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Professors Should Define Student Success

Faculty members should lead the process of redefining how colleges determine if students are ready for careers and life -- with the help of the Degree Qualifications Profile, Norm Jones and Harrison Kleiner argue.

Economic Angst, Rose-Colored Views on Race: A Survey of Presidents

Fewer than 4 in 10 college presidents express confidence in the financial sustainability of their institutions over the next decade...

Next Phase for Gates's Completion Agenda

After seven years and half a billion dollars, the Gates Foundation announces its four priority areas for college completion policies and plans to release a data framework for measuring performance in higher education.
Paul LeBlanc, a light-skinned man with white hair and a gray mustache

Change From Within

Education Department brings in Southern New Hampshire president, a prominent voice on competency-based education, to pursue its goals on innovation.

As Wisconsin Goes

Higher education will be a hot topic if Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin runs for president, with budget cuts, university mission statements and a candidate's degree completion to debate.

Dropout-Adjusted Outcomes

A new paper measuring the economic outcomes for students who drop out of community college programs finds that earnings vary based on the number of credits earned and courses taken.

A Plan for Deregulating Higher Ed

A Senate-sponsored task force releases blueprint for Congress to scale back federal requirements that higher education leaders have long said are overly burdensome.

Finding the Right Formula

Gates-funded report seeks to define and classify types of performance-based funding in 35 states, drawing tentative praise from researchers who have criticized the policies.