Academics

Carnegie Foundation and ETS launch a major initiative to develop competency-based assessments, which could change how high school students show college and workforce readiness.

The University of Delaware is increasing class lengths by five minutes to meet what its Faculty Senate said were federal minimum standards.

We held panels with students who hold marginalized identities to ask how faculty and administrators can better support them, Matthew R. Johnson, Jennifer Evanuik and Xantha Karp write.

A push to serve adult learners has fueled an ambitious effort to add eight degree programs at Athens State University.

Applied humanities courses or modules have much to offer students studying STEM, Kathryn Strong Hansen writes.

More adults across the country now hold a college degree or credential, according to the latest data from the Lumina Foundation. But major racial disparities persist.

Another study adds to the litany of concerns about student evaluations of faculty teaching. It says men and women are both at risk from bias in gender-lopsided departments, but women more so.

Former Human Rights Watch director said the Kennedy School rejected him over his criticism of Israel. The dean reversed course Thursday.