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This program dedicated to boosting first-gen success rates is tripling down

After helping boost Johns Hopkins low-income, first-generation student persistence rates to 100%, the Kessler Scholars Collaborative is expanding its reach to 16 schools and 1,600 students, thanks in part to $10 million in new funding.

MIT and Harvard lift U.S. universities past U.K. in world rankings

With a combined 25 subjects to their names—more than all the institutions in the United Kingdom ranking #1 in an academic discipline—Harvard and MIT's prestige on the home turf and the world stage is irrefutable, based on QS' World University Rankings by Subject 2023.

Strikes and unions: Graduate students marshal their forces nationwide

Impassioned to fight for livable wages and health benefits, a recent strike at Temple upended the school's president and the University of Chicago's recent bid to unionize won in a landslide.

Billion-dollar business: These are higher ed’s top 30 R&D performers

Innovation is alive and well on campus as university leaders are increasing R&D investments, particularly in STEM fields.