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Pathways in Name Only
Most completion-oriented pathways reforms lack an overarching vision and fail to live up to their promise, writes Mary Rittling.
Faculty First on Completion
Faculty-led reforms may be the best way to improve graduation rates, according to Achieving the Dream, which is working to give adjunct faculty members a seat at the table.
Experiencing Developmental Education
Colleges are working to improve remedial education -- and have found success in doing so -- but have yet to introduce promising reforms at a large scale, finds new report.
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Winning on Developmental Ed
Moving the needle on the college completion agenda means figuring out how to help more of the least-prepared students get to graduation, write Reynaldo Garcia and Scott Ralls.
Completion and Controversy
City Colleges of Chicago Chancellor Cheryl Hyman, who is widely heralded for leading graduation-rate improvements, faces faculty unrest over new tuition rates and program consolidations.
Presidential Plagiarism
Board of Kirkwood Community College "expresses its disappointment" after president admitted he used material from The New York Times in a speech.
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Another Take on Competency
Competency-based education can strengthen, not weaken, the liberal arts and provide a path to better wages and lives for adult students, Paul LeBlanc and Jim Selbe write.
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Let Them Eat Cake (Competently)
Competency-based education, the new darling of postsecondary disruption advocates, threatens to further stratify higher education, writes Steven Ward.