Community-College Professor Is Fired After Making a Nazi Salute at a System Meet

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[Why Colleges May Be Chasing the Wrong Numbers to Enroll More Low-Income Students]( By Chris Quintana A new paper by two well-known researchers argues that colleges are oversimplifying the quest to add needier students to their enrollments. [Making a Gap Year More Than an Overseas Vacation]( By Goldie Blumenstyk Most of the discussion about the value of a year off before college is anecdotal, but that’s about to change. [Emergency Blue-Light Phones Are a Symbol of Safety. Is Symbolism Worth Thousands?]( By Lily Jackson The iconic call boxes have been the colorful guard over campuses since the 1990s. Some colleges are decommissioning them as technology advances, but some aren’t. Why keep them? [Controversial Emails to International Students at Duke Suggest a Greater Struggle: Assimilation]( By Lily Jackson The messages, which led an official to resign and the university to apologize, highlight one of the many cultural slights that the students often face on American campuses. [In Growing ‘Wild West’ of Campus Esports, Programs Rush to Lure the Best Players]( By Terry Nguyen Colleges use scholarship money, online tryouts, and social-media tactics to recruit star gamers. [Want to Learn How the World Sees Your College? Look on YouTube]( By Terry Nguyen Students are broadcasting their college experience to big audiences online. Among the viewers are high-schoolers eager to get a closer look at a prospective college. [Colleges Lose a ‘Stunning’ 651 Foreign-Language Programs in 3 Years]( By Steven Johnson Higher education saw a net loss of just one foreign-language program from 2009 to 2013, according to the Modern Language Association. From 2013 to 2016, the loss grew to 651. A New Resource for Chronicle Readers [Idea Lab: Transfer Students]( Transfer students have long been an overlooked group in higher ed. But today colleges and universities are taking more steps to help this population. 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