Filter & Sort
Let the Assessment PR Wars Begin
One university's boast about its CLA test scores suggests that student learning outcomes might be the next battleground on which colleges compete.
Private Colleges, Serious About Assessment
Professors and administrators from dozens of independent colleges gather to share advice -- and their concerns -- about using the Collegiate Learning Assessment effectively.
Revolt in the Adjunct Ranks
CUNY's faculty union promised big results, but part-time activists want proposed contract rejected and more open debate.
Out of Work for Doing Extra Work?
Indiana AAUP says adjunct at Ivy Tech lost his job for using supplementary materials when students complained that they couldn't understand the textbook.
Who Leads?
Education secretary's final higher ed summit finds general consensus on problems, but less on how to fix them -- and who should take charge.
Opinion
A Moral Obligation to Retire?
Philosophers offer views -- ethical and practical -- on whether older scholars should be making room for new Ph.D.'s.
Mapping Student Learning With Precision
In ambitious, long-term effort, West Point maps and measures a multi-layered set of outcomes across the curriculum.
Sizing Up the Spellings Commission
As education secretary's summit awaits, report from business officers' group assesses the impact of her panel on higher education.