BYU-Pathways is set to launch its first three-year, 90-96 credit degree, and plenty more are in the pilot phase. A changing job market and higher ed landscape may prove it's not just for convenience's sake.
For the past two decades, the College Board has moved aggressively to expand the number of high school students taking Advanced Placement courses and tests. Some 60 percent of A.P. exams taken by low-income students this year scored too low for college credit, a statistic that has not budged in 20 years. One expert went […]
State education officials say that college-level AP Psychology can only be taught if content covering sexual orientation and gender identity is excluded.
Young adults aren't as readily pulled toward a degree in higher education as they once were, and colleges need to stay on pace with them if they aren't looking to be left behind.
As academic preparation seems to be the key factor to closing the college enrollment gap between students of different races, students that come from lower socioeconomic backgrounds still seem to need help.
Enthusiasm continues to build for replacing standardized exams with more "authentic assessments" such as research projects, presentations and portfolios of other high school work.
