CUNY to Revamp Remedial Programs, Hoping to Lift Graduation Rates
Administrators are trying to make necessary catch-up classes at community colleges less of a stumbling block toward earning a degree.
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Will Dropping the LSAT Requirement Create More Miserable Lawyers?
If applying gets easier, legal education as an uninspired default could become even more common.
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CreditColey Brown for The New York Times Vocations
Sending Students to the Corner (of Their Screens)
At California Connections Academy, students see an instructor in real time while engaging in online learning activities.
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Credit A Glimpse Into the Life of a Slave Sold to Save Georgetown
Rare, century-old photographs help illustrate the story of 272 slaves sold by Jesuit priests to secure the future of Georgetown University.
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CreditGabe Souza/Portland Press Herald, via Getty Images Filing for Federal College Aid Without an I.R.S. Shortcut
Financial aid forms for college just got a bit harder to complete, but it is worth the effort to get them done in a timely manner.
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On Campus
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CreditCaleb Kenna for The New York Times Understanding the Angry Mob at Middlebury That Gave Me a Concussion
Political discourse in the United States is at a boiling point, and nowhere is the reaction to that more heightened than on campuses like Middlebury.
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CreditDoug Mills/The New York Times Obama Education Rules Are Swept Aside by Congress
Republican lawmakers reined in regulations — including some on testing — that they criticized as heavy-handed.
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CreditJohnny Milano for The New York Times Rising Tumult Over Principal at Elite Queens High School
The backlash against Townsend Harris’s acting principal and the opaque principal-hiring process has intensified, involving students, teachers, parents and elected officials.
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Diversity Lags as Students Are Matched With City Schools
Black and Latino students make up 68 percent of the city’s school system, but received 10 percent of the offers to the most competitive high schools.
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CreditAl Drago/The New York Times Trump’s Call for School Vouchers Is a Return to a Campaign Pledge
In his address to Congress, the president backed his controversial education secretary, Betsy DeVos, who has built her career on promoting the voucher program.
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CreditChristopher Smith for The New York Times Kansas Supreme Court Says State Education Spending Is Too Low
Gov. Sam Brownback faces a rebellion even among fellow Republicans over his tax-cutting philosophy, and the new ruling compounds the state’s fiscal woes.
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CreditBenjamin Norman for The New York Times How a ‘Second Chance’ College Produced the Team to Beat
After just over a decade in conference basketball, Manhattan’s Berkeley College is taking a 26-0 record to the U.S.C.A.A. Division II national tournament.
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Harvard Law, Moving to Diversify Applicant Pool, Will Accept GRE Scores
The elite law school, following the University of Arizona law school, seeks to widen its pool of potential students by not requiring the LSAT.
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CreditAl Drago/The New York Times Trump Rescinds Rules on Bathrooms for Transgender Students
The administration reversed a policy that allowed students to use the bathrooms of their choice at school, an order that caused an internal rift.
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Credit Top 20 Fields for Internships: Get Your Skills On
To get that summer position, here’s what students need to know how to do.
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Ed Talk
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CreditMary Altaffer/Associated Press Bernie Sanders Talks Tuition, Free for All
His movement seems to be gaining momentum.
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CreditThe New York Times Trying to Solve a Bigger Math Problem
Algebra is a stumbling block for many freshmen. But do so many need to be in a remedial class?
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CreditAndrew Spear for The New York Times. This Organ Shakes Up Oberlin
A monthly midnight concert treats audiences to classical music and grand vibrations.
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CreditMirko Illic Will You Graduate? Ask Big Data
Colleges are turning to predictive analytics to pinpoint hotspots for failure — say, a C in English comp, a B in a foundational course in your major.
