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Within Striking Distance
New data on the 31 million Americans who attended college but failed to earn a credential, including details about 4 million who are almost there.
A More Nuanced Bill Gates
The Microsoft founder and head of influential foundation tells college business officers that big changes are on the way -- but offers moderated views on role of technology and push for college completion.
Dropping the Ball?
Colleges and universities need to get involved in the the rollout of the Common Core curriculum, argues a new paper from the New America Foundation.
Opinion
Hard Questions About Big Data
The controversy over Facebook's manipulation of data raises vexing issues for educational researchers at a time of great promise -- and risk, Justin Reich and Mitchell Stevens argue.
Leaving the System
More students are leaving higher education after their first year, according to new national numbers that are bad news for the college completion push.
Duncan on Ratings and Debt
In expansive interview about higher ed, the education secretary differentiates about dangers of varying degrees of student debt and suggests colleges might be rated based on whether they improve or not.
Know a Problem to Fix It
States have chaotic lack of consistency in how they track college remediation, according to the Education Commission of the States, which seeks national standards.
A College Loses Accreditation
Southern accreditor strips its approval from Georgia's Brewton-Parker College, and places four others -- Louisiana, Newberry and Paine Colleges and South Carolina State -- on probation.