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Food
Scientists Investigating Alzheimer’s Drug Faulted in Leaked Report
A professor at the City College of New York engaged in “significant research misconduct,” an expert committee concluded.
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US
ACT Reports Record Low Scores as Admissions Landscape Shifts
For the high school class of 2023, the average score was the lowest since 1991, and 43 percent of students…
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Finance
A New Effort to Make College Aid Offers Easy to Understand
After years of criticism about financial aid letters that are confusing and sometimes misleading, about 400 schools have agreed to…
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Magazine
Americans Are Losing Faith in the Value of College. Whose Fault Is That?
A decade or so ago, Americans were feeling pretty positive about higher education. Public-opinion polls in the early 2010s all…
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US
Florida Considers Tough Discipline for College Staff Who Break Bathroom Law
The Latest The Florida State Board of Education is expected to vote Wednesday on new rules at state colleges for…
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US
Administration Urges Colleges to Pursue Diversity Despite Affirmative Action Ban
In its first guidance since the Supreme Court decision, the administration says many recruitment programs are still allowed, but other…
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Finance
A New FAFSA Form Is Coming, Along With Changes in College Aid
In addition to the new form, the federal government will expand eligibility for federal aid in the biggest overhaul in…
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US
The ‘Unseen’ Students in the Affirmative Action Debate
For as long as she remembers, Dolly Ramos hoped to have “the college experience,” she said, and one day become…
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US
The Legacy Dilemma: What to Do About Privileges for the Privileged?
Alumni of many colleges are wrestling with whether the practice of legacy admissions should survive after the Supreme Court gutted…
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US
Wesleyan University Ends Legacy Admissions
With the Supreme Court’s decision to ban race-conscious admissions, the pressure is on selective colleges to end preferences for children…