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New Survey: Online Education’s Reputation Improves

Almost half of adults in the U.S., 47%, think online education is of roughly the same quality as in-person instruction, increasing sharply from about a third who said the same last year, according to survey data released Tuesday by left-leaning think tank New America.But four...

To Improve Science Literacy Means Changing Science Education

by Zahilyn D. Roche Allred To graduate with a science major, college students must complete between 40 and 60 credit hours of science coursework. That means spending around 2,500 hours.

When Faculty Focus on Belonging, Student Experiences and Grades Improve, Report Finds

by Laura Spitalniak The Student Experience Project partnered with 295 educators at six universities across the country — Colorado State University, University of Colorado Denver, Portland State University, the University.

How Will Plummeting Birthrates Impact Enrollment Declines and Adjunct Faculty?

by John Marcus Only bird songs penetrate the silence on the neatly tended but deserted grounds of Becker College. A sign on the registrar’s office gives a web address for students who need their transcripts; another, on the locked door of the bookstore, advertises half-off...

High School Grade Inflation Impacts Adjuncts Who Teach Freshmen Intro Courses

ACT study finds that the trend of rising GPAs accelerated after 2016 and intensified during the pandemic by Jill Barshay It may be self-serving for a test maker to produce.

College Majors are Another Form of Implicit Bias in Higher Education

Instead of being a great equalizer, higher education is leaving too many Black students behind by Michael Collins. What if higher education isn’t the “great equalizer” after all? According to.

Research: Five Studies Show Online Learning Not Working at Two-Year Colleges

Newest California study finds students are 11% less likely to pass an online version of the same class. by Jill Barshay Here’s an unusual case where scholarly research is producing a clear conclusion: online instruction at community colleges isn’t working. Yet policymakers are continuing to...

Are Your Students Lying to You More Thanks to Social Media and Smartphones?

by David Markowitz Technology has given people more ways to connect, but has it also given them more opportunities to lie? You might text your friend a white lie to get.

Where Have All the Students Gone? Report Shows Students Choosing Work Over Higher Ed.

All but the most selective colleges see the largest plunge in students in 50 years by Jill Barshay As colleges around the country resumed in-person learning in the fall of.

Future of College Will Involve Fewer Professors

by Patricia A. Young At a large private university in Northern California, a business professor uses an avatar to lecture on a virtual stage. Meanwhile, at a Southern university, graduate students in an artificial intelligence course discover that one of their nine teaching assistants is a virtual avatar,...