Past Coverage

• This Year's Freshmen at 4-Year Colleges: Highlights of a Survey - January 21, 2010
• Attitudes and Characteristics of Freshmen at 4-Year Colleges, Fall 2008 - August 24, 2009
• This Year's Freshmen at 4-Year Colleges: Their Opinions, Activities, and Goals - January 26, 2001
• Supreme Court Ruling Appears to Let Stand Affirmative Action in College Admissions - June 28, 2007
• This Year's Freshmen at 4-Year Colleges: a Statistical Profile - February 1, 2002

Recent News

• Number of 'Hispanic Serving' Colleges Is Expected to Grow Significantly, Report Says

  Almost 200 colleges may soon meet the federal designation of "Hispanic serving," and they should work to increase their retention and graduation rates, says a new report.

• College Makes Students More Liberal, but Not Smarter About Civics, Study Finds

  The Intercollegiate Studies Institute found that people with bachelor's degrees were more likely than recipients of only high-school diplomas to take liberal stances.

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  Pulling Haiti's Culture From the Rubble

  The chief conservator of one of the stricken nation's major libraries is working with Brown University and others to save a part of his people's cultural patrimony.

Campus Viewpoint

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Under President Joseph Aoun, Northeastern University has embarked on a strategic plan that will guide it in its goals as a 21st century research university. Chief among those goals is to educate the next generation of creative thinkers and...