How do you get the most out of college? The folks at Freakonomics asked the authors of the new book Getting the Best Out of College for advice. One quick thought: students’ choices in college matter more than their choices of college. (Freakonomics)

Firing Doogie Howser. Joe Williams “>continues the conversation begun here last week by Chad Aldeman, who asked what would haContinue Reading »

Sara Goldrick-Rab uncovering key findings from UW-Madison’s student engagement survey: “As students get ready to graduate from Madison, many do not experience a rigorous academic year. …In their senior year, 55% of students did not write a paper or report of 20 pages or more, 75% read fewer than 5 books, 57% didn’t make a class presentation, 51% didn’t discuss tContinue Reading »

Kathryn Byron on the Possibilities of Linking Education Data with Cal-PASS: “Cal-PASS partnered with UC Berkeley’s Center for Social Services Research on the pilot project, which matched students in foster care with those not in the foster system by grade, disability, socioeconomic status, and ethnicity. Researchers say the initial goal was just to see if it’s possible to connect the dContinue Reading »