Are college leaders and policy makers pulling the right levers to achieve social mobility? Education Dept. finds shocking failures at USC; and more.
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It’s important to reform gateway courses, but to really improve student success, one professor argues, you need to re-evaluate the entire pathway to a degree.
One year after announcing one of the nation’s most generous financial aid initiatives, Rice University reflects on the impact of the initiative, the Rice Investment, including a significant increase in applicants and the number of students benefiting from need-based aid.
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The New Jersey Institute of Technology has developed a cell- and gene-therapy professional science master’s degree program to meet growing demands from the biopharmaceutical industry.
This brief explores how institutions can create financial stability, adapt to an ever-evolving market, and emerge from an economic downturn stronger and savvier. Some institutions never fully recovered from the last recession, but with strong leadership, strategic mission-driven planning, and a continued emphasis on student success, they can be better equipped to mitigate the impact of the next economic downturn.
