Students are constantly being graded to assess their performance. Just about every measureable quality, no matter how minute, is weighted and factored into a letter grade intended to objectively represent a student’s total input...
When parents plunk down $20, $30, $40 and maybe $50 thousand this fall for a year’s worth of college room, board and tuition, it might be relevant to ask: What will their children learn...
Auburn University and the University of Alabama both scored well in a new study that grades schools by the rigor of their required curriculum. The study by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni...
For all the debate about whether the US News college rankings provide any sort of meaningful measure of quality, they have encouraged increased public scrutiny of what goes on at the nation’s colleges and...
When parents plunk down $20, $30, $40 and maybe $50 thousand this fall for a year’s worth of college room, board and tuition, it might be relevant to ask: What will their children learn...
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