Graduation rates

Athletes who go pro or leave for other reasons won't count as failures in measuring progress toward a degreee.

Most of the action in American educational policy happens in the states. Their governments are primarily responsible for elementary and secondary education, and the vast majority of students in the United States attend public institutions that are also funded and governed primarily at the state level. So any efforts to improve the interaction between the public schools system and higher education, and to ease the transition of students from one to another to ensure their academic success, will live and die largely at the state level.

Institutional culture and presidential leadership matter more than specific programs and policies, study finds.

A "fascinating" discussion ensues, but diverse viewpoints may make crafting cohesive national strategy a challenge.

The National Collegiate Athletic Association plans to provide up to $7 million a year to member colleges whose athletes perform well in the classroom and another $3 million annually to help institutions improve the academic success of their athletes, association officials said Thursday.

Knight Commission hears from 3 groups that take divergent approaches to the problems in college athletics.

75% of Division I teams perform better under NCAA's reconfigured graduation statistic than under the federal rate.

Association's new measure makes athletes' graduation rates rise at virtually all Division I institutions.

In an effort to shed light on the hows and whys behind students’ success at completing college, the U.S. Education Department has released a new report called “The Toolbox Revisited.” 

The longitudinal study, which its author calls a “data essay,” explores the high school class of 1992 as it moved from high school to higher education and compares its success, favorably, to the high school class of 1982 tracked in an earlier report, “Answers in the Tool Box.”

For first time, NCAA penalizes its members based on athletes' academic underperformance, trying to compel improvement.