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Learning Tool or Cheating Aid?
After students at Texas Christian University are suspended for allegedly using the Quizlet app to cheat on their exams, professors are warned this case may be the tip of the iceberg.
When More Info Isn't Better for Students
New findings: college students actually perform worse with access to digital course-planning platforms that show how previous students performed.
Promoting Student Success
“ Promoting Student Success” is Inside Higher Ed's new on-demand compilation of articles. You may download a copy free, here...
Cliff Adelman, Analyst Extraordinaire
A smart, opinionated researcher and interpreter of the higher ed enterprise dies at the age of 75.
Big Cuts, Big Completion Gains
The University of Rhode Island managed to boost its student completion rates and change its gen-ed curriculum while recovering from the budget slashing of the recession.
Opinion
What Really Makes a ‘High-Impact' Practice High Impact?
A recent study questioning the value of such practices mistakenly assumes that just making them available suffices. How they are implemented is crucial, George Kuh and Jillian Kinzie write.
A ‘Workaround’ to U.S. Ban on Student-Level Data
The University of Texas System releases a new breakdown of student earnings, an alternative -- produced with U.S. Census Bureau -- to a prohibited federal database.
Demonstrating Value
Robert Kelchen, an emerging scholar and expert on higher education, discusses his new book on what the accountability push means for higher education.