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Nudging With Incentives
New research compares efforts to encourage students to re-enroll in college with information alone or with tuition waivers. The financial incentives appear to work better.
Women in STEM Fields
Keeping more women in STEM programs is a key focus for the future. In today's Academic Minute, part of Worcester...
The ‘Hidden Consensus’ for Affirmative Action
New book says campuses are far less polarized on the issue than is widely believed.
Silent Protest at Ohio University Board Meeting
Faculty members marched with signs and then held a silent protest at an Ohio University board meeting Friday, The Athens...
Washington & Lee Students Want Diplomas Without Namesakes' Portraits
Some students at Washington & Lee University are petitioning to have diplomas without portraits of George Washington and Robert E...
Opinion
The Next Testing Scandal
Don't dwell on the Varsity Blues scandal, writes Ben Paris. Focus on the ways there are advantages, in plain sight, to cheat.
Opinion
A Rescue Plan for America’s Small Colleges
Liberal arts colleges can save themselves -- and perhaps our democracy -- by mining their backyards for and educating more students from working-class backgrounds via a new degree option, Rob Fried and Eli Kramer write.
Fired After 40 Years
AAUP finds that Pacific Lutheran violated an adjunct professor and advocate's rights in effectively dismissing her for offering private lessons to a student who asked for them.