When the justification for keeping courses in the core curriculum is simply that removing them “threatens those courses with effective extinction,” that is putting keeping jobs ahead of student needs. buff.ly/CDRlixd For similar points see buff.ly/aKKeW3Y #highered #academicsky @uh.edu

U. of Houston Is Planning Big Cuts to Its Core Curriculum. Faculty Aren’t Happy.

The university is moving to cut 40 percent of classes from its core curriculum in response to a state law. Professors say administrators’ interpretation of the law is too broad, and that they should…

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Dual enrollment (college courses taught to high school students) has been growing hugely around the country, with most states promoting it. @arizonastateuni.bsky.social has been contributing by offering dual enrollment courses, not just in AZ, but across USA: buff.ly/TUZDn4n #AcademicSky #highered

Dual enrollment: How to enhance results for underserved students

Arizona State has partnered with over 550 schools, including those supporting rural and neurodivergent students, using 3 vital principles.

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The LEARN Commission has stated: “Institutions & systems—& all involved constituents—should seek to maximize credential applicability & embrace the assumption that a learner is prepared for additional education, unless proven otherwise.”” buff.ly/AGFpVa7 #highered #academicsky #beyondtransfer

Why Credit Evaluation Work Deserves a Bigger Table

The work of learning evaluation matters now more than ever.

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Data collected 2005-2019 show that, on average, each year we spoke over 300 fewer words per day, which adds up. The question now is why is this trend happening and what are its implications? buff.ly/wJAbtO6 #psychology #AcademicSky

There has always been talk about the fact that some cultures eat insects & others don't (see Ch. 6 of buff.ly/QFh3r5H ), but this is the 1st time I've heard of maggots (LOTS of maggots) being used to make cheese: buff.ly/vUFX1Y5 #psychology #AcademicSky

The strange story of casu marzu, Sardinia’s famous maggot cheese

A generation after casu marzu was banned across Europe, artisanal cheesemakers in Sardinia still elevate the controversial technique into a culinary art form.

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An analysis of dual enrollment students' data (data from students who take college courses in high school) showed that getting more students to pass requires giving students from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds more support vs. excluding them: buff.ly/lBHyaC4 #highered #AcademicSky

Getting tenure doesn't unleash faculty saying what they really think; many faculty are quiet in their views: buff.ly/w3xI23F So how to explain some faculty are v. outspoken? buff.ly/pz0IYwd This paper discusses some possibilities: buff.ly/FnCDPdC #highered #academicsky @paulbloomatyale.bsky.social

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Yes, @ucsandiego.bsky.social & US have seen drops in new students' #math prep, but from changes in placement & testing at San Diego, & pandemic disruptions, absenteeism, & social media effects in US. Reinstating SAT/ACT won't help. #highered #AcademicSky @pamelaburdman.bsky.social buff.ly/AqtQX7w

Blog: Only Inquiry and Evidence—Not the SAT—Will Address California’s Math Preparation Challenge | Just Equations

Just Equations and our partners will be lending our voices and our expertise to inform this process and ensure equitable and accessible math preparation for students across California. Based on years…

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In this sample of 3,416 transfer students, those who received STEM bachelor's degrees tended to have higher GPAs: buff.ly/ak3u56o For further info. on STEM transfer students in a sample of over 92,000 students, see buff.ly/3DxC9sM #highered #academicsky

"Students should not be required to repeat competencies they have already demonstrated and earned." This includes "credit earned thru prior learning assessment." If 1 college has given PLA credit, the next college should too: buff.ly/sRQKf10 #highered #AcademicSky #BeyondTransfer

Why Prior Learning Assessment Is Transfer’s Next Frontier

While institutions have improved traditional course-to-course transfer, many still overlook a critical dimension of student mobility.

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Our son was the 3rd grade & under gter-NYC chess champion. But that was his peak. He didn't want to practice, just play games, & he started losing. Seems we were right when we said practice or we won't spend time & money to take you to tournaments. buff.ly/WDAzyOD #psychology #AcademicSky

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We know many species show their most complex behaviors in finding food. That makes sense evolutionarily. Find food or die. buff.ly/4cbplQd That includes bees, which demonstrate astonishing cognitive flexibility, including counting, when #food is involved: buff.ly/UL4vAZL #AcademicSky #psychology

Secrets of the bees: Revealing the sneaky genius of nature's brightest thinkers

New science is showing that nature’s vital pollinators are smarter than we ever imagined. Here’s why that discovery should change what we think about one of the world’s most important animals.

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This exp. submitted fictitious applications to actual job openings in early childhood ed & found employers didn't differentially favor applicants w. assoc degrees, traditional bachelor's degrees, or community college bachelor's degrees: buff.ly/k8oLfr2 #highered @academicsky @riacton.bsky.social

The Labor Market Value of Community College Bachelor’s Degrees: Initial Evidence from a Resume Audit Study in Early Childhood Education

Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers,…

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Being precise in our language can make the difference in conducting good research and in implementing the results well, including with regard to college student transfer. See my latest column in @insidehighered.com : buff.ly/AI6QVY0 #AcademicSky #highered

Transfer Research, Practice Benefit From Using Same Terminology

Transfer research and practice will benefit from using the same specific terminology.

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SACSCOC is starting to form its Transfer Credit Consortium, a "voluntary, faculty-led partnership that unites colleges & univs to create common transfer pathways for general education courses." The consortium will 1st be for SACSCOC members & then will expand. buff.ly/W4bMj29 #AcademicSky #HigherEd

For information about how the federal government collects dual enrollment (college courses taught to high school students) data and recommendations about how to improve that see: buff.ly/1xIDGa3 #Highered #AcademicSky @jff.org.bsky.social

This piece from Achieving the Dream points out that there are many different reasons to offer dual enrollment (college courses for high school students), & it will help in designing these programs if the reasons are ranked for the particular situation: buff.ly/ookfqCf #highered #academicsky

Growing dual enrollment: What is our “why”? - Achieving the Dream

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In experiments w. great apes (bonobos, chimpanzees, gorillas, & orangutans), performance on cognitive tasks showed stable individual differences (buff.ly/nZ10HNm ). I obtained such findings in humans exactly 50 yrs ago (Logue, 1976: buff.ly/Gr0RtrR ). #AcademicSky #highered

Individual Differences in Great Ape Cognition Across Time and Domains: Stability, Structure, and Predictability - Manuel Bohn, Christoph J. Völter, Daniel Hanus, Nico Eisbrenner, Johanna Eckert, Jana Holtmann, Daniel Haun, 2026

Understanding variation in cognitive abilities is critical to understanding both the evolution and development of cognition. In this study, we examined the stab...

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You've probably heard that the glint in someone's eye has something to do w. that person reproducing. But what there's evidence for is that it helps an observer "maintain perceptual constancy in their judgments about eye contact & gaze direction" #psychology #AcademicSky #vision buff.ly/jRM98fw

A 6-HBCU consortium is allowing its students to take online courses from any consortium member without transferring, helping students finish degrees expediently: buff.ly/0Lcerr5 The 20 @cuny.edu undergrad colleges have been doing something similar for decades: buff.ly/Q5ihFeB #highered #AcademicSky

6 HBCUs Launch Course-Sharing Partnership

The new initiative lets students take classes across institutions without transferring or losing progress toward a degree.

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These researchers have been developing metrics for quantifying transfer students' curricular challenges, eg, curricular sequence complexity. Such metrics may help IHEs target majors that need simplification--for all students. buff.ly/LzvSBKu @david.reeping.bsky.social #highered #AcademicSky

Tho is much evidence that corequisite remediation has better success than prerequisite (e.g., buff.ly/zwGJW0M), can be stigma to attending corequisite classes. Arkansas State U is combatting this by fostering social engagement in corequisite sessions: buff.ly/OiSbi9e #math #highered #AcademicSky

Treating Corequisite Students Like Honors Students: Building Belonging at ASU Mid-South

Carl Lewandowski explores innovative practices happening in corequisite courses at Arkansas State University Mid-South that are aimed at keeping students engaged and feeling like they belong in the…

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The data are irrefutable: remedial reform in #California has resulted in huge increases in the numbers of community college students passing gateway #math in their 1st semester, the numbers in STEM pathways, & the numbers transferring to bachelor's programs: buff.ly/eWpsIbF #highered #AcademicSky

Revised approach to math yields results

Something impressive is happening at California's community colleges. In fall 2024, 58% of students taking a transfer-level math course for the first time completed that class on their first attempt…

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This column usefully points out some administrative challenges involved in running a prison higher ed program. Eg, Admissions & Registrar personnel should be involved from the start, to ensure that credits count & transfer: buff.ly/arSayyX @AACRAO.bsky.social #AcademicSky #highered #BeyondTransfer

Incarcerated Learners Need Better Records Support

What practitioners running prison education programs reveal about a failure that affects all learners.

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This experiment found that consuming a pill containing cannabidiol (CBD) increased the amount of food eaten as compared to a placebo pill: buff.ly/WSxDJCh I guess this isn't surprising. #psychology #appetite #Marijuana

A randomised controlled trial in the UK with 7-15-yr-old children found that the children consumed a greater amount of snack & lunch food after seeing #food advertising, with no differences due to the type of ad or whether ads were for products or brands: buff.ly/0SpISf0 #psychology #health

Typically in studying transfer student success, we focus on students transferring from associate to bachelor's programs. But students transferring from regional to flagship campuses within the same IHE system, all in bachelor's programs, also face challenges: buff.ly/rkGyCn5 #highered #AcademicSky

This study suggests that positive results with corequisite #math remediation (e.g. buff.ly/nZ6tl2f) may be largely due to placing students in quantitative reasoning or statistics (vs. college algebra), & not due to giving them corequisite support: buff.ly/vdKhiaP #highered #AcademicSky

Should Students Assessed as Needing Remedial Mathematics Take College-Level Quantitative Courses Instead? A Randomized Controlled Trial - A. W. Logue, Mari Watanabe-Rose, Daniel Douglas, 2016

Many college students never take, or do not pass, required remedial mathematics courses theorized to increase college-level performance. Some colleges and state...

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This article contends that adult learners don't need more motivation to get college degrees, instead they need explanations, simplicity, and certainty, including with respect to credit transfer policies: buff.ly/6I9ki2R #AcademicSky #highered

Stop Trying to Motivate Adult Learners. Start Removing Barriers.

Higher education often frames recruitment with motivational rhetoric, but adult learners prefer accessibility, certainty, and community over motivation.

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Tho clearly some online courses offered by unaccredited learning platforms are being transferred for credit to traditional IHEs (buff.ly/AoufaGv), exactly what percentage of these courses are students able to transfer? Plus, what is the quality of these courses? #highered #AcademicSky