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Low Bar, High Failure
Community colleges expect little of their first-year students, study finds, but students fail to meet even low standards.
The Pulse: Teaching Lab Courses Online
This month's edition of the Pulse podcast features an interview with Jim Brown of Ocean County College, discussing tools that can help faculty members teach lab courses in online settings.
Does Not Compute
A new position statement from the National Council of Teachers of English says machine scoring of essays is easily "gamed" and can't grasp the same elements people can.
Motivation and Student Success
New study suggests that the reasons students seek a higher education can have a big impact on their grades and likelihood of staying enrolled.
Opinion
Engaged Students
Students may be more willing to welcome significant learning experiences than critics of academe realize, at least if professors make the right assignments, writes Robert M. Eisinger.
Big Disruption, Big Questions
Possible end game for competency-based education emerges with five new "direct assessment" programs, as foundations and experts discuss how to ensure academic quality.
Striking Out of Class
Nebraska's Midland University finds success with a "three strikes" attendance policy.
'More Than a Major'
Survey of executives suggests that companies are more concerned with graduates' broad skills than their field of study.