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Another Take on Competency
Competency-based education can strengthen, not weaken, the liberal arts and provide a path to better wages and lives for adult students, Paul LeBlanc and Jim Selbe write.
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Let Them Eat Cake (Competently)
Competency-based education, the new darling of postsecondary disruption advocates, threatens to further stratify higher education, writes Steven Ward.
The 2016 Inside Higher Ed Survey of Chief Academic Officers
At a time of intense pressure on academic leaders, provosts are worried about the future of liberal arts education --...
Opinion
Yes, Virginia, There's a Better Way to Grade
While we in higher education keep using it, our grading system is broken, argues Linda B. Nilson, and she offers some concrete ways to fix it.
Learning, Not Wages
Association leader says accreditors could discourage politicians' focus on economic-driven measure of quality if they jointly embraced indicators of student learning.
Graduates' Workplace Advantage
Underemployment rates for college grads have sharply declined since the 2008 recession, and degree holders far outpace high school graduates, especially among African-American and Hispanic adults.
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Boosting Nontraditional Learners
To help those students obtain a degree or credential, colleges should consider accepting alternative-credit courses like those evaluated and approved by the American Council on Education, says Deborah Seymour.
Students Still Financially Stressed
Most students remain worried about money and the cost of required academic materials, and the impact is worse for minority students, the National Survey of Student Engagement finds.