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Culture of Completion
Students are asking faculty members to pledge to create a culture of completion.
Credit for Service
Seven states partner up to ensure that student veterans earn college credit for service, while also calling for help from ACE and the Pentagon.
Helpful or a Hindrance?
Georgia Tech official describes Udacity partnership on Capitol Hill, provoking back-and-forth about whether accreditation encourages or deters innovation.
Opinion
Through the Learning Lens
If they are to avoid the fate of Eastman Kodak and Swiss watch makers, colleges need to abandon outdated and idiosyncratic policies and practices that don't put student learning front and center, George Boggs argues.
Opinion
Real Numbers, Real Goals
Ben Miller explains how the White House can lead the way in designing a meaningful college rating system.
Opinion
Isn't Learning Part of 'Value'?
President Obama is right to want colleges to prove their worth – but his “myopic” plan ignores how much students learn, writes Richard Hersh.
Performance Funding Goes Federal
Obama proposes expansive college rating system. Making it happen won't be easy, but higher education leaders said they'll play ball.
Experimental College's First Graduate
Competency-based education takes a major step forward in its challenge to seat time as College for America awards its first degree.