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The Common App Enters an Uncommon Era
The start of this year’s application cycle was more momentous than usual, as colleges introduced new essay prompts and adjusted requirements for a post–affirmative action world.
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Admitting the Top 10%, for Geographic Diversity
University of South Carolina to admit top 10 percent of students from the state’s public high schools. Texas did that when its colleges couldn’t consider race; South Carolina officials say that’s not their motivation.
Oral Roberts Signs President to 10-Year Extension
Nostalgia After Apartheid in South Africa: Academic Minute
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Campus Engagement Tip: Connecting Online-Only Learners
Fort Hays State University gave the reins of website Tiger-2-Tiger, initially a digital learning community, to students to share, inspire and motivate one another asynchronously and synchronously.
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Meet the Success Professionals of the University of Dayton
Two longtime staff members serve as coaches, mentors and guides for 140 scholarship recipients every year, relying on their wealth of knowledge of the university to support students’ definitions of success.
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The View From the Cheap Seats
It’s easy to shout from high in the bleachers, harder to play with the team: faculty need to be better prepared to participate meaningfully in shared governance, Rachel Toor writes.
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College Access Groups Fear Impact of Outsourcing Guidance
Requirements were aimed mostly at for-profit companies colleges hire to run their online programs. Nonprofits that help students attend and complete college feel caught in the crossfire.
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