Hispanics are crucial to college completion goals
A report issued March 9 by Excelencia in Education, a nonprofit research group, listed the top 25 institutions graduating Latinos and noted the critical challenges that face the…
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Five universities that really are up-and-comers
Many in higher education love to pick on the U.S. News rankings franchise—because it’s the dominant collegiate ranking, and because ordinal rankings seem somewhat arbitrary and are difficult…
UMBC’s quiet revolution in teaching science is earning school extra credit
The academic pedigree of the University of Maryland Baltimore County doesn’t leap off the page, the Washington Post reports.
Fraternity rush sobers up at University of Maryland and elsewhere
Fraternity rush is sobering up at a number of universities, including Maryland, where administrators ordered the student organizations to overhaul their recruiting — or risk having the university…
Trying to assess learning gives colleges their own test anxiety
Eight years ago, leaders of the University of Texas set out to measure something few in higher education had thought to question—how much their students learn before graduation.…
Rising college prices: Is federal policy partly to blame?
Faced with growing questions about how the public benefits from government support for higher education, President Obama in his new budget proposal suggests significant federal policy shifts to…
March Madness teams fight for higher graduation rates
The next few weeks will be dedicated to the American pastime of picking a bracket, watching hours-upon-hours of college basketball and then, perhaps, cashing in on bets placed…
Five tips for making online study work
According to a recent study conducted by Babson College, approximately 1 in 3 students in degree programs are taking online courses at a degree-granting institution, says Ted Bongiovanni,…
New graduation math = success for community colleges
Scorned for the abysmally low number of their students who earn degrees, the nation’s community colleges may be about to more than double their graduation rates — not…
Watch: Georgetown president defends Sandra Fluke, blasts Rush Limbaugh
The president of Georgetown University on Friday came to the defense of a law student who was referred to as a “slut” and a “prostitute” by conservative talk…