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Timothy Pratt of The Hechinger Report discusses why liberal arts colleges in Appalachia are making Latino student recruiting a top priority
When Hurricane Katrina swept through New Orleans in 2005, much of the city’s infrastructure was washed away — including its public education system
In many industries, innovation is the engine that pushes businesses toward success, but colleges and universities haven’t changed much in centuries
More colleges and universities are using information about students’ backgrounds and past experiences to stop bad academic habits before they begin. It’s called predictive analytics, and its potential has higher-education reformers excited
A majority of states have created some type of performance-based model that provides public colleges and universities with extra dollars for showing better results, like graduating more students
For years, advocates of competency-based education have argued that the approach will enable more students to earn degrees and make college more affordable
