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Mature Market for Online Education
Growth in adult students' interest in online education is stagnating, report finds, and colleges will have to do more to stand out online.
Efficiency in Job Training
The U.S. lags with disorganized system of preparing workers for middle-income jobs, report finds. A national "learning exchange" could help fix the problem.
Gates, MOOCs and Remediation
The Gates Foundation is ponying up to learn if MOOCs could work for remedial students, a departure from the current slate of MOOCs. Developmental education experts say the idea could work, but others remain skeptical.
Opinion
Can Do for Community Colleges
Community colleges can do better despite the challenges they face, Joshua Wyner writes, citing leaders on graduation rates and student outcomes.
Hour by Hour
The credit hour wasn't supposed to measure learning, for good reason, according to a new report, which recommends how to revise or even drop the standard without leading to abuse.
'Getting to Graduation'
A new book of essays takes stock of where "completion agenda" stands. The volume's editors talk about key lessons from the still nascent college completion push.
Creditworthy in the Keystone State
With job training in mind, Pennsylvania's regional public universities go big on offering credit for prior learning and stackable credentials.
Broken but Useful
Remediation isn't working, but it's not all that discouraging to students and might serve other purposes, a study finds -- such as helping colleges cope with overenrolled regular courses.