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Occidental College Ends Legacy Admissions
Occidental College will no longer give admissions preference to children of alumni, citing the Supreme Court’s ruling against affirmative action...
Union: UC Berkeley Graduate Student Researchers Get Back Pay
University of California, Berkeley, graduate student researchers have received around $600,000 in back pay, their union announced Wednesday. The payouts...
RAND Corporation Graduate Student Researchers Unionize
Graduate student researchers at the RAND Corporation think tank’s Pardee RAND Graduate School have voted to unionize. Out of 122...
Competition for Students Presents ‘Fraught’ Route Forward
Prospective students view regional public colleges as more affordable but also as having less stature and academic rigor than the national public universities now recruiting those students, new report says.
Japan Expected to Lose 140,000 Students by Midcentury
The decline could prompt government intervention.
Major Restriction Policies Work Against Diversity
A new report from Brookings warns that underrepresented minority students were less likely to earn degrees in high-earning majors, tied to institutional policies around change of major.
How Colleges Are Discouraging Vaping Among Students
E-cigarettes and vapes remain popular with college students, and institutions have found strategic ways to address the health risks and discourage use on campuses.
Man Arrested for Planning Mass Shootings at Brown, UConn
A man was arrested last week for second-degree threatening, second-degree breach of peace and second-degree failure to appear, and he...