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This tool can boost adult learners’ completion. What’s getting in its way?
Capella University is experiencing a surge in adult learners entering bachelor's degrees by leveraging credit for prior learning. Its president believes its boosting equitable college completion rates.
Course-sharing? Make sure you follow these 4 quality assurance checks
As quality assurance tightens across online learning, colleges and universities can now better gauge how much value course-sharing consortiums are providing to students.
Edtech funding falls flat in Q1
The precipitous pre-pandemic growth in edtech venture capital funding, followed by the investment boon in 2020-21, is far behind us, suggests an analysis from HolonIQ, a global market data platform.
Commencement season is being ruffled by student protests. Which campuses are affected?
From disinvited speakers to canceled commencement ceremonies, here are some of the latest clashes from the past weekend, as well as a forecast of turbulence to come.
President moves: Recent resignations show 3 reasons why a leader steps down
The three presidents to step down demonstrate a variety of reasons for making a change: to reengage in academia, pursue other opportunities or make way for new leadership during trying times.
How these colleges successfully de-escalated campus protests
Several institutions have found ways to sooth student frustrations without calling in law enforcement, a strategy which risks emboldening protestors and casting a dark shadow on a university's image.
FAFSA fail creates “state of emergency” in West Virginia
College-bound West Virginia students can now qualify for the state’s largest financial aid programs without filling out the FAFSA application.
Was affirmative action overrated? This study implies it is
While race-conscious admissions practices were touted to help colleges and universities increase the diversity of their incoming class sizes, its actual contribution was marginal at best, according to a new analysis by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW).
