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Within Striking Distance
New data on the 31 million Americans who attended college but failed to earn a credential, including details about 4 million who are almost there.
Not-So-Cardinal Sin?
Senator John Walsh appears to have plagiarized final paper for master's degree. It would have been the nail in an academic's coffin, but he remains in Congress and in race for election this fall. Why?
Competency vs. Mastery
As enthusiasm grows for academic programs based on something other than "seat time," there's a big difference between helping students achieve "master" subject matter and ensuring their true "competence" to apply learning in practice, John F. Ebersole argues.
Experimenting With Aid
The U.S. Education Department opens the door to more tests with competency-based education, which could help set a new regulatory framework.
A More Nuanced Bill Gates
The Microsoft founder and head of influential foundation tells college business officers that big changes are on the way -- but offers moderated views on role of technology and push for college completion.
Žižek, Plagiarism and the Lowering of Expectations
The renowned philosopher's unacknowledged borrowing is disappointing, Hollis Phelps writes -- but are our expectations about originality and citing others' work outdated?
Leaving the System
More students are leaving higher education after their first year, according to new national numbers that are bad news for the college completion push.
Know a Problem to Fix It
States have chaotic lack of consistency in how they track college remediation, according to the Education Commission of the States, which seeks national standards.