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Looming Declines in High-School Grads Will Mark ‘Inflection Point’ for Higher Ed
The number of students who graduate will peak in 2025 and then decline steadily for many years, updated projections show.
The Chronicle of Higher Education10h
Saint Augustine’s U. Has Accreditation Membership Revoked, but Leaders Hopeful of Reversal
The financially struggling institution will remain accredited pending an appeal hearing in February. HBCU advocates have long ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education16h
The Research That Aims to Cheese
On a recent Tuesday at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, sample number 435 lies supine on a lab table where it surrenders to a gauntlet of measurements. Brandon Prochaska sl ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education17h
Why Has Boston University Stopped Accepting Grad Students?
This terse announcement a couple of weeks ago by Boston University took the academic world by surprise — starting with the BU ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education18h
‘A Luxury That We Can’t Afford’
In early August, Hunter Dunlap, a professor and librarian at Western Illinois University, was with his wife to celebrate her ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education20h
How to Procrastinate Productively
John Perry’s classic Chronicle essay, “How to Procrastinate and Still Get Things Done,” is as delightful to read in 2024 as ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education20h
The Rise and Fall — and Rise? — of Close Reading
Is he confident now that he made the right decision, or is he only imagining that he will one day — “ages and ages hence” — ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education21h
U. of Michigan Ends Use of Diversity Statements
The University of Michigan at Ann Arbor has nixed diversity statements in faculty hiring, promotion, and tenure decisions.
The Chronicle of Higher Education1d
2024: The Year in Higher Ed
As 2024 draws to a close, we’ve analyzed reader data to reflect on the stories that resonated the most with you. By ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education2d
Stanford Persecutes a Student Journalist, Again
Subject: The Review: Stanford persecutes a student journalist, again.
The Chronicle of Higher Education3d
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The Chronicle of Higher Education4d
Major Accreditor Proposes Cutting DEI Language From Its Standards
The accrediting group that oversees about 170 colleges in California and Hawaii is considering cutting the words “commitment ...