This fall George Washington University became the first college in the country to dole out athletic scholarships for squash. Not exactly known as a sport for the masses, the school is now handing out $10-20,000 squash scholarships to Exeter grads, a move that is, apparently, worth a complimentary article in the Washington Post.
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More on GWU’s Anti-Charter Discrimination
Andy is righteously indignant that the George Washington University’s Trachtenberg Scholarship, which provides four-year full scholarships to graduates of D.C. public high schools, excludes students who graduate from D.C.’s public charter schools. But it’s even more ridiculous than that: The kids who got Trachtenberg scholarships this year hail from 4 D.C. schools: School Without Walls, [...]
What Success in Higher Education Really Means
I spent last Thursday and Friday in my former home town of Indianapolis testifying at the Secretary of Education’s Commission on the Future of Higher Education. Some very interesting discussions focused on what higher education quality really means. Which made me look back to the article the Washington Post ran last week reporting that [...]
Lowering Student Loan Default Rates: What One Consortium of Historically Black Institutions Did to Succeed 
College and Career-Ready: Using Outcomes Data to Hold High Schools Accountable for Student Success
03/19/10 | Ben Miller is quoted on college graduation rates and the NCAA Tournament in the Detroit Free Press.
03/19/10 | Linda Perlstein links to Education Sector's "College- and Career-Ready" event.
03/17/10 | Ben Miller's column on graduation rates and NCAA Tournament eligibility is mentioned on The Wall Street Journal's The Daily Fix.
03/17/10 | Kevin Carey's critique of Diane Ravitch's latest book is quoted in Doublethink's Conventional Folly blog.
03/15/10 | Ben Miller pens an op-ed for US News & World Report on using graduation rates to determine NCAA Tournament eligibility.