The Other 85 Percent

Inside Higher Ed reports on a new study from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching that calls for the bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) to be required for entry into the field of nursing. The authors of the study are correct in stating that the demands on nurses are increasingly complex. [...]

After years of hard work and much deep thinking by myself and the leaders of several leading adult-serving colleges and universities, it is gratifying to see the media are recognizing Transparency by Design. U.S. News & World Report, Inside Higher Ed and the Chronicle of Higher Education have published articles that examine this accountability initiative [...]

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.  [...]

Last week the higher education media reported on an important publication by Cliff Adelman, who has been cited previously in this blog.
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Here is another excellent article from Inside Higher Education. Author Cliff Adelman notes that some 700,000 to 840,000 military members and their families are enrolled in American higher education.  This number accounts for roughly 5% of all American enrollments and these students are part of the other 85%.  Adelman correctly points out that these enrollments [...]

Here is yet another article that notes that our country is falling behind in the percentage of our population with a college degree.  It very appropriately calls for greater access for low-income and diverse students.  And it also appropriately calls for greater access for “continuing education students,” referring to today’s workforce, to working adult students.
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