College applications: What are schools really selling?
Foreign policy brings us the expression “leading from behind” and the phrase might also describe the thing that is parenthood – especially during the kids’ college search, the…
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Time to help college professors be better teachers
If we want more students to succeed in college, we have to turn full attention to the craft of university-level teaching, the Christian Science Monitor reports.
California bill aims to be ‘turning point’ for college courses online
California State Sen. Darrell Steinberg wants to bridge two universes in education – the traditional campus and the realm of innovative online courses, the Christian Science Monitor reports.
Colleges get a lesson in disaster recovery
Hurricane Sandy was a powerful reminder of the need for smart disaster planning; here’s what campus leaders should know.
Young adults are earning college degrees at a record rate. Why?
The portion of young adults in the United States who have completed a four-year college degree hit a record high in 2012, the Christian Science Monitor reports.
In world first, biggest refugee camp gets university
Refugees in the world's largest refugee camp will soon be able to go for higher education at the world's first university being set up near a camp for…
Supreme Court: If affirmative action is banned, what happens at colleges?
When universities are barred from using race-based affirmative action, what happens to campus diversity? Asks the Christian Science Monitor.
College students massacred one-by-one in Nigeria
The militant Islamist group Boko Haram means ‘Western education is a sin’ but it’s not clear yet if the group was behind the attack, the Christian Science Monitor…
How higher education may be easing the global recession
The Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development recently released its Education at a Glance 2012 report, which examines education in OECD and G20 countries (where the data was…
The 5 most educated countries in the world
The Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development recently released its Education at a Glance 2012 report, the Christian Science Monitor reports.