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18 mai 2019

Swarthmore Will End All Greek Organizations

HomeBy Scott Jaschik. Swarthmore College on Friday announced that it will phase out all Greek organizations on campus. Until recently, the college had two fraternities and one sorority. After students occupied one of the Greek houses on campus for four days last month, protesting a long history of accusations of sexism and sexual assault against the Greek members, the two chapters at the college dissolved themselves. More...

18 mai 2019

Top Economists Weigh In on Legacy Preferences

HomeBy Scott Jaschik. Amid the debate over the impact of legacy preferences in college admissions, the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business gave the question to its Economic Experts Panel. The panel consists of top economists throughout the United States who are interested in policy questions. More...

18 mai 2019

The Shrinking World of Need-Blind Admissions

HomeBy Scott Jaschik. College of the Holy Cross says it can no longer afford to admit students without regard to financial need. Meanwhile, discount rates nationally hit record highs. More...

18 mai 2019

2 Public Universities Are Latest to Go Test Optional

HomeBy Scott Jaschik. University of New Hampshire and Indiana State drop requirements for applicants to submit SAT or ACT. More...

18 mai 2019

Too Old to Be a Poetry Professor at Oxford

HomeBy Scott Jaschik. The University of Oxford introduced a rule in 2017 mandating that all professors retire before their 69th birthday. That rule applies to all fields and would violate antibias laws in the United States. More...

18 mai 2019

Intramural Sports Linked to Student Success

HomeBy Scott Jaschik. Among nearly 1,800 freshmen at Michigan State, students who played intramural sports averaged a 3.25 grade point average at the end of their first year compared to a 3.07 average for those who didn't play. More...

18 mai 2019

Donors Endowed Coaching Posts; Children Subsequently Admitted

HomeBy Scott Jaschik. The Boston Globe reported Sunday on a pattern in which donors to Yale University and other top colleges endow coaching positions. That's a trend about which many colleges have been very open. More...

18 mai 2019

Turning Point Bans Student in Racist Video

HomeBy Scott JaschikTurning Point USA, a conservative group active on many campuses, has banned a student at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas after video surfaced of him using slurs and making racist statements. More...

18 mai 2019

‘Snow-mencement’ at University of Colorado at Boulder

HomeBy Scott JaschikThe University of Colorado at Boulder shortened its commencement ceremonies Thursday due to falling snow, and yes, we are talking about a spring commencement. The university dubbed the event "snow-mencement." More...

18 mai 2019

A Different Sort of Speech Suppression

HomeBy Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. Student journalists at Transylvania University are up in arms after administrators took away their pay. More...

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