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Disincentive for Distance Learning
Under new GI Bill, veterans who study solely online won't be eligible for housing allowance that traditional students receive. Is privileging the on-campus experience overly romantic, or smart policy?
Assessing Assessment
New center with backing from key education groups will compile data and case studies on evaluation of student learning. And new coalition plans to speak on higher ed's response to demands for accountability.
Supreme Court Keeps Title IX Plaintiffs' Options Open
In recent years, some federal courts -- at the urging of lawyers for educational institutions and administrators charged with sex...
Relative Advantages of Associate Degrees and Certificates
Study suggests that low-income students get bigger payoff from practical credentials than some two-year degrees -- and shows value of data produced by state unit record systems.
What Are Freshmen Thinking?
Annual survey of first-year students considers money and politics (among other topics): Students are looking for jobs and leaning left.
Half Empty or Half Full
New report attempts to gather key data on women in higher education -- students, faculty, administrators -- and to analyze key issues. In just about every category, study finds progress and disappointments.
Imagining College Without Grades
Could timing be right for more colleges to replace traditional A-F scale (which many fear has become an A-B scale) with narrative evaluations? Is the report card the enemy of meaningful assessment?