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Leadership & Policy

Education Think Tank Head Quits After Flawed Study

A Tulane University institute that studies changes in public education in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina announced the resignation of its executive director Monday, weeks after retracting a study on the city’s public high schools.

November 10, 2014

Sports

Former University of North Carolina Football Player Files Lawsuit

Former University of North Carolina football player Michael McAdoo has filed a lawsuit against the school, saying it failed to provide him and other athletes a quality education by guiding them toward sham classes.

November 10, 2014

Sports

What Does It Mean to Not be Black Enough?

So the question comes up, what is Black enough and what are the qualifications?

November 4, 2014

Sports

The Secret Sauce of College Admissions

The truth is that selectivity is often based on how you measure and value it.

October 29, 2014

Sports

NCAA Graduation Rates Improve, Critics Cry Foul

NCAA President Mark Emmert keeps touting the record-breaking graduation rates of Division I athletes. Critics keep balking at the interpretation of those numbers, citing recent academic scandals.

October 28, 2014

Sports

Murray State Deferring Some Applications from Africa

Murray State University in Kentucky is deferring applications from students in West African countries affected by Ebola until the fall of 2015.

October 27, 2014

Students

Wainstein Report on UNC Should Make All Schools Rethink Athletics

It’s time to drop the pretense and separate sports from the schools.

October 26, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Keene State Professors Concerned Student Riots Becoming Accepted as the Norm

Student celebrations associated with Pumpkin Fest, which was originally founded as a family celebration, devolved into an hours-long riot between students and police on Saturday afternoon.

October 22, 2014

Students

The University of Michigan Reports Undergraduate Enrollment Up

The University of Michigan announced it has 112 more students now than a year ago.

October 20, 2014

Sports

In Case You Missed It…

Conference Brings Black Doctoral Candidates Together to Focus on Path to Success Report Encourages Incentivizing States to Share in Costs of Higher Education Free College Advising to Be Offered to Students from Poor and Middle Class Families The Secret Sauce of College Admissions

October 17, 2014

Sports

Foreign Students and the U.S. Higher Education Admissions Market

The fact is that American colleges and universities are doing a miserable job at recruiting students that they would welcome and who would add tremendous value to the campus community.

October 14, 2014

Students

Off-Campus Student Charged in Penn State Threat

A 20-year-old off-campus student has been jailed on charges that he posted a social media threat to shoot people at a popular gathering area on Penn State’s main campus.

October 13, 2014