Grading Higher Education: When Worlds Collide

BY BRIAN C. MITCHELL One of the most persistent problems facing American higher education is how best to explain its importance and enduring value to the public. The problem is that various perspectives shape the approach utilized. Higher education leadership – especially at the research universities and the liberal arts colleges – often speak to…

“Who,” Yes, But “How” May Be the Real Question

In “Who Will Hold Colleges Accountable?”, Kevin Carey of the New America Foundation writes in The New York Times: I suspect those courses that will be most valued will be those where students actually learn. Of course. Most of us who teach don’t just suspect that–we know it (as does Carey, I am sure… he’s deliberately understating the obvious).…