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Sep 22

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How Maine’s Colby College is striving to keep COVID-19 under control

By Jeffrey Brown, Gretchen Frazee

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, many academic institutions across the country are dealing with outbreaks -- or offering only virtual learning in an attempt to prevent them. But one liberal arts school in Maine is seeking to avoid either fate.

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Jul 07

International students must leave U.S. if classes go online

By Collin Binkley, Associated Press

International students will be forced to leave the U.S. or transfer to another college if their schools offer classes entirely online this fall.

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Mar 21

WATCH: Trump orders colleges to support free speech or lose funding

Public universities pursuing federal funding would have to certify that they comply with the First Amendment, which already applies to them. Private universities, which have more flexibility in limiting speech, would need to commit to their own institutional rules. How…

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Mar 14

Watch 8:26
Explosive cheating scandal illuminates hidden inequities of college admissions

An explosive scandal around bribery and cheating in college admissions has prompted new questions about access, race and inequality in elite higher education. Judy Woodruff explores some of them with Daniel Golden, senior editor at ProPublica and author of a…

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Jan 07

‘These conversations are not comfortable’ — How colleges can address racial inequality

By Corinne Segal, Ivette Feliciano

Months after Evergreen State College became the center of a national debate on race and education, one woman is working to build a more inclusive culture there.

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Apr 01

Should taxpayers cover the light bills at university labs? Trump kicks off a tense debate

By Meghana Keshavan, STAT

Taxpayers spend billions subsidizing the electric bills, equipment, and other overhead costs at university research labs. That funding may face steep cuts.

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Sep 28

80 colleges plan admissions revamp to reach more disadvantaged students

By Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed

Eighty leading colleges and universities are announcing today a plan to reverse a decades-long process by which colleges -- largely through the Common Application -- have made their applications increasingly similar.

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Oct 21

What does it take to grow a nonprofit? Ask Nourish International

By Larisa Epatko

While studying at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Sindhura Citineni decided she wanted to find a way to give back to her hometown of Hyderabad, India.

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Aug 11

California considering universal consent standards to combat sexual assault

By Charles Pulliam-Moore

The California State Assembly is set to review legislation that would require schools receiving public funding to adopt an “affirmative consent standard,” clearly defining when sex is consensual and when it is not.

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Aug 30

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Virginia Tech Panel Raises Questions About Mental Health, Law

An investigation into the Virginia Tech shootings criticized the university for failing to respond to the behavior of Seung-Hui Cho and for communication problems. Two mental health experts explain the legal challenges of providing information about students' mental conditions.

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