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'Supposed to Be Our Brothers'
Colleges describe male and female athletes as having a familial bond. That's being questioned after sexist traditions at Harvard have been revealed, and female athletes elsewhere have reported being assaulted by male athletes.
Push for Year-Round Pell
Democrats, higher education groups and consumer advocates renew their push for Congress to restore year-round Pell Grants and strengthen the program during a lame-duck session after the election.
Education Dept. Backs Defunct For-Profit in Fight With Accreditor
U.S. Education Secretary John King Jr. last week affirmed an administrative judge's March ruling that relieved now-defunct Decker College of...
Dubious Claim in WSJ Editorial About Laureate
In an opinion piece alleging that Laureate Education may have been spared from the Obama administration's crackdown on for-profit higher...
Wisconsin Will Change Rules for Fans in Stadium
Rebecca Blank, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin at Madison, on Monday apologized for the way the university responded to...
Opinion
Nabokov in the Age of Snapchat
Eric Farwell provides four ideas to help interest today’s students, who seem to want to read only increasingly shorter pieces, in English and literature courses.
Opinion
Post-Fact America
Christopher Newfield examines how the nation’s electoral divisions highlight fundamental questions about the role of public universities.
Vassar Faculty Approves Plan to Cut Teaching Load
The Vassar College faculty has approved a plan to shrink the teaching load to four classes per year, from five...