College administrators, reeling from campus protests over Gaza, are now implementing programs to foster civil discourse.

October 15, 2024

INSIDE HIGHER ED — We asked higher ed leaders and thinkers to take stock of the fraught year just past and offer a vision for the future. They gave us a quarrelsome, eloquent earful.

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Colleges implement programs during orientation to promote civil discourse

October 15, 2024

NPR — College administrators, reeling from campus protests over Gaza, are now implementing programs to foster civil discourse.

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A look at universities’ push toward political neutrality

October 15, 2024

INSIDE HIGHER ED — Since last Oct. 7, several institutions have pledged to refrain from speaking on political and social issues. But what does it mean for a university to go neutral?

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Policy experts call for additional regulation of graduate programs as graduates struggle with debt 

October 8, 2024

INSIDE HIGHER ED — As emerging data shows that taking out loans to earn a graduate degree doesn’t always pay off, policy experts call for even stronger regulation of graduate schools.

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US Department of Education begins testing for new FAFSA form

October 7, 2024

THE HILL — Testing for the 2025-2026 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) forms began Tuesday. The Department of Education announced that there will be four beta testing stages before applications go live for all students before or on Dec. 1.  

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Report shows increased voting from college students

October 7, 2024

THE HECHINGER REPORT — Bethany Blonder and her friends lined up at the voter information table in the student union before organizers had even finished setting it up in time for lunch.

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Opinion: Reform needed in college disability accommodations

October 7, 2024

THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION — Disability accommodations in American higher education are skyrocketing. In the past decade, the proportion of colleges with more than 10 percent of students registered as disabled has quintupled, and accommodation requests have followed the same pattern.

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Opinion: Why graduate schools should encourage public scholarship

October 7, 2024

INSIDE HIGHER ED — Deborah J. Cohan offers seven reasons why grad schools should help students cultivate the ability to write for a larger audience.

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Opinion: How to build genuine relationships through networking

October 1, 2024

INSIDE HIGHER ED — Building genuine relationships through networking can differentiate between those who thrive and those who get lost in the shuffle, writes Laura Kuizin.

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Antitrust lawsuit aims to recognize the work of unpaid scholars in academic publishing

October 1, 2024

INSIDE HIGHER ED — A federal antitrust lawsuit against a group of megapublishers highlights how academia’s system of rewarding researchers for publishing in certain journals has undermined their leverage.

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