I have written several times about an initiative called Transparency by Design, which is intended to provide prospective adult college students with information about which programs and colleges that would be best for them. One thing that the schools participating in the Transparency by Design effort plan to report on is how well students who [...]
In higher education, one of the things that gets talked about but rarely defined with any clarity is “quality.’ What is quality? How do we know that the rigor is there to drive quality? For years colleges referred to quality in terms of input. The most award-winning faculty, the largest library, the availability of labs. [...]
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Welcome to The Other 85 Percent. So what does "the other 85 percent" refer to? Research has shown that only about 15 percent of higher education students still fit the traditional definition of young adults age 18 to 22 who live on campus and go to school full time. more
