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Capital Campaign Watch: Bowie State, Dartmouth, St. John’s
The following colleges have finished campaigns in recent weeks. Bowie State University has raised $50 million, its goal for its...
Not All Legacies Meet Admissions Standards
Three private universities in California say they admitted students in recent years who didn’t meet the institutions’ academic requirements.
Leadership Academy Provides Access, Equity in Career Development
Semester-long program for disproportionately impacted students at Ohlone College in California offers job experience and career preparation skills.
Fighting for Scraps in Pennsylvania
Enrollment in the state has plummeted, but it has one of the highest ratios of institutions to students in the country. The result is fierce competition over a dwindling pool of applicants.
3 California Universities Acknowledge Admitting Legacies Who Didn’t Meet Minimum Requirements
Three private universities in California universities acknowledged to the state that in recent years they admitted some legacy students who...
Faculty Opposes Penn State Reverse Discrimination Lawsuit
Over 370 faculty members and a few dozen others have signed a letter supporting “antiracist faculty” at Pennsylvania State University...
The Quest to End Human Trafficking: Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute: Dennis McCarthy, lecturer at the University at Albany, explains why we all have a role...
American Confidence in Higher Ed Hits Historic Low
A Gallup poll shows only 36 percent of Americans have “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in higher education, which is down by about 20 percentage points from eight years ago.