Jamaal Abdul-AlimStudentsExperts Say Diversity Officer Candidates Need to Think StrategicallyIf you hope to land a job as chief diversity officer, don’t expect to impress the search committee strictly with your passion for boosting diversity on campus.March 5, 2013StudentsNew Teacher Assessment Tool Making Headway in Education ProgramsSeveral states already have formally adopted the edTPA and more than 160 institutions of higher learning are “field-testing” it.March 3, 2013Faculty & StaffHolmes Scholars: The Next Generation of Higher Education FacultyWhen Saron LaMothe served as counselor for several K-12 schools in some of this city’s most impoverished areas, she used to pick up on cues from Black students indicating that they felt they weren’t meant for certain careers.February 27, 2013StudentsCollege Board Finds AP Mean Exam Scores RiseRoughly 60.1 percent of the 954,070 students who took an AP exam in 2012 achieved a score of 3 or higher on the five-point AP Exam scale.February 20, 2013HomeTeacher Prep Review Debate Brews Before Findings Even CompleteThe $5 million project produced by the National Council on Teacher Quality has been in the works since early 2011 and is due for release in April.February 18, 2013HomeDuncan: Sequestration Cuts Could Take a Major Toll on Higher EdU.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on Thursday pleaded with a Senate committee to stave off the 10 percent across-the-board cuts set to take place throughout the federal government on March 1.February 14, 2013HomePSMs: ‘A New Creature’ on the Higher Education LandscapeA steadily growing number of students—including underrepresented minorities—are enrolling in and graduating from PSMs, according to a new survey released this month by the Council of Graduate Schools.February 10, 2013StudentsHigher Education Leaders Wary of Increased Federal OversightAdministrators see more regulation coming down the road, and they say complying with existing regulations is partly to blame for the rising cost of education.February 5, 2013InternationalGallup Poll: Americans See Higher Education as Essential, yet Often UnaffordableThe poll found that 71 percent of Americans view higher education as important to a person’s financial security in the future.February 5, 2013StudentsCollege Administrators Discuss Dealing With Increased Government InvolvementInstitutions are anticipating more scrutiny, more accountability and more unfunded reporting requirements.February 4, 2013Previous PagePage 53 of 81Next Page
