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Academic Leadership

The Sequence of Assessment Priorities

Independent Outlook
Making choices about how to assess what students have learned
Richard Ekman
University Business, Nov 2011

Everyone in higher education at last understands that important components of “the public”—state and federal officials, nongovernmental accrediting bodies, and prospective students and their parents—expect a college to cite compelling evidence that students learn a great deal at that institution. Officials who are most eager to make evidence available believe students will enroll only in colleges demonstrating that their graduates experience impressive intellectual growth over four years.

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Student Life Cycle Management

Black Colleges' Survival Hinges On Unity, Collaboration, Panelists Say

If historically black colleges are going to survive, they're going to have to step up their collaboration, not only with schools and communities but also with one another, a panel of educators and policymakers said Friday in New Orleans. Three of the four speakers emphasized the importance of working with high schools and community colleges to prepare students academically and to ease the transition to four-year colleges and universities.

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The Times-Picayune

Americans Need More Work And Less College

If the United States is really serious about competing with the work-centered countries of Asia, the key lies not in more government programs, but in restoring America’s own work-centered culture. The first step toward accomplishing this is to end the over-subsidization of higher education, which creates incentives for many to postpone work.

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Forbes

Experts Discuss How To Encourage Student To Get Higher Degrees

Iowa and other Midwestern states must better prepare their high school graduates for a post-secondary education and encourage more students to seek that education to help meet a pending deficit of educated workers, one higher education expert said Monday.

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Iowa City Press Citizen

Tulane, Mexican College To Establish Joint Programs, Student Exchanges

Tulane Unviersity and a Mexico City college will sign a memorandum of understanding on Friday in New Orleans that will lead to joint academic activities and exchanges of faculty, students and other school personnel.

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The Times-Picayune

Louisiana State U Health System Begins Switch To Online Patient Records Statewide

The Louisiana State University Health System, which has operated with paper records to keep track of patient care, has launched what authorities promise will eventually grow into the nation's first public statewide electronic medical system.

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The Times-Picayune

Are Education Colleges 'A Cartel' Standing In The Way Of Academic Improvement?

It was a pretty bold statement: Colleges of education are a cartel, with no competition, no transparency and no external pressure to change.

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The Grand Rapids Press

In Reversal, UMDNJ Endorses Plan To Merge Parts Of School With Rutgers University

The presidents of Rutgers University and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey said today they are now working together on a merger between parts of the schools — signaling that a decade-long standoff on the controversial proposal may be over.

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The Star-Ledger

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