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Chronicle of Higher Education: A College President Made an Ill-Chosen Racial Analogy. ItÔÇÖs Not the First Time Someone in His Position Has Done That.
University presidents have come under fire for a variety of race-related comments in recent years. Some college leaders say it’s time to make cultural competency a top priority.
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Chronicle of Higher Education: ÔÇÿAct Now!ÔÇÖ Say Hello to the New Enrollment Playbook
How retail tactics are reshaping student recruitment.
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Chronicle of Higher Education: Big Donors to Colleges Increasingly Focus on Ways to Spur Social Mobility
Michael Bloomberg topped The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s just-released rankings of the donors who gave the most in 2019, in part because of his gift to aid students at the Johns Hopkins University,
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Chronicle of Higher Education: Concordia U. at Portland Will Close at SemesterÔÇÖs End
The university was battered by fierce competition in the online-education market, its interim president said.
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Chronicle of Higher Education: Are the Humanities Really in Crisis?
Neal Lester thinks that├ó┬Ç┬Ös a clich├â┬®. The real question is, How do we communicate the value of the humanities without getting bogged down by defining it?
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Chronicle of Higher Education: When the Culture War Comes to Class
How a Texas State University course on sexuality became a battleground in America’s partisan divide.
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Chronicle of Higher Education: A College Merger Got Off To A Rocky Start. Here Are Some of the Lessons.
A deal between the Watkins College of Art and Belmont University highlights the importance of long-term planning, transparent communication, and common institutional values.
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Chronicle of Higher Education: Why Colleges Are Ripe Targets for Cyberattacks ÔÇö and How They Can Protect Themselves
Campuses, with their treasure-trove of data, are often overmatched by hackers. But education and broader responsibility can help bolster security.
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Chronicle of Higher Education: Free Speech or Threat? An Anti-Gay Pamphlet Roils a Public University
When a marginalized group sensed danger, it demanded action. Administrators said the law limited their options.
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Chronicle of Higher Education: 2 Trustees Allegedly Schemed to Sway a Student Election. ItÔÇÖs Been Done Before.
The incident is the latest in a series of attempts to influence student-government elections in recent years.
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Chronicle of Higher Education: To Improve Persistence, This College Asks Professors to Have a 15-Minute Meeting With Each Student
At Oakton Community College, professors play a key role in keeping students enrolled.
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Chronicle of Higher Education: Coronavirus Is Prompting Alarm on American Campuses. Anti-Asian Discrimination Could Do More Harm.
Amid the disease outbreak, professors are finding ways to monitor bias against Asian-American and international students.
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Chronicle of Higher Education: Giving to Colleges Grows 6.1% as Grant Makers Lead the Way
Gifts from foundations grew 21.3 percent, to $17 billion.
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Chronicle of Higher Education: Giving to Universities Grows 6.1% as Grant Makers Lead the Way
Gifts from foundations grew 21.3 percent, to $17 billion.
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Chronicle of Higher Education: Transitions: First Female President at Macalester College; U. of Michigan Names Acting Provost
Suzanne Rivera will become the first Latina president of Macalester, in Minnesota.
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Chronicle of Higher Education: The Industry Connecting Students With Real-World Challenges Is Growing
It’s a recognition of the value of experiential education and an expanding movement of alternative credentials coming from outside the academy that have their own currency in the market.
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Chronicle of Higher Education: Poaching Enrolled Students: Once Taboo, Now OK
Many enrollment leaders are considering offering transfer incentives to students enrolled at other colleges, according to a new report. But is that a good idea?
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Chronicle of Higher Education: ÔÇÿUnderstand Your Budget,ÔÇÖ a Vice President Says
├ó┬Ç┬£You would think your first couple of weeks you├ó┬Ç┬Öre going to create your vision and your plan,├ó┬Ç┬Ø says Yolanda Gibson of Shenandoah University, but grasping budget data, policies, procedures, and p
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Chronicle of Higher Education: The Coalition for CollegeÔÇÖs New Leader Says ÔÇÿSuccess Is Not Just a NumberÔÇÖ
A well-known enrollment official will become chief executive of a consortium of public and private institutions that runs a shared college application.
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Chronicle of Higher Education: HereÔÇÖs Why a U. of California Panel Recommends Keeping the ACT and SAT ÔÇö for Now
Critics of the exams hoped a long-awaited report would weaken the grip of testing requirements. Instead it affirmed the status quo.
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