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Common Core Gets a Footing
A growing number of states and colleges are beginning to use Common Core-based assessments to determine student placement and college readiness.
Inappropriate Question?
Common Application wants to let colleges ask applicants to name other places they are applying to. Some admissions leaders believe this violates ethics guidelines and will encourage more gaming of the system.
Out of Favor With House GOP
Bill to set spending targets for science agencies has modest overall increases, but cuts for social sciences and energy research.
Inside Look at Ratings Plan
Education Department documents show money spent on college ratings as well as proposals to allow colleges to challenge and publicly annotate their data in the ratings.
ProQuest Acquires SIPX
The researcher and library service provider makes another investment in simplifying the discovery of scholarly content with the addition of the Silicon Valley-based start-up.
Starbucks Doubles College Effort
Coffee giant extends its tuition program so that it covers four full years. McDonald's provides details of its much smaller plan.
Redesigning Community Colleges
A new book from researchers at the Community College Research Center posits that the "guided pathways" approach of program development will lead to better outcomes at institutions.
Opinion
Will Ratings Displace Accreditation?
The Obama administration’s proposed system could substitute federal officials’ judgment of institutional quality for peer review by academics, Judith Eaton argues.