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Special Reports

To Help Students, Colleges Are Dropping Remedial Courses. Will That Backfire?

By Katherine Mangan

As colleges enroll more underprepared students, they’re increasingly eliminating remedial courses. Critics say it’s unrealistic to expect nearly every student to succeed right off the bat — even with extra academic support.

The Chronicle Interview

Can Students Handle the Big Questions?

By Beth McMurtrie

A philosophy course at Notre Dame that asks the big questions has become so popular that its creator is working to bring it to other colleges. PREMIUM

Finance

Most Americans Think Government Support for Public Colleges Is Rising or Flat. They’re Wrong.

By Lee Gardner

In survey results released on Monday, 27 percent of respondents said funding had grown since 2009 and 32 percent said it had stayed the same. In fact, it has dropped by $9 billion.

Faculty

U. of Michigan Just Expanded Its Ban on Student-Instructor Romance. Here’s Why.

By Lily Jackson

The three-campus system overhauled its policy, heralding an age of airtight rules on such potentially problematic relationships.

Students

‘We Need Leadership’: Athletes’ Protest Draws Attention to Lingering Confederate Symbol at Ole Miss

By Emma Pettit

Supporters of the Old South are drawn to a place like the University of Mississippi, says one student, in part because a prominent statue to the Confederacy still stands there.

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The Art of Executive Feedback

By Rob Kramer

A great failure in our current academic system is the inconsistency of managers receiving — or providing — regular, specific, quality feedback on job performance.

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