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Building a Better Admissions Test
Berkeley project finds that LSAT doesn't predict success as a lawyer, but other tests -- on which female and minority students score as well as white men -- do.
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Stuck on Student Learning
As Measuring Up 2008 prepares to grade higher education progress on a variety of fronts, most states' efforts to gauge academic outcomes have stalled, writes Peter Ewell.
Grants, Scrutiny for Veterans Education
The American Council on Education will fund college programs aimed at assisting veterans, and share assessments of their effectiveness.
Assessing a Hot Assessment Tool
Largest study yet of Collegiate Learning Assessment suggests it can measure learning, but also finds gaps based on demographics and what students study.
Encouraging Colleges to Look Within
In challenge to rankings business, new data from National Survey of Student Engagement show variation in educational quality is more prevalent within institutions than between them.
More U.S. Help for Student Loan Providers
Education Dept. plans to replicate existing programs to ease flow of funds to students and colleges, and add a third to try to ease choked credit markets.
Down 36 Students, College Will Lose 40 Jobs
Beloit's cuts illustrate how -- in the current economic environment -- a seemingly small enrollment decline can have major consequences.
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