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In rural Maine, a university eliminates most Fs in an effort to increase graduation rates

The Hechinger Report

Vanessa Pearson, UMPI’s interim dean of students, says as part of the shift, professors and administrators have also examined their own courses to identify “learning outcomes,” which are specific pieces of knowledge that students must know to graduate from a certain program. Vanessa Pearson, UMPI’s interim dean of students.

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The Cause That Unites Chief IT and Academic Officers

Edsurge

FUN SAD FACT: According to Avi Yashchin, Senior Offering Manager at IBM Watson: “Sadness [sentiments] in incoming freshman college application essay is the sixth strongest predictor of dropout.” Your prescriptive solution is your GPS that shows you how to get to your destination.” Solution: offer happier prompts?).

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Hack Education Weekly News

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How a College Dropout Plans to Replace the SAT and ACT.” ” The “guru” is Brendan Kealey , formerly with Pearson. ” ProPublica on its “trove of education data”: “Reporting Recipe: How to Investigate Racial Disparities at Your School.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Meanwhile, the state has given initial approval for ECOT to become a “dropout school.” Edsurge on “How to Protect Education Data When No Systems Are Secure.” ” Getting Smart’s Tom Vander Ark on a new report from Pearson : “ The Future of Skills : Employment in 2030.”