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26 juin 2016

Determining a Student's Place

HomeBy Ashley A. Smith. More community colleges are moving away from relying on placement exams alone to figure out whether incoming students need remediation, but establishing a substitute system can be tricky. Read more...

26 juin 2016

Report Looks for Better Results for Remedial Students

HomeBy Ashley A. Smith. A new report from the Century Foundation examines how to improve outcomes for students who begin college needing remediation. "When College Students Start Behind" offers a redesign of how community colleges should approach remedial courses. Read more...

26 juin 2016

From 4-Year to 2-Year

HomeBy Ashley A. Smith. New report on transfer of struggling students from universities to community colleges finds students benefit from moving in nontraditional direction. Read more...

26 juin 2016

Focus on Certificates Boosts Completion Goals

HomeBy Ashley A. Smith. When the Lumina Foundation issued an update in April on the nation's progress toward reaching higher rates of degree completion by 2025, there was a new data point added to the equation -- certificates. Read more...

26 juin 2016

Defunct For-Profit Admits to Defrauding Students

HomeBy Ashley A. Smith. American Career Institute, a now-closed for-profit institution that operated in Massachusetts and Maryland, admitted to engaging in deceptive schemes and violating state law, according to the state's attorney general. The AG's office sued ACI in 2013, and a consent judgment was issued last week. Read more...

26 juin 2016

ITT Tech Told to Increase Letter of Credit

HomeBy Ashley A. Smith. The U.S. Department of Education wants ITT Technical Institutes to increase its letter of credit from 10 percent to 20 percent after the institution's accreditor questioned its integrity, according to a department letter sent Monday to the for-profit institution. Read more...

26 juin 2016

OER-Based Degrees at 38 Community Colleges

HomeBy Ashley A. Smith. Achieving the Dream announced Tuesday that it was launching a $9.8 million initiative to develop degree programs at 38 community colleges that use open educational resources. Read more...

26 juin 2016

AFT Urges Stronger Regulation of For-Profits

HomeBy Ashley A. Smith. The American Federation of Teachers released a report Wednesday examining ways the Education Department can handle failing for-profit institutions. Read more...

26 juin 2016

Overtime Impact at 2-Year Colleges

HomeBy Ashley A. Smith. Employees at community colleges may be the most affected by the Obama administration's new rules for overtime pay, especially as the sector continues to see dwindling resources from their states. Read more...

26 juin 2016

Mainstreaming Remedial Math

HomeBy Ashley A. Smith. Statistical courses, rather than algebra remediation, do a better job at helping first-year students succeed when they test into developmental education, a new report finds. Read more...

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