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NCTQ Report: High Marks Don’t Mean Teachers Ready for Classroom

“Easy A’s and What’s Behind Them” is the latest in a series of NCTQ reports that takes teacher prep programs to task for how well they produce teachers who are ready to put their skills to use on the first day of school instead of relying on trial and error.

November 11, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Alabama-Birmingham, Alabama State Get Cancer Research Grant

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ― The University of Alabama at Birmingham and Alabama State University have been given a federal grant to research and reduce disparities in cancer rates.

November 11, 2014

Students

Sex-Assault Program Expands to High Schools

CONCORD, N.H. ― The University of New Hampshire is expanding its nationally recognized sexual violence prevention program to a younger audience: high school students in Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts.

November 11, 2014

Students

University of Nebraska Benefits From Extra Tuition

A tuition increase that only University of Nebraska-Lincoln business and engineering students pay hasn’t swayed them from choosing those majors.

November 11, 2014

Leadership & Policy

Education Think Tank Head Quits After Flawed Study

A Tulane University institute that studies changes in public education in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina announced the resignation of its executive director Monday, weeks after retracting a study on the city’s public high schools.

November 10, 2014

Students

Short-Term Certificates Might Not Be the Best Bet

A study of sub-baccalaureate programs in Washington state found that short-term certificates, which can be earned in less than a year, for the most part showed only small economic returns.

November 9, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Future of HBCUs May Rest on Adopting a Growth Mindset

Instead of asking deficit-oriented questions, we should change our mindset and ask new questions to uncover how HBCUs are supporting students despite the challenges they encounter.

November 9, 2014

Students

Many For-Profit Institutions Do Little to Benefit Students

Many for-profit institutions leave students with substandard educations, useless degrees and a large amount of debt.

November 2, 2014

Sports

NCAA Graduation Rates Improve, Critics Cry Foul

NCAA President Mark Emmert keeps touting the record-breaking graduation rates of Division I athletes. Critics keep balking at the interpretation of those numbers, citing recent academic scandals.

October 28, 2014

Sports

Murray State Deferring Some Applications from Africa

Murray State University in Kentucky is deferring applications from students in West African countries affected by Ebola until the fall of 2015.

October 27, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Professor to Use Grant to Bring Computer Science to Elementary Schools

A Georgia State University professor will use a $1.2 million grant to develop curriculum to bring computer science to elementary schools.

October 21, 2014

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Three Virginia Colleges’ Support Staff Pay Exceed Average

According to a new report the staff salaries at Virginia Tech, U.Va. and VMI exceed the average of similar schools nationwide.

October 20, 2014