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Box Scores and College Ratings
In an open letter to Arne Duncan, Thomas Foley compares how success is defined in the education secretary's beloved sport to methods of measuring higher ed performance.
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Has Higher Ed Peaked?
Bryan Alexander suggests a thought experiment on trends that suggest tough times ahead for most colleges and universities.
'Undermatching' Pros and Cons
New study finds both positive and negative results of attending a less competitive college than where one might have enrolled.
Inflation Plus Whatever
Middlebury College gives itself a loophole in its plan linking tuition, room and board to inflation.
You're Admitted... Not
As more colleges send emails telling rejected applicants they have been admitted, some admissions officers share what they learned from their mistakes.
Ratings or Rankings?
A new paper by the American Council on Education says the Obama administration's ratings proposal is likely to lead to the same negative consequences as college rankings.
Front Line Instructors
Writing professors find themselves playing a critical and unexpected role in the education of veterans.
Starting All Over Again
Community college students who transfer to a four-year institution have good odds of earning a bachelor's degree, new research finds, unless they lose credits in the transfer process.