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Joanne Jacobs
Nov 23, 20242 min read
Yale liberals: We envy conservatives because they're learning to think and we're not
Yale liberals say they envy conservative classmates who are learning how to understand other points of view and argue for their ideas.
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Joanne Jacobs
Nov 21, 20242 min read
Edumania! McMahon is tapped as education secretary
Pro wrestling executive and former Small Business Administration chief Linda McMahon will be the next and possibly last Education...
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Joanne Jacobs
Nov 19, 20242 min read
Ivy crazy: Should colleges make merit broader -- and fuzzier?
" The meritocracy isn't working ," writes David Brooks in The Atlantic . Ambitious parents "ferry their kids from one supervised...
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Joanne Jacobs
Nov 14, 20242 min read
Is everybody cheating?
Cheating is common for college students. Many think A is the only acceptable grade.
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Joanne Jacobs
Nov 12, 20241 min read
College presidents, it's going to be a bumpy ride
Trump is likely to go after elite colleges and favor vocational education.
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Joanne Jacobs
Nov 7, 20242 min read
What do you want to do when you grow up?
Working-class Americans voted to send Donald Trump back into the White House: He ran strongly with people without college degrees ,...
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Joanne Jacobs
Nov 5, 20242 min read
Teaching fragility
Students stressed by the election results can skip classes tomorrow at their elite New York City private school, reports Christopher Maag...
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Joanne Jacobs
Nov 4, 20242 min read
More high schoolers earn more college credits -- but will they complete a degree?
Earning dual-enrollment credits may not help students complete a college degree.
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Joanne Jacobs
Oct 25, 20242 min read
Who's truly disadvantaged? Look at single parenting, not race or poverty
Growing up in a single-parent family is a huge disadvantage in life, writes Fordham's Michael Petrilli in Forbes. If racial preferences...
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Joanne Jacobs
Oct 24, 20242 min read
Disadvantaged? Really???
Vice President Kamala Harris, the daughter of two university professors, was admitted to Hastings law school via a program for applicants...
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Joanne Jacobs
Oct 19, 20242 min read
'Free college' isn't enough to raise success rates for low-income students
"Free" tuition has boosted two-year graduation rates in Tennessee, but low-income students need more help to complete a degree.
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Joanne Jacobs
Oct 18, 20242 min read
Why did black enrollment fall at Wellesley, but not at Yale?
"Holistic" admissions to selective colleges is a "black box," writes Rick Hess of the American Enterprise Institute. Nobody knows...
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Joanne Jacobs
Oct 17, 20242 min read
DEI at U of Michigan: 'rote incantations of a state religion'
University of Michigan's DEI program has created a "culture of grievance," not inclusion, say students and professors.
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Joanne Jacobs
Oct 5, 20242 min read
She can't read or write, but she made the honor roll and got into UConn
A former special-ed student is suing Hartford Public Schools because she wasn't taught to read or write.
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Joanne Jacobs
Oct 2, 20242 min read
Georgetown students 'have trouble staying focused on even a sonnet'
Even elite colleges don't read very much and have trouble staying focused on books.
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Joanne Jacobs
Sep 29, 20242 min read
71% of students say they'd report a professor for 'wrongthink'
College students are unwilling to tolerate professors with "offensive" opinions.
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Joanne Jacobs
Sep 28, 20242 min read
Americans still want their kids to go to college, but ...
Most people worry about college costs, but want their children to go to a two-year or four-year college.
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Joanne Jacobs
Sep 27, 20242 min read
Lowering remedial 'barrier' doesn't raise college graduation rates
Community colleges are starting more students in college-level classes, with remedial help on the side.
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Joanne Jacobs
Sep 10, 20241 min read
It's possible to get into Harvard without basic algebra skills
Harvard has added an introductory math course for students who are weak on basic algebra.
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Joanne Jacobs
Sep 2, 20242 min read
AI is winning the war on cheating
A majority of students use AI to help write papers, and AI detection tools remain unreliable.
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