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More bookstores are renting more textbooks; keeping student health affordable, a report states that minority students haven’t benefitted enough from aid given to public research universities, and other stories are at Inside HigherEd this week.
TEXTBOOKS FOR RENT … EVERYWHERE: Major bookstore chains announce plans to launch or expand rental programs, suggesting a market shift.
KEEPING STUDENT HEALTH AFFORDABLE: Higher ed asks Congress to tweak its bill to ensure that college-based plans aren’t classified as pricier “individual” policies.
FLOGGING THE FLAGSHIPS: Despite well-publicized expansions of aid, public research universities have made too little progress in expanding representation of low-income and minority students, report asserts.
SHIFTING GROUND ON THE SIDELINES: As 3 football coaches lose jobs for mistreating players, have the rules about acceptable behavior — and the balance of power in college sports — changed?
HISTORIANS, SONS, DAUGHTERS: A panel of parents and children in the same academic discipline consider their field and their generations.
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