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A Plan to Kill High School Transcripts … and Transform College Admissions
More than 100 elite private high schools aim to replace traditional transcripts with competency-based, nonstandardized documents -- with no grades. They plan to expand to public high schools, with goal of completely changing how students are evaluated.
Culturally Responsive Developmental Education
Other institutions can learn from historically black colleges by using culturally responsive teaching to improve developmental education success rates for minority students, new report finds.
Academic Minute: Heroes
Today on the Academic Minute, Bruce Peabody, professor of political science at Fairleigh Dickinson University, explains what heroism teaches us...
Early Retirements at Wheeling Jesuit
About one-tenth of the employees at Wheeling Jesuit University in West Virginia have opted to take part in a voluntary...
Don’t Use Our Brand
Louisiana State University tells athletes not to wear university gear if they talk publicly about the outcome of the Alton Sterling case.
Embry-Riddle Student Sues Professor for Libel
Students sometimes end up in trouble for comments made on social media about their professors, but a case at Embry-Riddle...
The Latest in Coffee-College Partnerships
Peet's Coffee on Tuesday announced a tuition-reimbursement program in partnership with Oregon State University, becoming the latest coffee chain to...
Presidents Ask for Carbon Pricing
More than 30 college and university presidents have weighed in on climate change policy, signing a letter asking state and...