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What Assessment Is Really About
Measuring student outcomes is ultimately about trying to improve teaching and learning, and professors should both support and lead such efforts, writes Kate Drezek McConnell.
‘Accountability and Opportunity in Higher Education’
Editors discuss new collection of essays about the impact of various state and federal policies on minority students -- an impact the authors see as far too often ignored.
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Skills Don’t Matter (Outside Their Context)
Colleges and universities shouldn't care about, or recognize, skills that aren't woven into a program of study that gives them meaning, Johann N. Neem argues.
Making Higher Education More Efficient and Effective
" Making Higher Education More Efficient and Effective" is Inside Higher Ed's new downloadable compilation of articles. You can download...
Valuing Learning, Wherever It Occurs
The American Council on Education has announced plans to evaluate skills learned in the workplace, putting a key higher ed organization in the middle of the alternative credentials landscape.
The Pulse: Mustafa Sualp of AEFIS
This month's episode of the Pulse podcast features an Interview with Mustafa Sualp, CEO and founder of AEFIS, an assessment...
Understanding Why Some Colleges Create Economic Mobility
New coalition of colleges, researchers and higher ed groups aims to understand why and how some institutions excel at enrolling and graduating underprivileged students (and others don’t).
Trading Places at the Accountability Table
Jamie Studley, former key Education Department official, will lead the Western region's accrediting agency, part of an industry her Obama administration bosses chastised.