Education
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Following Yale and Brown, Harvard Returns to Requiring Standardized Tests
By Francie Diep The university makes similar arguments as its peers about how standardized-test requirements help disadvantaged applicants. Source link
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One Scientist Neglected His Grant Reports. Now U.S. Agencies Are Withholding Grants for an Entire University.
By Francie Diep An email from the University of California at San Diego’s vice chancellor for research alerted the campus…
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Stanford’s Faculty Senate Condemned Scott Atlas's Covid Views. Now They Might Take It Back.
By Stephanie M. Lee The senate will revisit its 2020 censure after a group of professors said the Hoover fellow…
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Why It’s So Hard to Figure Out What to Do With a College Campus When It Closes
By Sonel Cutler Leaders face a host of challenges navigating what’s next for the acres of green space, ready-to-use facilities,…
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'First-Generation Students' Can Be a Limiting Category, New Report Says
By Forest Hunt Colleges must pay attention to subtle differences in students’ parental backgrounds and how that might affect their…
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FAFSA Whiplash: Education Dept.’s Latest Move Reveals the Tension Between Two Competing Forces
By Eric Hoover Illustration by The Chronicle; iStock The government’s response to federal-aid forms containing inconsistent data is troubling financial-aid…
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Colleges Go Above and Beyond for the Solar Eclipse
By Kate Hidalgo Bellows Shuttles to the Adirondacks, a puppet parade, canceled classes, and a VIP dinner are just a…
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After DEI Ban, UT-Austin Eliminates a Division and Fires Its Former Diversity Staff
By Katherine Mangan Illustration by The Chronicle; iStock The firings came one week after the Republican sponsor of Texas’ anti-DEI…
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A Public University Wants to Prevent 'Disruptive Activities.' That's Complicated.
By Maggie Hicks Jacob Hamilton, Ann Arbor News, APPro-Palestinian demonstrators gather in October outside the U. of Michigan president’s house.…
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For 52 Years, a College Faced Demands to Embrace Asian American Studies. Now It’s Adding a Major.
By Francie Diep iStock The faculty vote at Amherst College is a sign of both fresh interest and historically slow…
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