In the eyes of many students and their parents, higher education is tied to a job. And yet the world of work is poised to undergo a number of sharp changes over the next 10 years. This report explores the future job market, reinventing colleges’ career services, and higher education’s role in the work force.
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.
This collection of articles hand-selected by our editors provides an in-depth look at one of 2017’s most important issues: sexual harassment in academe, and the ways colleges and scholarly societies are cracking down on it. Purchase a copy here.
With income inequality in the headlines, colleges are playing up their role as engines of opportunity. But a new report says some of those institutions now admit a smaller share of needy students than they did 20 years ago.
The declassification of more than 3,000 files on JFK’s assassination might give rise to new conspiracy theories, but one professor believes the new documents will not solve any great mysteries.
By Erin L. Castro, Rebecca Ginsburg, and Marc M. Howard
In denying grad-school admission to a woman convicted 21 years ago, Harvard illustrates academe’s disregard for the incarcerated and those who ever have been.
Allan Metcalf learns the true origin of a famous saying from the latest issue of Comments on Etymology.
Paid for and Created by International Baccalaureate Boosting Student Success at Title I Schools International Baccalaureate students at Title I schools are enrolling in college at the same rate as IB students in other schools.
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