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Expert: Higher Ed Needs to Embrace Assessments of Student Learning

Colleges and universities should embrace assessments of student learning in order to prove their worth as college costs rise and the job market remains tough.

March 31, 2016

Students

March Madness: The Rest of the Story

March harkens the smell of roses, cut grass and light spring rains for most folks. For me, March ushers in the smell and shine of hardwoods, leather and tennis shoes—and sheer Madness.

March 31, 2016

Students

More Students Seeing the World Without Getting Credits

A survey found that roughly half of the 227 institutions responding reported an increase in the number of students who participated in non-credit education abroad for the 2012-13 academic year over the previous year.

March 30, 2016

Students

UVA Student Group Supporting Undocumented Students Finds Its Footing

A new student group at the University of Virginia—DREAMers on Grounds—is working to create a support network for students who are either undocumented or who have received DACA benefits.

March 30, 2016

Students

Group Calls Remedial Education ‘Bridge to Nowhere’

Complete College America, dedicated to improving graduation rates nationally, has dubbed remedial education a “bridge to nowhere” because the majority of students who begin remedial education never make it to credit-bearing courses.

March 29, 2016

Students

UMKC Takes Issue with Education Trust Report Conclusion

According to UMKC, the university is concerned primarily with providing full access to all members of the community, and that Education Trust’s numbers do not tell the full story.

March 23, 2016

Students

Report: Black Student Graduation Rates Improving at Slower Rate Than Whites

A recent report released by the Education Trust found that Black student graduation rates improved by 4.4 percent compared to 5.6 percent for White students.

March 22, 2016

African-American

PAULA JOHNSON

PAULA JOHNSON has been named president of Wellesley College, effective July 1. She was chief of women’s health at Harvard Medical School and executive director of the Connors Center for Women’s Health and Gender Biology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Johnson earned a bachelor’s, an M.D. and a master’s from Harvard University.

March 22, 2016

Students

Poll: About Half U.S. Students Identify as ‘Hopeful’ and ‘Engaged’

Only about half of U.S. students are “hopeful” and “engaged” in school, while the rest are either not engaged or actively disengaged and stuck or discouraged, according to an annual Gallup Student Poll.

March 15, 2016

Sports

Blacks Playing Men’s Hoops, Football Lag Behind in Degrees

PHILADELPHIA ― Young Black men playing basketball and football for the country’s top college teams are graduating at lower rates than Black male students at the same schools ― despite having financial and academic support that removes common hurdles preventing many undergraduates from earning a degree, a new report has found. While 58 percent of […]

March 15, 2016

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9 Research Universities Receive Grants to Retain Low-income Students

Nine public urban research universities were awarded a total of $450,000 to launch or expand pilot “micro-grant” programs meant to prevent low-income college students from dropping out.

March 14, 2016

Sports

Minority Graduation Rates on NCAA Tournament Teams on Upswing

TIDES report shows that academic progress among minorities on NCAA Division I basketball tournament teams has taken a commendable leap forward.

March 14, 2016