Harnessing the Power of Information to Improve Education
Bill & Melinda Gates U.S. Program Director Allan Golston writes on how information has guided informed decision-making in higher education. He sat down with students from Mission College to discuss...
View ArticleHigher Education CIOs Share Their Ed Tech Predictions for 2017
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View ArticleFederal Reserve Chairwoman Highlights Rising Value of College Degree
In a speech at the University of Baltimore, Federal Reserve chairwoman Janet Yellen highlighted the rising value of a college degree. The unemployment rate among Americans with college degrees was just...
View ArticleThe 5 Biggest Higher Education Tech Trends in 2016
Ed Tech Magazine profiled 5 of the biggest higher education tech trends from 2016. In particular, they highlighted the fact that institutions are beginning to understand the power of data and have...
View ArticleAASCU Lists Top Higher Ed Policy Matters for States in 2017
Budget concerns and college affordability lead the list of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities’ latest briefing on public institution priorities for the upcoming year.The...
View ArticleBetter Data On Remediation Needed to Know If Reforms Are Working
The Hechinger Report spent months collecting remediation rates from public institutions across the country, and learned that the data is tracked differently from state to state, making national...
View ArticleCalifornia Community Colleges Work to Prepare Students for Careers in...
With a lack of job applications in certain high-demand fields, California community colleges are working to graduate students in that are prepared for careers in these advanced professions and...
View ArticleStudy Shows Only Forty Percent of College Seniors Feel Their College...
While college continues to be a worthwhile investment for students to make if they graduate, many students close to graduation feel unprepared to enter the workforce. McGraw-Hill Education’s Workforce...
View ArticleLiving expenses emerge as top obstacle in college affordability
The growing cost crisis of college education is being addressed at many campuses with the emergence of distance education and articulation agreements with community colleges. But as schools find ways...
View ArticleExperts don’t know how many students are prepared for college. Here’s why...
Each year, when they get to campus, more than half a million American college students have to take so-called remedial or developmental education classes to teach them basic math and English skills...
View ArticleThe Number Of Hungry And Homeless Students Rises Along With College Costs
As the cost of college grows, research shows that so does the number of hungry and homeless students at colleges and universities across the country. NPR’s All Things Considered highlights this...
View ArticleAlternative to Remedial College Classes Improves Graduation Rates
Remediation courses all too often do not count toward a degree and may delay students from graduating on time, costing them money in the long run. Boston College has taken a different approach by...
View ArticleColleges Remake Remedial Education by Partnering With High Schools
Remediation classes typically add years to college completion time and thousands of dollars to tuition bills, often without advancing students towards degree requirements. A partnership between Red...
View ArticleNew Survey Reveals how Financial Insecurity Acts as a Barrier to Completion
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View ArticleStudents and Higher Ed Leaders Put Their Faith in Online Classes
As a growing number of students enroll in nontraditional college classes, the value of online education becomes more clear. According to statistics gathered for an Online Learning Consortium...
View ArticleInterview with Raj Chetty on Which Colleges Are Effectively Promoting Mobility
Stanford economics professor Raj Chetty talked with NPR about his work that looked at each college in America and calculated the number of low-income graduates who wound up being top income earners....
View Article‘Conversation Starter’ on Ethical Data Use
New America recently released a five-point framework intended to help colleges navigate the ethical concerns surrounding predictive analytics as they adopt early-warning, adaptive learning, and other...
View ArticleFuture of Economic Development Depends On Adaptation
Amy Liu of The Brookings Institution discusses how the pace of change in regional economic development has accelerated. To adapt to this pace of change, local economic development leaders in the public...
View ArticleCreating Sustainable Innovation with iPASS
When adopting and implementing iPASS-like solutions for traditional higher education structures, it is important for colleges to understand not only the costs of these resources, but also the returns...
View ArticleRemedial Education Reforms Show Promise in Improving Community College...
While there is increasing evidence that remedial education courses act more as obstacles than gateways to graduation, the vast majority of colleges still adhere to that traditional model. A new Center...
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