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The essential skills students need to acquire in college

[ad_1] Follow-up stories are not the news media’s forte. Headlines blare, innovations are hyped, then silence ensues. Think of the classic mysteries that remain unsolved. Inquiring minds want to know whatever happened to Judge Crater or Jimmy Hoffa, or to the artworks taken in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist. Then there are somewhat more …

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California two-year colleges won’t pause approving four-year programs

[ad_1] California Community College leaders have indicated they plan to move forward with approving bachelor’s degree programs at their institutions, despite a request from state lawmakers to pause in response to objections from the California State University system, EdSource reported. Legislation signed into law last October, Assembly Bill 927, made permanent a set of 15 pilot …

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Harvard, MIT edX windfall funds bold vision, few specifics

[ad_1] Almost two years ago, Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology sold edX, their pioneering massive open online course provider, to 2U, an online program management company. At the time, many in higher ed argued that edX’s sale to a for-profit company undermined its nonprofit mission to expand access to learning. Also, some …

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