Oberlin, U. of Chicago and other elites extend app deadlines
The deadline to apply for admission to Oberlin College was Jan. 15. Until it wasn’t.
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CVs and interviews axed as universities ‘de-bias’ recruitment
Recruiter and ex-Sussex chair Simon Fanshawe aims to tackle biases around gender, ethnicity and university background
An Online Tax for Rural Students
High tuition fees for distance education courses are keeping some community colleges in Colorado afloat. But should rural students pay the price?
GWU prof slams sororities offering ‘snowflake’ students coloring books, stress balls to ‘decompress’
GWU law professor John Banzhaf bashed sororities for 'wussify[ing]' students.
Copenhagen rector laments impact of international student cuts
Henrik Wegener says Danish businesses and domestic students will suffer as a result of government reforms
U. of Utah announces financing program to help students finish degrees
The University of Utah announces the launch of Invest in U, a pilot program designed to help students pay education-related costs.
Businesses join the drive to push rural residents toward college
When the Chemours chemical plant in New Johnsonville, Tennessee, needed workers to maintain its high-tech machinery, it advertised for them as far as 90 miles away in Nashville in one direction and 150 miles away in Memphis on the other.
Trolls in the classroom
U of Illinois Faculty Senate is considering what to do about students who want to disrupt classes over political disagreements with professor.
Law schools where too many grads fail the bar exam may face tougher sanctions
With tens of thousands of dollars in student debt, some law school grads are unable to pass the bar to become lawyers. Are their law schools to blame?
Slow and Steady for Competency-Based Education
While competency-based education is spreading gradually, interest and optimism about it remain high, and experts say careful growth is best.
