Higher Education
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5 Degrees You Can Earn in Less than 4 Years
**The Edvocate is pleased to publish guest posts as way to fuel important conversations surrounding P-20 education in America. The opinions contained within guest ... -
Retirement in Presidential College Ranks Opens Diversity Door
College presidents must be able to multitask. Though not in the official job descriptions, these administrative leaders must be figureheads, court the general public, ... -
Will the Coalition for College Success be good for low-income students?
A guest column by Carol Barash, PhD Just about everyone agrees that the Common Application, whose founding mission in 1975 was to simplify and ... -
Are Colleges Doing Enough to close the Achievement Gap?
There’s a lot of talk in P-12 learning about how exactly to best close the achievement gap, or the space that separates traditionally advantaged ... -
Standardized Testing for Colleges: A Necessary Evil?
Standardized testing in K-12 education is a perennial hot button issue. Proponents feel that measuring knowledge in these rigid ways helps lift the entire ... -
Campus diversity: Are Ivy Leagues getting closer?
America has a love-hate relationship with its eight Ivy League universities. For the majority, these elite schools are seen as unattainable places, reserved for ... -
Report: For-profit institutions source of most student loan debt
According to a new report by the Brookings Institute, a good chunk of student loan debt is held by students who attend for-profit institutions. ... -
Best Resources and Tools for a College Freshman
This guest post is written by Robert Morris, an educator from New York. He is passionate about edtech, education and literature. His articles appeared on ... -
Diverse Conversations: You Can Go Back Home
“You can never go back home.” These famous words by Henry David Thoreau began to ruminate in my mind as I prepared to conduct ... -
College Football Obsession: Sending the Wrong Academic Message?
This past weekend was the kickoff for the college football season. It seemed that every social media newsfeed was full of people cheering on ...