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A Major Push on Advising
In an effort to improve its disappointing retention rates, Portland State University will increase its team of academic advisers from...
Putting It to Provosts
CHICAGO -- Like many advocacy groups, higher education associations are notoriously self-referential (if not self-reverential). They're quick to promote the...
Languages Plus
Timothy A. Bennett strives toward a new vision for the foreign language department. “You can think of a university as...
For One, for All
ORLANDO — When advocates for students with disabilities asked Stephen Rehberg, an associate academic professional at Georgia Tech’s Center of...
The Future of Advanced Placement
WASHINGTON -- The future of Advanced Placement is changing, and the College Board is taking steps to ensure that AP...
Animal Studies Beyond Biology
In his first year as an assistant professor in the University of Iowa’s archaeology department, Matthew E. Hill made a...
Avatars to Teach the Teachers
Monique, the eager-to-please girl with the chirpy alto, is raising her hand again. But I’m more interested in drawing Maria...
The Retention Guru
Two decades ago, Xavier University could only count on three of every four freshmen returning for sophomore year. Even fewer...