Accountability – What Is It?
…professor. It will mean selecting a school that provides genuine education. When that happens, “learning outcomes” will be worth paying attention to, and schools will provide ones that are more…
…professor. It will mean selecting a school that provides genuine education. When that happens, “learning outcomes” will be worth paying attention to, and schools will provide ones that are more…
…its cultural and racial variety will preserve its heritage of dialects. We affirm strongly that teachers must have the experiences and training that will enable them to respect diversity and…
…Some of those decisions directly affect academics. In March, for example, the members of the board will vote on whether they will significantly alter the system’s minimum admissions requirements. Other…
…estimates that four years of tuition, fees, room, and board will cost more than $56,000 at public colleges for in-state residents. For students who opt to spend their four years…
…and a new-but-unfinished system will be hammered out that will allow for more scholarships or other compensation arrangements for athletes. How this will play out for athletic programs at colleges…
…What will occur is that admissions officers will use AI models to get around the Supreme Court’s 2023 affirmative-action ruling. They will do so by calling their AI models “objective,”…
…of the $450 payout, it will be added to the endowment’s principal. In the next year the scholarship payout will still be at 4.5 percent but it will be figured…
…of protest from university administrators, but, given that money is fungible, it remains to be seen whether such defunding will have any real impact—or instead will be met by covertly…
For too many politicians and presidential hopefuls, a free college education is a cure-all for inequality in America—so long as the federal government can pour enough money into it. Democratic…
…wealth than do white families, “it is reasonable to infer that blacks and Latinos will disproportionately benefit from affirmative action for impoverished and low-income students.” No doubt that students from…