High School Grad Rate Method Results in decreased rates
The Washington Post reports that schools across the country will see a 10-20% drop in HS grad rates due to a new federal mandate for how the rates are calculated: […]
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College Board NE Conference for Two-Year Institutions – call for proposals open
Associate Degree-Granting Institutions Best Practices Conference Facing the Challenges: Doing More During Lean Times Oct. 21, 2011 Holyoke Community College Holyoke, Mass. The College Board’s Community College Advisory Committee and […]
Six Excellent Tools For Writing Without Distractions
In order not to distract you, just the link: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/tools_for_writing_without_distractions.php
New Reports from College Board on Men of Color and Higher Education
There is a crisis in higher education (yes, I know there are many crises, but few have stakes this high). College Board reports: “Nearly half of young men of color […]
Higher Ed Opp Act Offers College Cost Reporting
HEOA has now mandated transparency about college costs, including highest and lowest cost institutions in each category (private, public, 4-year, 2-year, etc.), rate of cost increases, and other useful information […]
Dartmouth’s Latest Accessibility Efforts
A quick read of the action steps from their Accessibility committee: – Hiring an IT Accessibility coordinator – Captioning Youtube and other video materials – Routinely running accessibility checks on […]
BCC – Best of the Berkshires!
BCC was chosen over Williams College, Mass College of Liberal Arts, and Simon’s Rock College!
An Argument for College: Brookings Institution
Brookings contributes this report. They calculate the cost of college (including lost wages of a HS grad while s/he attends college, plus college costs) is an investment that will yield […]
Live … Now … Free … Online Teaching Conference 2011 Virtual Attendance
Took me a few minutes to find the link to the Remote-Learner Moodle site (look under help). Some valuable sessions here for Thu and Fri, 6/23-24. May be archives later. […]
What is a MOOC?
A “MOOC” is a massively open online course, which is structured so that anyone can access and participate in the course from either inside or outside the institution offering it. […]
