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$100M Gift for the University of Kentucky

The University of Kentucky has received a $100 million gift for the College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, the largest...
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Students

Advice for the Class of 2023

Listen more than you speak. Cut yourself some slack. Don’t become numb to suffering. And please, clean up the mess your elders made. Congratulations and Godspeed to the country’s newest graduates.

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Diversity Socioeconomics

A Bridge Between HBCUs and High Schools

A group of HBCUs is participating in a nationwide effort to bring college coursework to low-income high school students.

People, most wearing purple ponchos, hold purple and white signs on a sidewalk. The signs say "UMich Grad Workers Strike Strike Strike" and the union's name.
Faculty Issues Labor & Unionization

At Michigan, Getting an A Because Your Instructor’s On Strike

The University of Michigan graduate workers’ strike caused grading issues. Some department chairs have said they plan to give out A’s.

Blogs Beyond Transfer

Momentum vs. Impediments

Utilizing the Loss/Momentum Framework to understand key points commonly encountered by Ohio students at various phases of their vertical transfer journeys.

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Faculty Issues Labor & Unionization

At VCU, Even Less Job Security for Nontenured Faculty

Three out of five faculty members at Virginia Commonwealth are on “term” contracts. The university has stopped offering them three-year contracts.

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Institutions For-Profit Colleges

University of Phoenix to Affiliate With University of Idaho

After deal with Arkansas system breaks down, a new entity created by Idaho is poised to buy and manage the for-profit giant as a nonprofit university.

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Faculty Issues Curriculum

Certificates… From a Philosophy Department

Pennsylvania’s Millersville University has begun offering ethics certificates. It’s among multiple philosophy departments that have shaken things up.