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A Step Toward Outcomes-Based Funding for Texas 2-Year Colleges
New model would focus more on rewarding community colleges for transfer and completion than on student credit hours.
Deception by Device: Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute: Terri R. Kurtzberg, professor of management and global business at Rutgers University’s business school, explores...
UNC Charlotte Adjusts Weapons Policy to Permit Kirpans
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte has adjusted its policy on weapons to permit people to carry a kirpan...
Campus Spaces Lay the Foundation for Students’ Success—or Struggle
Impressions of campus facilities from the student occupant’s standpoint can make or break students’ college experiences and plans.
Opinion
Rethinking Credit Hours and Degrees
It’s (past) time we think beyond a measure for learning developed in 1906, James B. Thelen writes.
Opinion
Maximizing Internship Opportunities for All
When colleges use innovative and visionary approaches to providing internship experiences, all students—but especially three subpopulations—benefit, writes Daniel Nivern.
New Programs: Business and Entrepreneurship, Government, Exercise Science
Lawrence University is starting a major in business and entrepreneurship. Paul Smith’s College is starting a B.S. in government and...
Can High Schoolers Save the Community College?
Even as total community college enrollment has fallen, the number of dual-enrolled high school students has grown. Is it enough to sustain the long-suffering two-year institution?