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Temple University is spending millions to get more students through college, but is there a cheaper way?

The Hechinger Report

Jones discussed programs at Temple that provide financial resources to students the university thinks are at risk of dropping out, while Tough discussed the power of just telling students they belong in college—a potentially far cheaper solution to the college dropout crisis. Subscribe to our Higher Ed newsletter.

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Professors Aren’t Good at Sharing Their Classroom Practices. Teaching Portfolios Might Help.

Edsurge

Thanks to that requirement, the Cal State system has built a library that has grown to more than 200 teaching portfolios. Some of the ones in the CSU library feel dashed off, says one professor who went looking for inspiration there. The rate of dropout or failure is down from 13 to 5 percent. Portfolios have their drawbacks.