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College rankings, like those of US News and World Report, remain influential, despite their many flaws and decades of criticism (opens the original)
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U.S. colleges and universities are governed by many traditions – including the annual U.S. News Best Colleges rankings, which list schools based on a variety of factors, like graduation rates and reputation. This year’s rankings hit the streets on Sept. 22, 2026. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology topped the list of national universities, and Williams College ranked first among the list of national liberal arts colleges. Princeton University, meanwhile, slipped out of the top spot among r
How anti-bribery laws apply to Trump’s promise of $5,000 payments if Republicans keep control of Congress (opens the original)
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(AMHERST, MASS.) In his keynote address to the Republican midterm convention on Sept. 9, 2026, President Donald Trump promised that if Republicans retain control of Congress in November, he would authorize a US$5,000 payment to every American adult. Trumpâs offer seems to run afoul of federal laws, which make it a crime to pay for votes. After Trumpâs speech, political commentator Sam Stein posted on X: âtrump openly bribing people to vote for republicans. $5k per person if republicans hol
After Supreme Court setback, Trump again targets immigration by expanding definition of birthright citizenship (opens the original)
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Since his return to the White House, President Donald Trump has issued over 270 executive orders. That includes two orders issued in August 2026 addressing birthright citizenship, a subject seemingly settled by the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision. In June, the high court struck down Trump’s effort to deny citizenship to children born to foreign parents who are unlawfully in the United States. One order directs federal agencies not to recognize U.S. citizenship for children of certain foreig
‘Hello, just circling back!’ Not responding to emails is common across higher education but bad for morale (opens the original)
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As a challenging academic year drew to a close in May 2026, I sent an email to 12 administrators at the college where I teach, thanking them for their work during the year. Several years ago, when I served as part of the administration, I would have taken special note of such an email. So, I was a bit taken aback when only a few of those to whom I sent it bothered to acknowledge it. Around the same time, I emailed a group of 10 colleagues with whom I had been meeting throughout the semester, inv
Is withholding federal counterterrorism funds from states – as FEMA has threatened – legal? (opens the original)
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency has issued new grant guidelines that threaten to withhold counterterrorism funds from states that do not comply with President Donald Trump’s election security directives. The agency told states they must “reconcile the number of voters who voted in federal elections with the number of ballots cast. They must use the federal SAVE database to verify the citizenship of everyone in the state’s voter registration database.” States also have to verify the citiz
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