‘Big Data’ Can Predict College Success
The New York Times: “Georgia State is one of a growing number of colleges and universities using what is known as predictive analytics to...
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Beth & Tim Manners
Oct 11, 20161 min read
Keys to a Good College Experience
Quartz: “Analyzing data from a study of more than two dozen institutions, sociologists Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa conclude that many...
Beth & Tim Manners
Aug 24, 20161 min read
Female Scientists Thrive @ Harvey Mudd
Quartz: “Harvey Mudd College, in Claremont, California, has been an outlier in producing female programmers for a decade. This year, for...
Beth & Tim Manners
Aug 22, 20161 min read
Have No Fear of Freshman Year!
The New York Times: “Regardless of their credentials, many freshmen doubt that they have the necessary brainpower or social adeptness to...
Beth & Tim Manners
Aug 4, 20161 min read
The Journey: How To Go To College
The Washington Post: “The truth is that most new undergraduates are woefully unprepared for the realities of college. The college search...
Beth & Tim Manners
Aug 1, 20161 min read
Super Seniors: The Six-Year Plan
The Wall Street Journal: “Low graduation rates hurt a school’s reputation, and staying enrolled for extra years adds to the tab for...
Beth & Tim Manners
Jul 21, 20161 min read
Does High School Prep For College?
Brookings: “There is a troubling hidden pattern behind success stories of high school graduation: though the percent of students earning...
Beth & Tim Manners
Jul 14, 20161 min read
Should College Lectures Be Banned?
The Atlantic: “Getting rid of the college lecture entirely is the mission of a broad group of educators. Educators and administrators...
Beth & Tim Manners
Jun 14, 20162 min read
Five Unusual (Very Small) Colleges
Go Local Prov: “Located in the high desert of California, Deep Springs College is home to just 26 students … The college runs a cattle...
Beth & Tim Manners
May 17, 20162 min read
Shady Grove: The Future of Higher Ed?
The Washington Post: The Universities at Shady Grove “is a program unlike any other, with nine state universities converging at the...
Beth & Tim Manners
May 16, 20162 min read
Top 10 Tips for Your Time at College
Vox: Christopher Blattman, an associate professor at Columbia University, offers 10 “suggestions to help make the most of college.” Here...
Beth & Tim Manners
Mar 22, 20161 min read
Study Abroad: The Four-Year Program
BloombergBusiness: “Many students are choosing to go further than a one-semester break and attend all four years of college in a foreign...
Beth & Tim Manners
Mar 16, 20161 min read
Do Longer School Days Improve Performance?
Quartz: Britain “will spend up to £285 million ($400.7 million) for a quarter of secondary schools to extend their school day by an hour,...
Beth & Tim Manners
Mar 1, 20161 min read
Non-Academic Tests Stir Controversy
The New York Times: “A recent update to federal education law requires states to include at least one nonacademic measure in judging...
Beth & Tim Manners
Feb 21, 20161 min read
Why is the College Dropout Rate So High?
The New York Times: “Sixty percent of people go to college these days … But more than a quarter of those who start college drop out with...
Beth & Tim Manners
Feb 19, 20161 min read
Test Scores & The Time of Day
Pacific Standard: “As it turns out, each hour that passes before starting a test drags scores down by a little bit, meaning students who...
Beth & Tim Manners
Feb 15, 20161 min read
High Schools Address The Stress of College Admissions
The Wall Street Journal: “With growing evidence that students are suffering from the intense competition for college admission, schools...
Beth & Tim Manners
Feb 8, 20161 min read
Rutgers Gives Students The Tools to Tinker
The New York Times: “At Rutgers, a bustling maker space can be found in a moldering wood-frame structure on the Livingston campus in...
Beth & Tim Manners
Jan 27, 20161 min read
Open Syllabus: Which Books Will You Read in College?
Quartz: “The leaders of tomorrow will be well versed in dead philosophers, according to a new database of college syllabi. The Open...
Beth & Tim Manners
Jan 26, 20161 min read
What Your Major Might Say About You
The Atlantic: “According to a new meta-analysis, there are significant personality differences between students in different academic...
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