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Motivation a better predictor of professional success than I.Q.
According to University of Pennsylvania Professor Angela Lee Duckworth, her recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows that, “IQ score predicted life outcomes, including academic performance in adolescence and criminal convictions, employment, and years of education in early adulthood. (But) After adjusting for the influence of test motivation, however, the predictive validity of intelligence for life outcomes was significantly diminished, particularly for nonacademic outcomes.”
Posted in Persistence and Graduation
Tagged Angela Duckworth, outcomes, Student success, thought leadership
Online education a “disruptive innovator” in the higher ed landscape
Louis Soares, director of postsecondary education at the Center for American Progress stated recently that enrollment gains at online higher education programs, including The University of Phoenix and Kaplan University, suggest that online education has the potential to be a “disruptive innovator” in higher education, in much the same way that cellular phones “disrupted the land line-based model.”
Posted in Online Education
Tagged Center for American Progress, for-profits, Louis Soares, thought leadership
Focus of Higher Learning Commision’s annual meeting was institutional improvement
Discussion at The Higher Learning Commision’s (HLC’s) annual meeting in Chicago was centered around getting input from member institutions, including American Public University System (APEI), University of Phoenix (APOL), Capella University (CPLA), DeVry University (DV), Argosy, and Brown-Mackie (EDMC), on more stringent proposed accreditation standards in the following areas:
- Persistance and completion
- Providing services commensurate with the needs of students admitted
- Prioritizing academic quality over disbursement of funds to “owners” or “investors” when considering uses of funds
“Focus at HLC appears to be on institutional improvement rather than bright-line metrics”
Posted in Future of Higher Education
Tagged Higher Learning Commission
Baird Business Services Research notes InsideTrack Coaching results
In a recent analyst report, RW Baird Business Services Research mentioned the results of a Stanford study indicating that InsideTrack Coaching improves graduation rates:
“College undergrads who receive executive style coaching are more likely to remain in college and graduate, according to a recent study by the Stanford University School of Education. The study analyzed 13,500 students across eight colleges and universities during F2004 and F2008, with data supported by InsideTrack, a provider of coaching services to universities. The results show that students who received coaching exhibited a 10%-15% increase in retention. In addition, the positive impact of… Continue reading
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