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Closing Higher Ed’s Equity Gaps

Inside Higher Ed

The fact is that Princeton is not a research powerhouse in the applied sciences. In 2021, Harvard University handed out 39 bachelor’s degrees in English language and literature, 118 in history, and 22 in philosophy. history survey) without discussion labs or supplemental instruction sessions, that have outsize DFW rates.

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An online surge at Virginia Tech. But what about outcomes?

Inside Higher Ed

“Every time I taught it, it kind of doubled,” said Duma, professor of engineering and director of the Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science. That proportion more than doubled—to 8 percent —by the fall of 2022, and some of the new online courses are quite large. “Absolutely not.

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The Invisible Student Majority

Inside Higher Ed

” The article raises a lot of issues swirling around the more elite segments of higher education: Are academic standards diminishing? Of course, incidents at private universities where the total cost of attendance hovers around $90,000 a year says little about higher ed as a whole. They don’t.