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By Kathleen J. Sullivan. While many U.S. colleges and universities use e-transcripts, universities and ministries in other countries rarely exchange electronic academic records. Stanford's registrar hopes a collaboration with China's Ministry of Education will set the standard for record exchanges with other countries. More...

By Fabio Rojas. Recently, Steven Pinker wrote a response to William Deresiewicz’ recent article and book, which claims that the Ivy League is a horrible soulless place. Overall, I concur with Pinker’s retort. Deresiewicz doesn’t offer evidence to show that careerism has gotGaucheten any worse, he makes a broad over generalization about non-elite college students, and he overstates the cases that non-elite colleges are under appreciated refuges of learning (although a few are). More...

By Rebecca L. Weber. If completion is the goal, developmental education remains one of the biggest impediments to student success.
Research has shown that too many students enter college unprepared for the rigors of college-level work. As a result, many of them are forced to enroll in noncredit developmental courses, essentially wasting valuable time and money in a bid to catch up to their more academically advanced classmates. More...

By Jon Marcus. Freshmen say they’ll finish in four years, but most will be paying tuition for five or six years.
When Alex Nichols started as a freshman at the University of Mississippi, he felt sure he’d earn his bachelor’s degree in four years. Five years later, and Nichols is back on the Oxford, Miss. campus for what he hopes is truly his final semester. More...

By Peter Harriman. A slight decline in full-time equivalent enrollment at South Dakota higher education institutions this fall is a small signal of an improving economy, according to Board of Regents Executive Director Jack Warner.
“Students with work opportunities lighten their course loads to accommodate their workloads,” Warner said. “Higher education runs countercyclical to the economy. We are seeing a little bit of that.” More...

By Rebecca L. Sherrick. Most Americans believe that the major problem with K-12 education today is a lack of quality standards. Schools aren't able to effectively impose higher standards, students aren't expected to meet higher standards, and the process of implementing standardized initiatives like Common Core seems more daunting every day. More...

By Anna North. The value of online education at the college level has been a subject of much dispute. But at The Daily Dot, Cabell Gathman considers the role of the Internet in teaching high school kids — and raises larger questions about how online resources might amplify some inequities even as they lessen others. More...

By Susan Dynarski. College costs have been rising for decades. Slowing — or even better, reversing — that trend would get more people into college and help reduce student debt. The Obama administration is working on an ambitious plan intended to rein in college costs, and it deserves credit for tackling this tough job. More...

By Doug Bandow. China’s economy is growing.  So is the country’s university system.  However, the latter still lags behind the U.S. and other Western nations.  With few spots available at top schools, Chinese students increasingly are heading to America for higher education. More...