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Dilemma for Methodist Colleges
Vote by United Methodist Church body to strengthen prohibitions on gay clergy and same-sex marriages disappoints Methodist higher education institutions and raises difficult questions.
Bill Powers, Former UT Austin President, Dies
William C. Powers Jr., (at right) who was president of the University of Texas at Austin from 2006 to 2015...
New Coalition on Transition to Postsecondary
A new coalition of leaders from 18 education organizations, dubbed Level Up, is seeking to alleviate the "stubborn misalignment between...
House Democrats' Vision for Higher Education Act
The education committee of the Democrat-led U.S. House of Representatives this week will begin a series of five hearings on...
Presidents Back Harvard but Aren't Sure It Will Win
Survey finds strong support for consideration of race and ethnicity in admissions. Private college leaders continue to support legacy preferences.
Filmmaker Resigns From Utah Over Alleged Abuse Apology Tape
Sterling Van Wagenen resigned as a film professor from the University of Utah, The Salt Lake Tribune reported. He’d been...
Academic Minute: Vision and Communication
Today on the Academic Minute, part of Trinity College Week, Elizabeth Casserly, assistant professor of psychology, looks at why visual...
Opinion
Ethical College Admissions: Pew, Gallup and a Tuba Player From Montana
Jim Jump considers contradictory indications of what the public thinks about affirmative action … and how students are admitted.