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Performance Funding in Job Training
Two senators and the nonprofit Opportunity Nation want federal job training programs to be more efficient and performance-based, while also seeing expanded role for community colleges.
Opinion
The Real Problem With the Common App
Move past the technical horror stories, writes Theodore A. O'Neill. The system is doing damage to educational values when it's working.
Surge From India
First-time international graduate enrollment is up 10 percent, largely due to students from India.
In the Dark on Data
Adult students aren't using College Scorecard and other consumer websites as they consider college, and they aren't interested in performance metrics like graduation rates and debt levels.
How Much Diversity? Who Decides?
Obama administration says colleges should receive "due regard" in deciding if they have a necessary "critical mass" of minority students.
College Counseling Matters
Low-income students who received guidance were much likelier than others to enroll at a four-year college, study finds.
Using FAFSA Against Students
Some colleges are using the federal government's form for student aid, the FAFSA, to deny admissions and perhaps decrease financial aid awards.
White House Meeting on 'Undermatching'
Administration officials summoned university presidents to discuss a possible effort to get more low-income, academically talented students to apply to the nation’s best institutions.