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Lowering the Carbon Footprint of Cement: Academic Minute

Today on the Academic Minute: Greeshma Gadikota, associate professor and Croll Sesquicentennial Fellow at Cornell University, explores one possible way...
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Survey: Half of First-Year Seminars Focus on Academics, Student Success

New survey results from the National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition find three in four colleges and universities offer a first-year seminar program, and of those, many focus on students’ academic success.

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The Future of Testing Is Anything but Standardized

Colleges are beginning to solidify their post-pandemic testing policies. Conclusions on the best path forward have been disparate and, at times, contradictory.

3 More Universities Settle Price-Fixing Lawsuit for $132 Million

Dartmouth College and Northwestern and Vanderbilt Universities have become the latest institutions to settle a financial aid antitrust lawsuit that...
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Opinion

A Blueprint for Improving Campus Dialogue and Belonging

Administrators focused on supporting meaningful engagement across lines of difference should consider 10 principles to bring about change, writes Caroline Mehl of the Constructive Dialogue Institute.

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Survey: Why Students Enroll and Why They Persist

Survey data from Anthology identify key factors in student success among U.S. college students, including barriers to completion and how they want to receive university communications.

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Funding Student Success: The Business of Mental Health

Syracuse University’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management is promoting student mental health and the mental health of future teams with the donor-funded Nass Mental Health Initiative.

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The Economic Returns of a Rural Education

A recent report argues rural-serving institutions offer meaningful benefits to their students, including quicker times to degree and lower prices.