Academe Today Thursday, September 28, 2017 Sign up for this newsletter | Idea Lab: Colleges Solving Problems | By Kelly Field A complicated set of challenges put these students at high risk in college. Some programs provide them with a better chance of success. |
| By Kelly Field Ball State University’s program has an 80-percent freshman-retention rate. Here’s how it works. |
| A collection of some three dozen explorations of the problems colleges face, and how they are solving them. The articles include news, analysis, data, advice, and opinion. |
Also in Todayâs News | Hate Incidents By Nell Gluckman The university has been trying to move past racist incidents that took place on campus last spring. Now it must reckon with another one. |
| Scandal Watch By Andy Thomason Escorts, sombreros, audits, an abandoned factory, secretive policies, two FBI investigations, Adidas money, and … what about its accreditation? |
| Campus Safety By Liam Adams Some institutions flinch at the notion of emphasizing consent, for example, given that students aren’t supposed to be having sex in the first place. |
| Graduate Students By Vimal Patel While overall applications to doctoral programs were up nearly 1 percent from 2015 to 2016, applications to arts and humanities programs declined by 7.1 percent. |
In Brief
What Works In and Around the Classroom | Keeping students academically motivated helps them stay enrolled. But do professors see retention as part of their job? |
Views | Innovation By Cathy N. Davidson We need to teach creativity, collaboration, and adaptability |
| Advice By James M. Lang As more students request accommodations, you may find that meeting their needs can help all of your students. |
| Lingua Franca If Kim Jong-un decided to double down on his derision, says Lucy Ferriss, he might deem the Donald a doddering dotty dotard who dotes on Vladimir Putin. |
| Paid for and Created by the University of Western Australia
UWA Surveys Galaxies
Researchers compare gas density in small and large galaxy clusters. |
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