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The Way(s) Forward on Measuring Learning
Higher education must prove to the public that students are ready for work and life. Here’s how we might do that.
Why We Haven’t Measured College-Level Learning
Past efforts have failed because of tension over whether they’re for us (colleges) or them (our overseers). Let’s try again so colleges can prove they’re giving students what we promise them.
Failure to Measure Learning Is Hurting Higher Education
The public doubts the value of what colleges are providing. That could change if institutions proved that students actually develop the capabilities and skills we promise them.
Let Big-Time College Football and Basketball Collapse
Congress may intervene to prop up an enterprise that has long since lost its way. It would be better to let the market work and force colleges to make hard choices about values and money.
Driving More Students to ‘High-Value’ Programs
Defining programs solely by graduates’ earnings isn’t ideal, but it’s where we are. A new report shows that it can be done, and how.
The Tension Between Access and Quality
Improving credit transfer and learning mobility will make it easier for people to game the system. But that risk is outweighed by the far larger number of students it will help.
Coordinating Colleges at the City Level
Could we create metro-area councils to better organize the work that postsecondary providers do for their communities’ learners, employers and citizens?
We Need a Bipartisan Commission on Postsecondary Education and Training
There’s much more agreement on what America needs from colleges, universities and other providers than politicians seem able to admit. Convening a group of national leaders would point a way forward.