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Faculty Members Are the Key to Solving the Retention Challenge
It is essential to build a culture of success for students in the classroom, department by department, writes Carl J. Strikwerda.
Even Some College Tends to Pay Off
Students who attended college but didn't earn a credential were more likely to hold a job and earned more than their peers who stopped at high school, new research finds.
Remedial Education Fixes Won't Cure Completion Crisis
Even Tennessee's promising remedial math reform does little to boost college completion, new study finds, calling for more effective models as part of suite of student success efforts.
Much Ado About Iboga
How this rare plant could cost two long-serving Miami U professors their careers.
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I’m Suing My Gym!
The argument that colleges should share the financial risks of students who take out loans is similar to saying gyms are responsible for patrons' physical health and fitness, argues Walter Kimbrough.
Expanding Beyond NYC’s 5 Boroughs
Armed with promising results, CUNY is expanding ASAP and other student success experiments while helping to export them to colleges outside the system.
How Dorm Rooms Can Affect Grades
A new study found that slick, apartment-style housing might be aesthetically pleasing but could lower students' grade point averages.
Diversity as a Course Requirement
Professor says his course proposal on conservative political thought was rejected because it doesn't advance diversity as it's widely understood. He thinks that's wrong.