Debates Differ on Completion Incentives
A growing number of states are experimenting with different ways to encourage students to take more credits.
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A growing number of states are experimenting with different ways to encourage students to take more credits.
Three thousand high school students from across the United States recently trekked to a university sports arena here to attend an event with an impressive-sounding name: the Congress of Future Science and Technology Leaders. Many of their parents had spent $985 on tuition.
Martin Chalfie argues that young scientists who ‘play the game’ of publishing in selective journals are less likely to win permanent posts
University of Notre Dame president says faith-based institutions have unique ability to counter fear and anxiety with hope
In May, Princeton University announced that it accepted 13 transfer students for this fall’s freshman class.
Trump administration's proposal to overhaul rules for college accreditors is panned by consumer advocates. But online course providers and some who study higher ed say re-examination of accreditors is long overdue.
Top Education Department official describes plan to "rethink" higher-education standards through new rule-making process, to be announced today, on accreditation, the credit hour standard, the faculty role online and more.
The long-reigning monarch’s name faces removal from another of the world’s universities
Central Florida instructors, students and others are joining a statewide call for tuition-free college, something that is already available in several states and has been a topic of national discussion recently.
A new front has opened up in the reading wars, with the NSW Teachers Federation and a senior academic taking on the NSW Department of Education over how phonics are best used when children are learning to read.