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Adults and Community College Degrees
Adults are coming to community colleges seeking a different approach to education, says Jim Jacobs, and that will require institutions to pay attention to a few important design features.
Insider’s Take on CUNY’s Pathways
Alexandra Logue, the City University of New York’s former chief academic officer, discusses her new book on Pathways, the system’s ambitious and controversial credit transfer program.
Breaking Out of the M-W-F Routine
Coker College shakes things up by allowing interested professors to break out of the 50-minute routine.
Post-Recession Borrowers Struggle to Repay Loans
Borrowers, especially those who attend less selective institutions or who drop out, increasingly struggle to pay back loans.
Opinion
Ethical College Admissions: Depending on the Kindness of Strangers
Jim Jump is not impressed with the way the College Board is treating teachers who are proctors.
A ‘New Normal’ in STEM Teaching?
AAU wanted to improve science education beyond an instructor-by-instructor basis. Five years on, a major initiative piloted on eight campuses seems to be working.
‘Inheriting Possibility’ Offers Critique of Standardized Testing
Author discusses new book in which he takes a long-term and philosophical look at what he sees as the flaws in the way society evaluates talent.
The Week in Admissions News
The growing “tuition reset” trend; Colleges Scorecard is back; grad school enrollment trends; SAT scores; new college enrollment projections; Campus Management buys five product lines from Hobsons.