Curriculum & Instruction
A call for drastic changes in educating new lawyers
Faced with profound and seemingly irreversible shifts, the legal profession is contemplating radical changes to its educational system, including cutting the curriculum, requiring far more on-the-ground training and licensing technicians…
Politicians, business leaders ask high schoolers to consider community college
Four-year colleges are often seen as the natural next step for high school students, but business leaders and politicians want teens to consider another option: community college, U.S. News reports.…
College credit recommended for free online courses
Students may soon be able to receive college credit for the free online courses that are reshaping higher education, the Associated Press reports.…
Governor blasts ‘educational elite,’ mocks gender studies
North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory (R) set off a firestorm this week when he declared "educational elite" have taken over colleges, and lashed out over what he says are worthless…
Graduate school on the iPad
Heather Kolupailo wouldn't be attending graduate school if it weren't for her iPad: Thanks to three St. Mary's University graduate degree programs redesigned to be completed entirely on the Apple…
Credit for internships: Is it due?
Interning has become the norm: a survey of the class of 2012 by the National Association of Colleges and Employers found that a majority had graduated with an internship or…
Homeless teen in Connecticut finds his way to college
After finishing his last class at Hillhouse High School, Joseph Marini navigated the O bus, university admissions office, online course schedule “Matrix,” and the shelves of the campus bookstore, the…
Bucknell acknowledges inflating average SAT scores
Enrollment officials at Bucknell University, a selective liberal arts school in central Pennsylvania, inflated students' average SAT scores over the past several years, the school's president said, the Associated Press…
Opinion: How University of Virginia cheats great students
Last spring, Washington area students took more than 750 unnecessary Advanced Placement exams, the Washington Post reports. …
New partnership aims to transform teacher education
Mississippi's two largest universities are teaming up on an innovative program designed to attract the state's top students into the teaching profession. If successful, the program—announced Jan. 22—could be a…