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Educating to Innovate
Innovation cannot be taught like math, writing or even entrepreneurship, writes Deba Dutta. But it can be inculcated with the right skills, experiences and environments.
IUDs to Complete
In New York City, the health department and colleges are partnering to promote a birth control device as a way of encouraging students to graduate.
A Nuanced Look at (Some) 2-Year Students
Study finds significant variation in academic preparation of traditional-age students at different community colleges, and seeks to explain graduation rate gap between 2- and 4-year colleges.
Tragedy at Umpqua
At least 10 die and seven more are injured in shooting at Oregon's Umpqua Community College. It was the third-deadliest mass shooting ever at a college campus.
A Suppression Campaign?
Two new reports raise concerns about attempts “to silence advocacy for Palestinian rights” on campuses.
Small Loans, Big Problem
Community college students who take out small federal loans are more likely to default, new report finds, and most defaulters earned fewer than 15 credits and never made a payment on their debt.
Measuring Motivation
Colleges are using a nonacademic skills test from ETS to try to boost graduation rates and in remedial course placement. One university gives the test to all its athletes.
Long Beach Promise Expands
An influential free community college program that helped shaped President Obama's two-year America's College Promise initiative is expanding from one semester to two.