Influx of students from India drives US college enrollment up, but the number of students from China is down
Poor job prospects at home are prompting many students from India to pursue opportunity abroad. Mayur Kakade via Getty Images David L. Di Maria, ...
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Why I teach a course connecting Taylor Swift’s songs to the works of Shakespeare, Hitchcock and Plath
Literary devices abound in Taylor Swift’s body of work. John Shearer/TAS18 via Getty Images Elizabeth Scala, The University of Texas at ...
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This course takes a broad look at failure – and what we can all learn when it occurs
Failure can be helpful if it’s understood correctly. Maria Korneeva via Getty Images Robert Kunzman, Indiana University Unusual ...
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More Colleges Offering Admission to Students Who Never Applied
Direct admissions allow colleges to send offers to students based just on GPAs or a few other criteria It sounds too good to be true: Get into ...
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‘The tipping point is coming’: Unprecedented exodus of young life scientists is shaking up academia
SAN DIEGO — Rayyan Gorashi is keeping her options open. After all, she’s still a second-year bioengineering Ph.D. student at UC San ...
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Asian American Students Face Bias, but It’s Not What You Might Think
Affirmative action is on trial again. This time, opponents of race-conscious college admission practices are claiming that Asian Americans are hurt ...
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The ethics of canceling student debt is more about fairness than broken promises
Several groups have opposed President Joe BIden’s plan to forgive $10,000 to $20,000 of student debt. Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for ...
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Why inequality is growing in the US and around the world
Elon Musk is the world’s wealthiest person. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue Fatema Z. Sumar, Harvard Kennedy ...
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