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Funding the Dream
Southern New Hampshire University and several donors want to guarantee an education for 1,000 DACA students.
Ditching Profit
Grand Canyon University's accreditor soon will decide whether or not the institution can become a nonprofit, the latest among several similar -- and controversial -- conversion attempts.
When Students Harass Professors
"Contra-power" harassment of professors by students isn't that common, but it's a real problem.
Mental Health Crisis for Grad Students
Study finds "strikingly high" rates of depression and anxiety, with many reporting little help or support from supervisors
Purdue Global’s Arrival
Accreditor's backing of the Purdue-Kaplan deal paves the way for a new, unusual public university, while giving a boost to other for-profit conversions, partnerships and acquisitions.
Race and gender bias in online courses
Study finds instructors are much more likely to respond to comments from white male students than from others.
Lacking Citation?
Susan Dynarski, a prominent scholar, accuses Kevin Hassett, a top Trump administration economist, of plagiarizing her work in a 2007 column
Distorting the record on Black male athletes
New report calls out NCAA for saying that black athletes graduate at higher rates than other black students, when that’s not true at the top conferences.
‘A different kind of University’
“Shocked, dismayed and angry”: faculty members at Wisconsin Stevens Point react to a plan to cut 13 majors, including English, history, political science and sociology, and expand more job-oriented programs.
