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By Beckie Supiano

"Nudging" has been embraced as an elegant, low-cost way to fix thorny problems. New studies cast doubt on how widely applicable it really is. (PREMIUM)

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Students
By Beckie Supiano

Getting into and through college involves a string of complex decisions. Researchers are increasingly using behavioral interventions to help. (PREMIUM)

FACULTY Fiasco in Idaho
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By Emma Pettit

A panel’s investigation paints a troubling portrait of a difficult professor who seemed to delight in provoking senior administrators. But it also raises questions about whether those administrators went too far in seeking to show her the door. (PREMIUM)

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A Canadian university and Stanford University had the highest overall scores on the 2019 Sustainable Campus Index. (PREMIUM)

Search more than two dozen interactive tables to see how well your college is doing relative to its peers on measures like diversity and graduation rates.

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By Kevin Gannon

Adapting a course for a digital environment forces you to ask yourself why you’re doing a particular pedagogical thing — and then to rethink it.

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