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Face Off: Should all students be graded on a curve to deter grade inflation?
South China Morning Post· 2 days agoGrade inflation, a phenomenon where grades increase over time without a proportional improvement in...
Top colleges restore SAT requirements, rolling back pandemic policies
The Washington Times· 5 days agoTop colleges such as Harvard, Georgetown and the University of Texas will once again require SAT...
Wendler commentary: Hating excellence
Gannett via AOL· 2 days agoThe causes of challenges in public higher education are varied. Cited frequently are excessive costs, administrative bloat, some faculty teaching too...
Are High School Graduates Ready For College?
Forbes· 7 days agoHigh school graduation season confronts us with a grim reality. Graduates generally have a collective illusion about their college readiness. Almost nine out of 10 2023 seniors (86%)—the class ...
Opinion: The thousand deaths of today's feckless academic cowards
Idaho State Journal· 4 days agoThis is an unfortunate double-whammy for the vast majority of graduating students who just want to...
Why colleges are adopting standardized tests again
Stacker via AOL· 4 days agoOverall, UT Austin estimates that students who chose to send in their SAT scores were 55% less likely to have a first-semester college GPA of below 2.0,...
Most Asian Americans think SAT but not race is fair to consider for college admissions
LA Times via Yahoo News· 6 days agoMost Asian Americans think it's fair to consider SAT scores — but not race or ethnicity — in college...
Blow his own trumpet? 自吹自擂
China Daily· 3 days agoBlow one's own trumpet意思是自吹自擂，以一种显示自己骄傲或过于骄傲的方式谈论自己或自己的成就。
