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Aspiring Accreditor Focuses on Student Outcomes
The Postsecondary Commission aims to offer a new model of evaluating institutions. It has powerful supporters, vocal critics and a long road ahead to federal recognition.
New Report Shows Increasing Interest in Higher Ed Data Sharing
Results from a recent survey show that although state higher education agencies already share student outcomes data with the agencies...
Big Ten, Southeastern Conferences Create Joint Advisory Board
The two biggest and most powerful conferences in big-time college athletics are joining forces to develop a joint committee to...
New Report Suggests Supports for Nontraditional ‘Comebackers’
A new report by California Competes, a nonpartisan research organization, identifies “promising practices” being implemented at state institutions to bolster...
Campus Engagement Tip: Communicate Strategically With Family Members
To build stronger engagement with parents, Duquesne University launched a communication plan to engage regularly and deliberately, helping them be partners in their children’s education.
U of Iowa Expands Crisis Hotline
A University of Iowa crisis hotline, which was launched two years ago to support students, expanded its services in January...
The Paradox of Cultural Othering: Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute: Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager, associate professor of communication studies at Colorado State University, defines cultural othering and...
Advocates Promote Equitable Prison Education Programs Post–Pell Restoration
Using feedback from incarcerated students is one way to work toward making prison education programs more racially inclusive, according to a new report from the Vera Institute of Justice.