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Leadership Matters for Transfer Success
Community college and university presidents must lead the way in improving transfer student success, write Robert Templin and K. C. Deane.
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Ethical College Admissions: Did ‘Turning the Tide’ Make a Difference?
Two years after a report called for major changes in college admissions, Jim Jump is looking for evidence that it made a difference.
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.
College With Liberal Reputation Wants to Recruit Conservative Students
A new president worries about data showing relatively small share of students report talking regularly with those who hold different political views.
New Doubts on Using ‘Grit’ to Identify Student Talent
New round of research questions whether the quality is well defined and whether it can be useful in admissions.
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.