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Improving With Age
Most colleges put student work at the center of how they measure academic quality, writes Peter Ewell, who argues that abandoning student learning outcomes would be a serious mistake.
Gaming the Formula
State performance funding formulas lead to small decline in Pell revenue per student, new study finds, suggesting public colleges may be gaming formulas by enrolling fewer low-income students.
Race on Campus, Nontraditional Leaders, Rising Confidence: A Survey of Presidents
College and university presidents overwhelmingly describe race relations on their campus as excellent or good, are increasingly upbeat about their...
Assessing, Without Tests
Measures of student learning, beyond grades, are on the rise, according to results of a new survey. But colleges are less likely to use standardized tests for learning outcomes.
Athletes' Postcollege Outcomes
New Gallup-Purdue study finds comparatively high levels of well-being and engagement among college athletes.
Professors Can Learn to Be More Effective Instructors
Studies of faculty development efforts at a liberal arts college and a land-grant university suggest the programs can have an impact on student outcomes.
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Another Take on Competency
Competency-based education can strengthen, not weaken, the liberal arts and provide a path to better wages and lives for adult students, Paul LeBlanc and Jim Selbe write.
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Let Them Eat Cake (Competently)
Competency-based education, the new darling of postsecondary disruption advocates, threatens to further stratify higher education, writes Steven Ward.