The Barack Obama administration is urging universities and colleges to re-evaluate how questions about an applicant’s criminal history are used in the admissions process, part of an effort to remove barriers to education, employment and housing for those with past convictions, in many cases for minor crimes, writes Stephanie Saul for The New York Times. Read more...
Toward improved measurements of student persistence and completion
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Last year, nearly 70,000 students earned an undergraduate credential at a college or university that, according to the U.S. Department of Education, had a zero percent graduation rate. More...



