Opinion
Leveraging Advising Technologies to Address Achievement Gaps
In EdSurge, Hoori Santikian Kalamkarian writes about how technology-mediated advising can help colleges support students from groups historically underrepresented in higher education.
Evidence-Based Reforms in College Remediation Are Gaining Steam—and So Far Living Up to the Hype
Judith Scott-Clayton reviews the interaction of research and policy around developmental education in college that has led to widespread experimentation with developmental education reforms in this piece for Brookings.
Funding for Summer College Credit Brings a Big Payoff for Students—and the Economy
Vivian Liu explains her research on the impact of summer Pell Grants in this Q&A with the National Summer Learning Association.
Adults and Community College Degrees
In Inside Higher Ed, Jim Jacobs writes about the ways community colleges must meet the needs of adult students.
Same Course, Different Outcomes: The Mysterious Case of Computerized Developmental Math in Tennessee
On the Educause blog, Maggie Fay writes about why high school students in Tennessee performed better than college students did in the same computerized developmental math course.
Lessons on Transformational Reform From Technology-Mediated Advising
In EdSurge, Melinda Mechur Karp discusses CCRC's advising research and lessons from the research on what it takes to transform the work of a college.
What’s Happening Beyond the Public Eye in the Dept. of Education?
In The Hechinger Report, Rebecca Natow writes about the federal rulemaking process in higher education, arguing it deserves more attention as one of the most important and direct mechanisms the Department of Education uses to change policy.
As Cuomo Proposal Rekindles Free College Movement, New Research Provides Ammunition for Skeptics
In a report for Brookings, Judith Scott-Clayton looks at the tradeoffs between tuition-free college and boosts to college budgets.
A Glimpse at How Much Power Trump’s Cabinet Appointees Will Have
MarketWatch explores the use of the rulemaking process to change policy in an interview with Rebecca Natow on her new book, Higher Education Rulemaking: The Politics of Creating Regulatory Policy.
How Politics Shapes the Making of Higher-Education Regulations
The Chronicle of Higher Education talks to Rebecca Natow about her new book on the politics of higher education rulemaking.