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Researchers are trying to understand why the vast majority of students fail to finish free online classes and who is signing up for the classes to begin with.
One widely quoted dropout figure for students in massive open online courses is 90 percent. The number would be staggeringly high for a traditional class and has been used to cast doubt on the promise of MOOCs.
The number is simple to come up with: take the number of users who register for a course and compare it to the...
For generations of high school dropouts, the GED has been a passport to better jobs, trade schools and college.
Now the old high school equivalency test is going away. No more paper. No more fill-in-the-dot multiple choice. No more "pencils down."
Starting in January, the old test will be replaced by a version designed to make people more career- and college-ready.
But it’s also harder, "more problem-solving-based, more reading and more writing,...
The Remington shotgun stared Paul Wittwer in the face. It was the last gift of his dead father who committed suicide years earlier. Beaten down by a life of physical and emotional challenges, Paul decided enough was enough, and he was ready to pull the trigger. But the story doesn’t end there.
In Wittwer's book, One Degree, he shares a true tale that is stranger than fiction. You will see the power of hope and help that is desperate to find us all. A story where one man...
By Kevin Kuzma, Editor
The title sounds noble: the Students First Act.
In those four words, you will find something you can stand behind – a cause we can all champion: protecting students from colleges and universities preying on the unsuspecting through flashy marketing pieces and aggressive phone calling. (Actually, make it two things we can stand behind: protecting students … and our dislike of intrusive marketers.)
Last week, U.S. Senators Tom Harkin (D-...
On February 28, Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) introduced the “Students First Act” (S. 406), “A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for new program review requirements.” The bill, which was referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), was co-sponsored by that committee’s chairman, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), as well as Senators Richard “Dick” Durbin (D-IL) and John “Jay”...
