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University of California, Riverside, professor resigns after colleagues alleged her Cherokee heritage claims were fraudulent. She had remained employed in academe despite years of denunciations.    Andrea Smith has been publicly criticized for her contested claims of Cherokee heritage for at least 15 years. Despite this, she remained employed as a prominent Native American studies scholar.

M mused on how Chat could change the world, not least schools. Plenty fear the worst. The college essay has been pronounced dead. Chat is causing an…

A dispute at the Connecticut college over two deans’ behavior has administrators and professors at loggerheads regarding the limits of the faculty’s investigative authority. A professor’s complaint against two deans has grown into a conflict over shared governance and the faculty’s investigative powers at Trinity College in Connecticut. Last fall, the private college’s faculty ombud found that the dean of faculty, Sonia Cardenas, and an associate dean, Takunari Miyazaki, had tried to p...

The University of Chicago settled a federal antitrust lawsuit over financial aid. What does that mean for the 16 remaining defendants in the class action case? The University of Chicago will pay $13.2 million to settle a financial aid antitrust lawsuit in which it was one of 17 institutions accused of illegally colluding to limit student financial aid packages. Now, with the settlement pending approval from a judge, officials from the other 16 institutions must decide what to do: follow the Uni...

Asian Americans are less likely to be accepted to colleges or universities than white applicants, according to a recent study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research. About the study: Researchers analyzed five admission cycles from 2015 to 2021 and found that Asian American applicants were 28% less likely to be admitted to highly selective institutions than white students with similar test scores, grade point averages and extracurricular activities. “Unrelated” to t...

Schools are deciding how to evaluate applicants without race as a consideration as minority students identify new ways to set themselves apart.

Highlights from the Washington Post, Associated Press, NBC News and others.

Researchers also found that there were admissions gaps among different ethnicities of Asian American applicants

Eastern Gateway agrees to shut controversial program for union members amid Education Department allegations of financial aid irregularities. Eastern Gateway Community College is shuttering its contentious “free college” benefit after battling with the U.S. Department of Education for nearly a year.

The Board of Trustees at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill approved the resolution after the US Supreme Court struck down their schools race-conscious admissions plan.