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Improving the quality of a higher educational institution

Linways Technologies

To pick up from our previous blog , we are exploring more into the workings of a higher educational institution and it’s efficiency improvement through executable, measurable, strategies. Dropout rate : How many students dropped out without completing the course. Retention rate : How many students stayed as opposed to dropouts.

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No longer ruled out: an educator develops strategies to keep court-involved students in school

The Hechinger Report

True to form, she began studying late into the night, repeating phrases and learning new vocabulary from English language recordings she checked out from the library. The post No longer ruled out: an educator develops strategies to keep court-involved students in school appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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Thriving SAT Scores: Meet Shaan Patel, Founder of Prep Expert and Shark Tank Winner

EdNews Daily

I grew up in my parent’s motel and attended local urban public schools, which had a dropout rate of 40 percent. After hours of studying in the library, preparing and identifying patterns for the test, I was able to improve my score from 1760 to a perfect 2400. Therefore, they moved to Las Vegas and purchased a budget motel.

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Facing a white-collar worker shortage, American companies seek a blue-collar solution

The Hechinger Report

The dean’s list student ended up a college dropout, a gay 20-something cut off from his parents after coming out, and working at a UPS Store in a job he described as “retail drudgery” while running up credit card debt and stringing out his college loans. It turned out instead to be a bump in the road. Her aim then was a law degree.

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Events + News - Library 2.0 Spring Summit - Free-Range Kids - Testing "Chaos" and Opting Out - Student Debt - Will College Survive?

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

This is a LIVE show presented in news show format featuring a Wrap up of “This Month in School Libraries” and deeper discussion of topical school library issues with special guest experts. The Call for Proposals will open May 1st , immediately following the Library 2.015 Spring Summit. Did we mention it was LIVE?

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As enrollment falls and colleges close, a surprising number of new ones are opening

The Hechinger Report

All three strategies are in large part a reproach to traditional higher education, which has often failed to provide the right programs to the people who increasingly need them. This is our blue-ocean strategy,” said Haefner. The Rivet School itself consists of an office big enough for four desks, a minifridge and some bookshelves.

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Learning Analytics 2018 – An updated perspective

IAD Learning

Depending on how far we want to take our data collection, we could potentially collect library records, e-book consumption patterns, social network information, etc. Selective investment strategies may well be designed based on our analytics. Other systems: provide multiple types of information. Benefits of learning analytics.