By Scott Jaschik. Last month, Inside Higher Ed reported on a surge in colleges going test optional in admissions. Winter is typically not a time for many colleges to change admissions policies. In the winter of 2017-18, only one college announced it was going test optional. But in the winter of 2018-19, eight colleges made such a shift. And the article noted that spring started with test-optional announcements from the University of San Francisco and Springfield College. More...
By Scott Jaschik. Study found that being related to alumni had a major boost on odds of admission. Study also found that the legacy applicants were strong academically. More...
By Scott Jaschik. Elsevier is expected to announce today a deal with Norway's universities under which all the research they publish will be freely available to all, The Financial Times reported. More...
By Scott Jaschik. Jewish groups offer evidence about a late professor's actions and ask why university would accept funds to endow a scholarship in his name. More...
By David Matthews for Times Higher Education. It may be a vision of the future of the university. At the University of Iceland’s campus in central Reykjavik, every male student has on average two female course mates. At the master’s level, the ratio is nearer to one to three. More...
By Ellie Bothwell for Times Higher Education. Academics fear global reach of new Singaporean legislation could result in censorship of international academic journals. More...
In teaching, we can embrace the ways that rage is a legitimate response to felt injustices and draw on it as a sort of compass and wellspring of creativity, writes Deborah J. Cohan. More...
How do Ph.D. students, and those involved in their training, James M. Van Wyck asks,navigate this liminal moment in career and professional development. More...
Karlyn Crowley provides tips on hiring a reviewer, framing a self-study and designing the review process. More...
Anne Marie Canale, Cheryl Herdklotz and Lynn Wilde describe new programs and activities that help meet the professional and personal needs of a changing faculty demographic. More...
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