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High Schools Set Up Community-College Students to Fail, Report Says
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION. MAY 7, 2013. Community colleges’ academic expectations are “shockingly low,” but students still struggle to meet them, in part because high-school graduation standards are too lax in English and too rigid in mathematics, according to …
In California, Push for College Diversity Starts Earlier
THE NEW YORK TIMES. MAY 7, 2013. As the Supreme Court weighs a case that could decide the future of affirmative action in college admissions, California offers one glimpse of a future without it. California was one of the first …
Strayer U.’s Discounts Reflect Shifts in For-Profit-College Sector
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION. MAY 7, 2013. With enrollments still falling and costs for recruiting students still rising, companies that run for-profit colleges continue to scramble: Some are offering bigger scholarships, some are instituting selectivity in admissions so they enroll students …
California’s Looming Educational Attainment Crisis
INSIDE HIGHER ED. MAY 9, 2013. A low level of educational attainment is the one common characteristic of California’s working poor, according to a new report from the Campaign for College Opportunity, a California-based advocacy group. About one in five adult Californians …
California’s Poor Families Need Better Access to College, Report Says
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION. MAY 9, 2013. California’s working families remain undereducated, to their detriment and to the state’s, according to a report released on Wednesday. Among the four million working families in the state, a third are considered …
Amid Security Worries, Student Visas Come Under New Scrutiny
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION. MAY 9, 2013. Since the Boston Marathon bombings three weeks ago, the U.S. government has enacted just one significant security change: It has ordered increased scrutiny of international students coming into the country. The policy …
Idea Whose Time Has Come?
INSIDE HIGHER ED. MAY 13, 2013. Right after the election in November, it seemed that Congressional Republicans and the Obama administration had reached a rare policy consensus: both supported requiring colleges to disclose more information about graduates’ outcomes in general, and …
MOOCs and Community Colleges
INSIDE HIGHER ED. MAY 13, 2013. What is the future of MOOCs and how will they blend into the higher education landscape — specifically, into the community college landscape? The “deMOOCratization” of higher education content, making courses readily available to …
Lawmakers Propose Long-Term Solutions for Student-Loan Interest Rates
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION. MAY 10, 2013. Members of Congress introduced two bills on Thursday that propose long-term fixes to keep student-loan interest rates affordable, even as some legislators pushed to extend the current low rates. Some Democratic lawmakers …
Congress Requests Public Comment on Renewal of the Higher Education Act
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION. APRIL 25, 2013. Members of Congress are seeking public input on the next reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, the main law governing federal student aid. In a letter issued on Thursday, the Republican chairman and top …
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