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Diverse Questions About AP
Report says black, Native American and Hispanic students aren't taking AP classes they could succeed in, but are failing the exams they do take at a higher rate.
Big Data's Arrival
An ambitious research project is proving the payoffs of predictive analytics in higher ed, and early findings overturn conventional wisdom about student success.
An Academic Expletive
It starts with "ass" -- but get your head out of the gutter; it's not what you think. Still, some deans suggest avoiding the word around professors.
Price of Success
City Colleges of Chicago have a 7 percent graduation rate. If that number doesn't go up, the system's chancellor, presidents and trustees could lose their jobs.
Winning Football, Falling Grades
GPAs of male students drop when teams have more on-field success, study finds; partying the likely cause.
Completion Conundrum
Citing severe state budget woes, community college leaders are pessimistic about the feasibility of the push to graduate more students, survey finds.
CLA as 'Catalyst for Change'
Report finds that use of standardized measure of student learning drove curricular innovations at consortium of private colleges -- but produced little (so far) in measurable improvement.
Opinion
Measuring Engagement
The leaders of two student surveys -- used by hundreds of colleges but questioned lately by some researchers -- defend their projects.