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By Nick DeSantis. Top-ranked liberal-arts colleges are failing to provide their students with a rigorous higher education even as many of them have steadily increased tuition and administrative spending in recent years, the American Council of Trustees and Alumni asserted in a report released on Monday. More...

By Nick DeSantis. President Obama left some in higher education feeling slighted on Thursday, when he said during a speech in Wisconsin that young people could make more money in skilled manufacturing than with art-history degrees. Mr. Obama’s speech was intended to highlight his administration’s approach to work-force training, which was a key theme of his State of the Union address on Tuesday. More...

By Lawrence Biemiller. Friday’s announcement that President Obama has created a foundation to pick a site for his presidential library set off a new round of speculation over where the facility might end up, with universities in Chicago, New York, Hawaii, and California expressing interest. The University of Chicago’s president, Robert J. Zimmer, immediately released a statement saying that his institution “is committed to working in partnership with the City of Chicago, our neighbors, civic leaders, and cultural and educational institutions” to locate the library on the city’s South Side. Accompanying the statement is an FAQ laying out a “Rationale for Chicago” and describing what the university’s role would be. More...

By Eric Hoover. A majority of colleges attribute little or no importance to students’ race and ethnicity or first-generation status when reviewing applications, according to survey findings released on Thursday by the National Association for College Admission Counseling. The findings, which appear in the group’s “State of College Admission 2013″ report, shed light on how various student characteristics influenced evaluations of grades, strength of curriculum, and standardized-test scores—the most important factors in admissions decisions (in order)—during the fall 2012 enrollment cycle. More...