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Big Cuts, Big Completion Gains
The University of Rhode Island managed to boost its student completion rates and change its gen-ed curriculum while recovering from the budget slashing of the recession.
Opinion
What Really Makes a ‘High-Impact' Practice High Impact?
A recent study questioning the value of such practices mistakenly assumes that just making them available suffices. How they are implemented is crucial, George Kuh and Jillian Kinzie write.
A ‘Workaround’ to U.S. Ban on Student-Level Data
The University of Texas System releases a new breakdown of student earnings, an alternative -- produced with U.S. Census Bureau -- to a prohibited federal database.
Demonstrating Value
Robert Kelchen, an emerging scholar and expert on higher education, discusses his new book on what the accountability push means for higher education.
Opinion
What Assessment Is Really About
Measuring student outcomes is ultimately about trying to improve teaching and learning, and professors should both support and lead such efforts, writes Kate Drezek McConnell.
‘Accountability and Opportunity in Higher Education’
Editors discuss new collection of essays about the impact of various state and federal policies on minority students -- an impact the authors see as far too often ignored.
Opinion
Skills Don’t Matter (Outside Their Context)
Colleges and universities shouldn't care about, or recognize, skills that aren't woven into a program of study that gives them meaning, Johann N. Neem argues.
Making Higher Education More Efficient and Effective
" Making Higher Education More Efficient and Effective" is Inside Higher Ed's new downloadable compilation of articles. You can download...