The original intent of standardized exams was to break the stranglehold that elite high schools had on elite colleges. As a recent study has shown, colleges that use standardized criteria more heavily in admissions are less likely to give preference to wealthy applicants. It is the wealthy who can more easily game the subjective criteria (essays, teacher recommendations, niche […]
Colorado students hoping to earn bachelor’s degrees in civil or mechanical engineering, fermentation science and technology or hospitality and event management from Colorado State University will spend more than $56,000 apiece in tuition and fees to complete the four-year programs. Those who take the same classes just four miles away at Front Range Community College’s […]
Thanks to relaxed legal sanctions and a sprouting economic impact, institutions are responding to higher workforce demands in the cannabis industry by offering short-term, cost-friendly programs. Will their efforts pan out?
VitalSource's Annual Course Materials Report found that about a fifth of all students now purchase course materials directly through their LMS rather than through standard retail options.
Given that Rufo frames the New College takeover as a demonstration project to be repeated by red states nationwide, I’d expect attempts to scrap gender studies to spread. (Already, some Republicans in the Wyoming Legislature have tried, unsuccessfully, to defund such programs.) But having followed the right-wing remaking of New College all year, I think it’s […]
Recommended for the chopping block was the entire Department of World Languages, Literatures and Linguistics, which houses bachelor's programs in Chinese Studies, French, German Studies, Russian Studies and Spanish.
Traditional college rankings measure the wrong things and penalize the vast majority of regional public institutions that support first-generation and underrepresented students.
The state’s community colleges need to use new narratives to attract and retain these adult students, said David Doré, chancellor of Virginia’s community college system. That means going beyond traditional certificate and degree programs to also offer short-term, stackable credentials that allow students to complete training for in-demand careers quickly. And it means quickly launching […]
