Joanne Jacobs
College students don't study, say classes are too hard
Most four-year college students don't spend much time studying, yet complain that classes are too hard, according to a recent survey by...
Joanne Jacobs
- 3 days ago
- 2 min
Future jobs: Compete with robots or design them?
Throughout my newspaper career, I asked young people about their career goals. There was a time when the high achievers wanted to be...
Joanne Jacobs
- Nov 21
- 2 min
Let AI spot disadvantaged students with high potential
Some have proposed an admission lottery for candidates who meet qualifications. Roland G. Fryer Jr., a Harvard economics professor,...
Joanne Jacobs
- Nov 21
- 1 min
College apps are up again, and crunch season is just starting
College applications appear to be up this fall after a pandemic dip, according to the Common Application's report on early applicants....
Joanne Jacobs
- Nov 13
- 1 min
Reinvent high school, but how?
Fordham's 2022 Wonkathon is looking for ideas on how to reinvent high school: What policy barriers get in the way? If we all agree that...
Joanne Jacobs
- Nov 11
- 1 min
College students lost learning too, but how much?
Universities aren't even trying to figure out how much students lost when classes went remote, writes Jonathan Zimmerman, who teaches...
Joanne Jacobs
- Nov 4
- 2 min
Failing college: Covid kids can't do the math
For a year or more, their high school classes were online. Perhaps they returned to an on-and-off schedule with frequent quarantine...
Joanne Jacobs
- Nov 2
- 2 min
America is not black and white any more
Affirmative action was created at a time when most Americans belonged to a white majority or a black minority, writes Megan McArdle in...
Joanne Jacobs
- Nov 2
- 2 min
Diversity on trial
Diversity is a "fig leaf" for elite colleges' desire to discriminate on the basis of race, says linguist John McWhorter in a New York...
Joanne Jacobs
- Nov 1
- 3 min
What will replace racial preferences in college admissions?
Based on yesterday's oral arguments, the U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority appears likely to reject race-based affirmative...
Joanne Jacobs
- Oct 30
- 1 min
Serve your country to clear your student loans
Link college loans to civilian or military service, writes Steve Cohen in City Journal. "President Biden’s plan to 'forgive' student...
Joanne Jacobs
- Oct 30
- 2 min
Colleges can cut costs by getting back to basics
If colleges and universities got back to basics -- teaching and worthwhile research -- they could serve students without saddling them...
Joanne Jacobs
- Oct 26
- 2 min
Teacher: Students can cut class, skip assignments and pass
Giving students a minimum of 50 percent on assignments -- regardless of whether they're turned in -- was a disaster, a former D.C. public...
Joanne Jacobs
- Oct 23
- 1 min
63% say 'no' to racial preferences in college admissions
Sixty-three percent of Americans say colleges shouldn't consider race in admissions, according to a Washington Post poll. Blacks are...
Joanne Jacobs
- Oct 23
- 1 min
Without test scores, college admissions is 'chaotic' -- and still unfair
Without SAT or ACT scores, deciding who to admit is "chaotic, admissions officers told Kelly Slay, a Vanderbilt researcher. It's hard to...
Joanne Jacobs
- Oct 22
- 1 min
College enrollment just keeps falling
College enrollment continues to fall, according to a report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. The number of...
Joanne Jacobs
- Oct 16
- 2 min
Diversity is skin deep at Harvard
Stanford discriminated against Jewish applicants in the early 1950's, admitted President Marc Tessier-Lavigne, who issued an apology last...
Joanne Jacobs
- Oct 13
- 2 min
'Student-centered learning' means less learning
Student-centered learning is supposed to be inclusive, democratic, personalized and accessible, write Rebekah Wanic and Nina Powell in...
Joanne Jacobs
- Oct 13
- 2 min
ACT: 22% of this year's grads are ready for college
The average ACT score hit a new low this year, while the percentage of test-takers who failed all four College Readiness Benchmarks hit a...
Joanne Jacobs
- Oct 12
- 1 min
What skills does a web developer need? What about a truck mechanic?
What does it take to be a web developer or a truck mechanic or a personal-care assistant? Texas State Technical College has built a free,...