Nov 10 It’s true, Mizzou’s black faculty numbers are low – really low By Vanessa Dennis, Laura Santhanam How far is the University of Missouri from meeting the student protesters' demands of 10-percent black faculty? We looked at the black faculty data in all Southeastern Conference schools. Continue reading
Nov 09 Watch 10:29 How Ferguson influenced the student uprising at Mizzou By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 08 Albuquerque hosts massive effort to send more to college By Jon Marcus, The Hechinger Report This story was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Read more about higher education. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — In a nondescript one-story industrial building surrounded by a neighborhood… Continue reading
Sep 28 80 colleges plan admissions revamp to reach more disadvantaged students By Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed Eighty leading colleges and universities are announcing today a plan to reverse a decades-long process by which colleges -- largely through the Common Application -- have made their applications increasingly similar. Continue reading
Sep 14 While a national college rating system stalls, states provide detailed data of their own By Jon Marcus, The Hechinger Report David Gardner travels around Texas handing out thumb drives listing some of the most sensitive possible statistics about the performance of the state’s universities: how much they really cost, how many of their students actually get degrees, how much… Continue reading
Sep 07 Will picking the right college major land you a better job? By Vikram Mansharamani When it comes to the college major, should passion trump practicality?… Continue reading
Aug 21 Watch 6:22 Opening the doors to more low-income students reshapes a university By PBS News Hour Under its current president, Arizona State University has increased its student population to 84,000, making it the largest university in America. In particular, the focus has been on boosting the number of low-income students. Hari Sreenivasan reports on how ASU… Continue watching
Aug 21 The new tool colleges are using in admissions decisions: big data By Emmanuel Felton, The Hechinger Report The same big data techniques that are transforming other industries are seeping into the college and university admissions process to help predict whether students will succeed and graduate. Continue reading
Aug 21 Can just-in-time advice keep more college students on track? By Kyla Calvert Mason Online course management tools, which track students’ work and grades for a class, can also change their behavior and improve performance. Continue reading
Aug 20 After trying everything to increase graduation rates, this college is cutting back By Paul Fain, Inside Higher Ed Few colleges have signed onto the national college completion agenda with as much vigor as Sinclair Community College. And while national graduation rates have seen only a slow inching up, Sinclair has managed a big jump. Continue reading