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The States

As Illinois Budget Impasse Ends, So Does a ‘Nightmare of Total Uncertainty’ for Its Public Colleges

By Sarah Brown

The state has its first budget in more than two years, and campus leaders are excited to move forward, even though not all the long-term effects of the budget crisis are yet known.

Technology

One Activist Has Hundreds of Colleges Under the Gun to Fix Their Websites premium

By Peter Schmidt

A Michigan woman says it takes her only half an hour to alert the Education Department that a college appears to be violating disability-rights laws.

Legal

A Wave of Disability-Lawsuit Threats Against Colleges May Have Receded premium

By Peter Schmidt

A Pittsburgh law firm appears to have walked away after telling dozens of colleges it might sue them over their online courses’ inaccessibility.

Global

Assessing the Travel Ban: What New Data on Overseas Recruitment Does — and Doesn’t — Tell Us

By Karin Fischer

Here are three takeaways from the latest studies on whether President Trump’s policies and rhetoric have affected student interest from abroad.

Faculty

A Common Plea of Professors: Why Can’t My Faculty Senate Pull More Weight? premium

By J. Clara Chan

Beginning with demographics and ending with a lack of real authority, there are a number of reasons why the governing bodies sometimes struggle to leave a mark.

The Ticker

18 States Sue Education Dept. Over Rollback of Borrower-Defense Rule

In addition to the federal lawsuit, two advocacy groups filed a separate complaint over the department’s actions on the rule.

Views

Vitae

All in Favor of Quitting?

By Kelly J. Baker

When things get tough, people tell you to stick it out, persevere. But sometimes quitting is the smart thing to do.

Vitae

A Memoir on Leaving the Faculty

By Katie Rose Guest Pryal

A Q&A with Kelly J. Baker: “Academic notions of success are remarkably narrow, and the world around us has more possibilities than we might think.”

Lingua Franca

Stopped-Clock Eloquence

Like a broken clock twice a day, says Ben Yagoda, Trump got it right: Mean is the right word for both the House and Senate versions of the health-care bill.


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