Having the right data doesn't matter if colleges lack analytics capabilities

Slightly more than a third of colleges reported outsourcing analytics because they don’t have the internal capacity to do it, and 29% gather and analyze data in-house.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 11, 2016

How do senior leaders use data to improve student success?

The Institute for Higher Education Policy gathered insights from senior administrators across higher ed, highlighting their best practices.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 8, 2016

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Explore how universities are working to boost student outcomes by integrating remedial education, providing mental health tools and making education more accessible. 

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Even STEM majors have to choose their schools wisely

A Money magazine analysis of STEM majors' earnings using Payscale data found some colleges are actually more likely to produce dropouts.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 8, 2016

Cal State faculty union reaches tentative agreement, won't strike

The school's chancellor sat down at the bargaining table Wednesday in hopes of averting the nation's largest higher ed faculty strike.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 8, 2016

Co-deans increasingly embraced in higher ed

Several law schools have appointed co-deans in recent years, mostly temporarily, but a few have decided the approach is the way to go permanently.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 8, 2016

Cost of remediation doesn't just impact low-income students

Students spend $1.5 billion each year taking remedial classes that don’t count toward degrees, and almost half are from the middle and upper class.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 8, 2016

UMD schools won't merge, but partnership will strengthen

The University of Maryland's College Park and Baltimore campuses considered consolidating, but the final legislation will simply bring the two closer together.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 7, 2016

U of Phoenix plans to lay off 8% of workforce

The for-profit is eliminating 470 positions as part of its five-year transition plan focused on streamlining workflows and serving fewer students.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 7, 2016

Coastal Carolina U reflects on composition badge program

After two years of implementation, the school has seen faculty and students get behind a badge program supplementing first-year composition courses.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 7, 2016

University Innovation Alliance improves retention across its 11 schools

The institutions are having faster-than-expected progress on increasing graduate numbers, thanks in part to collaborative problem-solving.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 7, 2016

Ed Dept seeking feedback on draft standards for accreditors

The standards outline circumstances under which accreditors would have to notify the department about colleges.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 7, 2016

Test-optional college admissions can increase transparency

Colleges are increasingly choosing not to require standardized test scores, touting 'holistic' admissions processes that consider an entire academic record. 

By Tara García Mathewson • April 6, 2016

New education portal helps admissions teams improve processes

Kira University will offer a range of online courses for admissions officers to improve marketing, recruitment and the review process.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 6, 2016

UC Irvine to build arena, webcasting studio for e-sports initiative

The new space will be an addition to the Student Center, and the university plans to offer up to 10 academic scholarships to e-sports 'athletes.'

By Tara García Mathewson • April 6, 2016

How should higher ed define success in maker programs?

Giving students the opportunity to learn while making is gaining popularity, figuring out metrics for success has presented a key challenge.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 6, 2016

U of Arizona president asked to resign over DeVry board position

Ann Weaver Hart has so far refused to give up her affiliation with the for-profit despite criticism from students, faculty and lawmakers.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 6, 2016

Tennessee scaled corequisite remediation initiative a success

Two studies examine the first full semester of a statewide initiative that put all developmental ed students in college-level courses with supports.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 6, 2016

U Penn's Grad School of Ed helps develop westernized Kazakhstan program

The university has been involved with Kazakhstan since 2010, when Nazarbayev University was established to develop more Western-style training.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 5, 2016

Achieve finds troubling variation in reporting of enrollment, remediation, persistence

The education reform organization has found significant limitations to its study of college and career readiness metrics due to wide state reporting variation..

By Tara García Mathewson • April 5, 2016

Paper: Pay, benefit increases significant for unionized faculty

A study focusing on professors at regional public universities finds a nearly 25% jump in pay and benefits for those on campuses with faculty unions.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 5, 2016

U of California announces jump in admissions offers to in-staters

Following criticism, the UC system announced 15% more Californians were offered admission this year than last year, and nearly one-third are Latino.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 5, 2016

Study highlights negative consequences of performance-based funding

While the data is limited and further study is necessary, a new paper describes how public colleges may be enrolling fewer low-income students to game state funding formulas.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 5, 2016

Higher education risk impacts low-income students most

Though new data shows the benefit is less significant for the poorest students, there is a way to reduce the investment risk and increase social mobility.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 4, 2016

Demand for terrorism studies experts outpaces supply

Institutions have struggled to fill programs in the field, which post-9/11 students seem to clamor for, with qualified experts.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 4, 2016

Florida institutions have to get creative with developmental ed

A legislative ban on requiring high school graduates to take placement tests before enrolling in college-level courses has left schools to experiment with best practices.

By Tara García Mathewson • April 4, 2016