By Chronicle Staff. Report: “2015 CGS International Graduate Admissions Survey: Preliminary Applications”
Author: Jeff Allum, director of research and policy analysis
Organization: Council of Graduate Schools
Summary: Applications to American graduate schools are up once again, but the latest statistics may leave universities uneasy. The 2-percent increase in preliminary applicants is considerably lower than last year’s 10-percent jump — in fact, in the decade the council has been collecting the data in only one other year has growth been so sluggish. More...

By Chronicle Staff. Report: “Snapshot Report: Degree Pathways”
Organization: National Student Clearinghouse Research Center
Summary: Two out of five students who earned associate degrees in 2008-9 had bachelor’s degrees under their belts six years later, according to a new national study. The average time between the degrees was 2.8 years. More...

By Ian Wilhelm. As Sweet Briar College scrambles to reopen, at least for another academic year, its leaders are probably looking closely at what has worked for other small colleges to increase enrollment and reduce financial pressures. More...

By Nick DeSantis. An adjunct instructor at Eastern Washington University became the focus of a fierce debate about race and identity last week, when her parents asserted that she was white, despite having passed herself off for years as a black woman. More...

By Nick DeSantis. The NCAA on Friday said its Division I members would consider a new proposal that is designed to refine the definition of academic misconduct and clarify what constitutes impermissible academic assistance, the Associated Press reported. More...

By Nick DeSantis. The University of Massachusetts at Amherst has unveiled new measures concerning its treatment of Iranian students, four months after a short-lived controversy in which the institution banned some such students from certain graduate programs, The Boston Globe reports. More...

By Andy Thomason. Students at public colleges in Washington State will get a rare tuition decrease over the next two years — and a relatively sizable one. The Seattle Times reports that the two-year budget passed by the state’s Legislature on Monday will cut tuition at the University of Washington and Washington State University by 15 percent over two years; at Western, Central, and Eastern Washington Universities by 20 percent; and at community and technical colleges by 5 percent. More...

By Andy Thomason. New York State’s highest court has rejected a challenge to New York University’s planned expansion in Greenwich Village, clearing the way for the controversial project to go forward. More...