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Friday, April 27, 2018


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Admissions & Student Aid

The Truth About Test-Optional Policies: ‘There’s Not Just One Truth’ premium

By Eric Hoover

A new report bolsters the case that such policies, in tandem with other strategies, can help colleges enhance diversity without jeopardizing academic quality.

Students

Guides to ‘Being Not-Rich’ Are Springing Up at Elite Colleges. Should Administrators Adopt Them?

By Emma Kerr

As the low-income experience begins to shed its social stigma, students are taking on the task of making one another feel welcome.

Teaching

Goodbye Disruption, Hello Collaboration: Ed Tech Changes Gears

The recent ASU+GSV conference suggests education-technology companies want to work with colleges, not replace them.  

Government

Some Colleges Push Students to Delay Loan Repayments. They’ll Pay More in Interest Later. premium

By Dan Bauman

A government watchdog agency finds that debt-management consultants hired by colleges might be nudging students into forbearance to circumvent limits on institutions’ access to federal financial programs.

Legal

Ex-University Leaders Face Federal Charges in Foundation Scandal

By Emma Kerr

Millions in taxpayer dollars went toward building projects controlled by the private foundation of the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh.

Administration

‘We Can Eat, We Can Live’: How Refugees Are Finding Home on an American Campus

Photo essay by Cheryl Diaz Meyer

Guilford College helps newly arrived immigrants find places to live as they begin their assimilation into the American way of life.


Views


Commentary

How We Can Help Students Survive in an Age of Anxiety

By Brian Rosenberg

Guns, social-media pressures, and economic uncertainty have created an epidemic of mental-health issues on college campuses.

Advice

The Semester’s Ending. Time to Worry About Our Flawed Course Evaluations

By Karen Kelsky

If students already think I’m a good teacher, doesn’t that mean that I am just "meeting expectations"?

Lingua Franca

They Speak English Here, and Here, and Here

A visit to Europe reveals the omnipresence of English — and the danger of making assumptions about its universality.


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Job Opportunities


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New York, United States

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California, United States

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Iowa, United States

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