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Creditworthy in the Keystone State
With job training in mind, Pennsylvania's regional public universities go big on offering credit for prior learning and stackable credentials.
Foreign Grad Admissions Up 9%
Offers to Chinese students are up 20 percent, but figures for India and South Korea are flat.
ACT Scores Are Flat
Changes have been negligible over the last five years.
Broken but Useful
Remediation isn't working, but it's not all that discouraging to students and might serve other purposes, a study finds -- such as helping colleges cope with overenrolled regular courses.
Confounded by Contradictions
Today's students are connected/isolated, internationally inclined/globally ignorant, and ambitious/dependent, posing challenges for colleges that enroll them, a new study finds.
Sorry, Wrong Numbers
Emory investigation finds that staff and administrators intentionally misreported admissions data for at least 10 years and that individuals with knowledge of the data fraud did not speak up.
MIT Moves Away From 'No Loans'
Self-help levels for those from families with income under $75,000 are now the same as for those from wealthier families.
Majoring in Free Content
Saylor Foundation's 240 free online courses now offer a pathway to college credit, thanks to new partnerships with Excelsior College and StraighterLine. But will students follow that path?