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Editorial by Margaret A. Miller: Strength in Numbers
I read recently that modern humans are more gracile and have slightly smaller brains than our archaic ancestors. Clearly we don’t need the muscle mass of the Neanderthals, but one argument about relative brain size is that we don’t need individual intelligence as much either, since we have to a large degree substituted social intelligence for it.
John Donne Meditation XVII
We are truly pack animals. We rely deeply on each other. We take care of each other.
In this month’s articles, the power of groups for students becomes clear in both Diego Navarro’s article about the peer networks that… Continue reading
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Take a moment to provide your insights on college student retention by completing this survey. Help us better understand how we can help college students succeed and graduate, and you will be entered in a drawing to win an iPad. Your survey responses will be kept anonymous.
Googling Education: Data from Google on Edu Searches
Despite having its largest year-over-year growth in the first quarter of 2011, searches for arts & design programs had their biggest year-over-year decline this past quarter. Searches for education and criminal justice programs also fell, while searches for health care programs remained steady. Of the areas in Google’s report, technology and liberal arts programs saw the biggest increase in searches over this time last year.
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Editorial by Margaret A. Miller: College Then and Now
The school system that worked so well for me seems to have become dysfunctional. A former teacher tells me that students in his classes come and go as their parents move in and out of jobs, making it close to impossible to develop the class’s understanding of algebra over the course of a semester. The schools still haven’t figured out how to adapt to these changing realities of students’ lives.
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More Students Migrate Away From Home
Public universities across the country are engaged in an all-out war for out-of-state students. Deep cuts in support are driving the search for revenue, and in many states, a stagnating pool of local applications has pushed colleges to recruit broadly. The winners, like Arizona State, bring in higher out-of-state tuition and get to skim from a larger pool of prospective students.
Continue reading: chronicle.com
