Ex-Dodgers owner gives college $100 million
A former owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers is giving Georgetown University $100 million to found a school of public policy that will bear his family name, the…
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Is AP better than freshman college courses?
We are in the midst of a national debate over the worth of Advanced Placement courses and tests in high school, says Jay Mathews for The Washington Post.
What is Florida Gulf Coast University?
It’s safe to say that a few weeks ago not many people outside South Florida had heard about Florida Gulf Coast University. Now, thanks to the school’s basketball…
Transgender AU senior turns personal experience into political action
At 22, Sarah McBride’s resume shows a passion for public service. Former president of American University’s student government. Intern with the White House Office of Public Engagement. Aide…
AP good for high school, bad for college?
I complained recently that college professors too often wrongly dismiss high school teachers as being unsuited to teach college-level classes such as the Advanced Placement courses so popular…
More on classroom flipping in colleges
Flipping the classroom is in vogue, the Washington Post reports.
Virginia’s Liberty transforms into evangelical mega-university
The small Baptist college that television preacher Jerry Falwell founded here in 1971 has capitalized on the online education boom to become an evangelical mega-university with global reach,…
Five habits of great students: Lessons from top-ranked STEM school
Many factors affect how well students do in school, but among them are how the students themselves approach their work and learning, the Washington Post reports.
Professor: Why Teach For America can’t recruit in my classroom
Teach For America is an organization that recruits new college graduates, gives them five weeks of training in a summer institute and then places them in some of…
2013 Presidents’ Day quiz
Presidents’ Day is something of an odd holiday, given that there is no universal agreement on which presidents are being honored, on the actual name of the holiday…