SEGREGATED CLASSROOMS….Do boys and girls learn better in sex segregated classrooms? I don’t know. But even if they do, I always figured the problem was that no matter how good the intentions were when the classes were set up, they were almost certain to evolve into separate and unequal domains over time — as Dana Goldstein demonstrates here. It’s not quite what I would have guessed, and it’s hardly the most pressing issue in American education today, but it’s still a slippery slope that’s probably best avoided.
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Workforce Pell’s Missing Rudder
Congress finally opened Pell Grants to short-term job training. Now states have to build the systems that can tell which programs actually work.
Once Globally Preeminent, U.S. Universities Are Sliding Into Decline
High costs, political attacks take a toll as fewer students come, top scholars leave.
Higher Ed’s Affordability Problem Isn’t Just the Price
New survey data suggests that more Americans might see the value of a degree if schools simplified their pricing systems.
