Higher Education
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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
For students who are the first in their families to attend college, navigating higher education can be particularly challenging, in part because they can’t turn to their families for guidance from experience
In this workshop led by veteran higher education reporters, journalists brainstorm story ideas and share their reporting tips and advice with one another.
The nation’s private and public universities own endowments that together total more than half a trillion dollars – tax-free investments that schools use to sustain their long-term financial health
