A strong economy and fewer international students mean Harvard has seen a 4.5 percent drop, and Penn and Stanford have seen 6.7 percent and 4.6 percent fewer applications compared to a year ago. On Education Dive.
Defendants in the NCAA federal case against agents and shoe companies are arguing that the complicity of NCAA officials and the alleged victims mean the entire enterprise is criminal, not their actions. On the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Though it shares overlap with the University of Chicago's free speech statement, Colgate emphasizes exercising speech rights "in full awareness of context." On Inside Higher Ed.
Many four-year colleges have expanded programs to help students who are the first in their family to attend college, but they need to do more to ensure these students don't fall through the cracks. On Inside Higher Ed.
After a professor made" scurrilous insinuations" at the Center for the History of Political Economy, Bruce Caldwell and Kevin Hoover defend the donation to fund an under-appreciated area of thought. On the Duke Chronicle.
Though a bastion for far-left political thought, the student body is highly intolerant toward political arguments that differ from their already-held beliefs. On National Review.
After the fraternities announced they would form an independent group in spite of new restrictions, president E. Gordon Gee banned them from campus for 10 years. On the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Though men have a majority in subjects such as business, engineering, and math, women still outnumber men in graduate school. On AEI.
The United Daughters of the Confederacy originally donated the statue, and still communicate with the University of North Carolina about its future. On the Daily Tar Heel.
When implemented on the state level, conservative ideas to keep costs low are popular, but the GOP rarely pushes their ideas to young people on a national stage. On the American Conservative.
