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‘Too Much, Too Fast’?
GOP’s Higher Education Act rewrite would give a boost to competency-based education, short-term certificates and alternative providers, but experts worry about the bill’s lack of safeguards.
Bringing Microcredential Providers in From the Cold
The alternative credentials universe grows every day, but how much do we know about it? Very little, argues Cliff Adelman, who proposes constructive ways to lift the fog.
Who Changes Majors? (Not Who You Think)
Graduates with math degrees fare well on the job market, but a greater share of students leave the major than any other, new federal data show. Are those students making a bad choice?
Expanding Apprenticeships Across More Jobs
New research indicates more job opportunities would be available if apprenticeships were expanded across more fields.
GOP Begins Rewrite of Federal Aid Law
House education committee leaks its ambitious first draft of a reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, with broad changes aimed at both deregulation and more accountability in how federal student aid is distributed and used.
Boosting Completion by Softening Standards?
A nonpartisan watchdog group is questioning whether City Colleges of Chicago is misleading the public with proclamations of dramatic graduation rate increases.
Strayer and Capella Announce Merger
Diversification bid from the two well-respected for-profits comes amid serious shake-up of the sector, which continues despite a more favorable regulatory climate.