Academics

Enrolling and graduating more students isn’t enough -- colleges and universities must prepare them for work, too, writes Peter McPherson.

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Regional accreditors weigh in on graduation rates with an analysis of colleges with low rates, but the agencies argue against using a "bright-line" approach.

We should better inform students about the placement exam and allow them to retest after they've received more instruction, write W. Theory Thompson and Danae McLeod.

By W. Theory Thompson and Danae McLeod

Effective developmental education should be based on meeting students where they are and building on their strengths, writes Elaine P. Maimon.

By Elaine P. Maimon

Historians urge departments to give their graduate students the confidence, skills and support to succeed in whatever career paths they choose. That means going out of their way to avoid implying that nonfaculty jobs are somehow “less than.”

Kevin Kruger and Catherine Parkay suggest three ways higher education can successfully use behavioral science to increase student completion.

By Kevin Kruger and Catherine Parkay

GOP’s Higher Education Act rewrite would give a boost to competency-based education, short-term certificates and alternative providers, but experts worry about the bill’s lack of safeguards.

The alternative credentials universe grows every day, but how much do we know about it? Very little, argues Cliff Adelman, who proposes constructive ways to lift the fog.

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