed partners and advocacy groups are pooling their resources to get back on track.

How Can You Become a Good Thinker? Academic Minute

Today on the Academic Minute: Eranda Jayawickreme, Harold W. Tribble professor of psychology at Wake Forest University, explores some techniques...