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Chronicle of Higher Education: Maine Moves Ahead on Plan for Systemwide Accreditation
Unifying the accreditation for seven campuses is seen as a response to years of dwindling enrollment, and a way to save — or even build — academic programs.
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Chronicle of Higher Education: Can ÔÇÿWhite ResentmentÔÇÖ Help Explain Higher-Education Cuts?
A new study is part of an emerging trend to explore how racism may affect state higher-education policy.
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Chronicle of Higher Education: When Microsoft Eats Your Documents
Archivists and authors say software glitches and autosave failures are gobbling up their work. But are the scholars taking adequate precautions?
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Chronicle of Higher Education: What ItÔÇÖs Like to Study Immigration in the Trump Era
Roberto Gonzales studies the lives of undocumented young people. The policies of the current administration have led to tension and challenges.
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Chronicle of Higher Education: Unequal Spaces: How College Is Portrayed in Film
Public conceptions of the purpose of college have been shaped for the worse by the university-cinema–industrial complex, says the author of a new book.
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Chronicle of Higher Education: For South CarolinaÔÇÖs Board, a Tough-Love Workshop Feels Like an Intervention
In the wake of a presidential search beset with political meddling, a consultant tells trustees they ├ó┬Ç┬£swung and missed in a very high-profile way.├ó┬Ç┬Ø
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Chronicle of Higher Education: How 5 Experts Say Colleges Can Create a ÔÇÿHolisticÔÇÖ Student Experience
Even small shifts can make a difference. Here are five suggestions for supporting students’ success academically and personally, in college and beyond.
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Chronicle of Higher Education: What a ÔÇÿHolisticÔÇÖ Approach Actually Means
The goal of integrating learning and personal growth has taken on new urgency. The Chronicle recently hosted a roundtable discussion on what it takes to help students thrive.
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Chronicle of Higher Education: U. of South CarolinaÔÇÖs ÔÇÿFundamentally MisguidedÔÇÖ Trustees Let Politics Intrude on Jobs, Consultants Say
After a presidential search that smacked of partisanship, the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges blasts the board for its lack of independence.
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Chronicle of Higher Education: Soros Urges World Leaders to Back His $1-Billion Global Education Network
The philanthropist cited climate change, authoritarianism, and displaced people as among the growing problems the project aims to address.
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Chronicle of Higher Education: Look WhoÔÇÖs Talking About Canceling Debt
Powerful forces were at work: the rising cost of college, the explosion and spread of student debt to the middle class. But don’t discount the role of grass-roots activists.
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Chronicle of Higher Education: Cheat on Your Homework? In This Harvard Class, Just Say YouÔÇÖre Sorry
One professor’s policy has provided a window into why students cheat. Others are adopting it, too.
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Chronicle of Higher Education: What Happens When You Give Students Control of the Syllabus?
These professors wanted to get students more engaged in class. So they asked them to help decide what they were going to learn.
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Chronicle of Higher Education: Free College, Student-Debt Forgiveness, and Pell Grant Expansion Dominate Higher-Ed Issues for Top Democratic Candidates
The Chronicle broke down the legislative agendas of the Democratic presidential candidates featured in the last debate to see where they stood on the most popular higher-ed policy issues.
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Chronicle of Higher Education: Transitions: Rutgers U. Selects New President; New Provost at Washington U. in St. Louis
The next president of Rutgers comes from Northwestern University, where he has been provost since 2017.
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Chronicle of Higher Education: U. of Michigan Provost Is Accused of Sexual Misconduct
Martin Philbert, who was appointed in 2017, has been placed on administrative leave as the university investigates allegations against him.
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Chronicle of Higher Education: By 2020, They Said, 2 Out of 3 Jobs Would Need More Than a High-School Diploma. Were They Right?
The widespread prediction came true earlier than expected, although the significance of that is a mixed bag. And where the trends are going from here is equally fuzzy.
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Chronicle of Higher Education: Purdue Global Has Had a Rocky Start. Is It Growing Pains or a Sign of Trouble?
A $43-million loss last year was due in part to marketing costs. And the institution expects to turn a profit this year.
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Chronicle of Higher Education: ÔÇÿTeaching Gives Me Credibility With Students,ÔÇÖ Says an Administrator
After Jeff McClurken became an administrator at the University of Mary Washington, the professor of history and American studies wanted to continue teaching.
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Chronicle of Higher Education: 'Teaching Gives Me Credibility With Students,' Says an Administrator
After Jeff McKlurken became an administrator at the University of Mary Washington, the professor of history and American studies wanted to continue teaching.
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