Admissions

You Can Help Make Sure Freshmen Show Up. Here’s How.

Colleges are experimenting with a high-tech system that uses old-fashioned personal attention to curb enrollment’s “summer melt.”

From the Archives

The Long Last Miles to College

All along they wanted the same thing: to leave home, decorate a dorm-room wall, and shape a new life. Find out how two Texas students weathered an uncertain summer.

The Chronicle Interview

The Urgent Plea of an Undocumented Trustee

“Dreamers” must stay in school, and lawmakers must provide a path forward, says Jorge Reyes Salinas, a student trustee for the California State University system.

Leadership & Governance

Claims of Bullying and an Offensive Costume Follow Adams State President’s Departure

The Colorado university’s Board of Trustees placed Beverlee J. McClure on leave last week.

Campus Deal

As Kaplan Sale Faces Final Hurdle, Purdue President Criticizes Faculty Opponents

“If that had been turned in on a term paper, you’d have given it an F,” Mitch Daniels said of a letter opposing his university’s deal to acquire the for-profit institution.

Government

Education Dept. Eyes Changes in Bankrupt Borrowers’ Ability to Discharge Loans

The Trump administration may be signaling that it wants to take a closer look at streamlining the forgiveness process. That may find some unlikely allies on Capitol Hill.

Lessons for College Leaders

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Advice

Why I Collapsed on the Job

Academics are silent workaholics — so free to work whenever we want that many of us end up working all the time.

Lingua Franca

Our Parent Who Art in Heaven

Lucy Ferriss applauds the Episcopal Church’s decision to expand the language for God.