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Watch live streaming video from community_conversations at livestream.com An accreditation committee has issued 14 recommendations to Edison State College, but none were a surprise to the institution. All recommendations were cited as issues of non-compliance in previous reports, and they primarily will require Edison to provide additional documentation on policies and procedures. The committee gave [...]
The Bethany College mens golf team is giving Tiger Woods a run for his money. Though we dont typically associate golf with scandal, it seems that sticky situations pop up every once in a while. Golfers from Bethany, located in Linsborg, Kansas, posed nude with golf sports equipment strategically placed in front of their genitals [...]
One Degree of Separation: How Young Americans Who Dont Finish College See Their Chances for Success provides compelling insight into the barriers young adults face when considering higher education. The study compares the perceptions of young people who completed a college degree and those who obtained only a high school diploma. It found that many [...]
Experts concerned about impact of community college tuition hikes According to Patrick Callan, Director of the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, “The way we’re going to increase completion of baccalaureate degrees, in the biggest and fastest-growing states, is by improving the number of students who start in community colleges and transfer.” However, [...]
From Professor Eric Bettinger, Stanford University, ebetting@stanford.edu to obtain the paper. IMPROVING COLLEGE PERFORMANCE AND RETENTION THE EASY WAY: UNPACKING THE ACT EXAM Colleges rely on the ACT exam in their admission decisions to increase their ability to differentiate between students likely to succeed and those that have a high risk of under-performing and dropping [...]