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Data-Driven Accountability
As new datasets on student results become available, the Lumina Foundation taps group of regulators and experts for new approach to assuring quality in higher education, with focus on equity and colleges' financial health.
A Push for More Technical Workers
Federal report suggests that bias toward the bachelor's degree is contributing to potential shortfall of millions of electricians and welders.
The Real Divide Over Higher Ed? Cost
Think tank survey finds majorities of Republicans view higher ed as valuable, but see individual students as benefiting from degrees.
Warren Urges Defunct For-Profit to Stop Collecting Student Debts
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, warned the court-appointed receiver for a defunct for-profit college chain not to collect on...
USC Athletics Director Resigns
The embattled athletics director of the University of Southern California resigned on Monday three years into his tenure. Lynn Swann...
Study: 'Nudging' Helps STEM Students at 2-Year Colleges
A behavioral "nudging" campaign at four community colleges improved student persistence rates, according to the report "Nudging to STEM Success"...
Academic Minute: Light Pollution
Today on the Academic Minute, part of Westminster College (Utah) Week: Julia Kamenetzky, assistant professor of physics, looks into how...
New Insight into Poli Sci's Gender Publication Gap
Political science has a gender publication gap but several studies have found no evidence of bias against women in the...