Why do college rankings endure? Two German sociologists put forth a provocative hypothesis: that criticism ultimately strengthens rankers, who respond by modifying their work rather than abandoning it, which ends up reinforcing their legitimacy.

It’s like having the same argument with your spouse over who should do the dishes. In the end, it just reaffirms each of your places in the relationship, contend Julian Hamann and Leopold Ringel.

During the pandemic, colleges and universities made instructional, financial, and organizational pivots. But with high school graduation rates dropping, many students are arriving on campus less prepared for the rigors of college. 

To help, colleges are adding tutors and mental health resources—plus a measure of grace.

Oklahoma’s education secretary late last month gave the state public college system nine days to assemble a decade-long history of diversity, equity, and inclusion spending.

This is what Allison Garrett, chancellor of the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education, had to say.