How do students learn, how well are they supported in their learning by higher education institutions and how can this be measured? These are questions that are now being addressed with some urgency in projects funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for England, ahead of “learning gain” becoming one of the criteria to be […] … learn more→
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Measuring learning gain in higher education is a complex challenge
The wrong measure of success in universities
It’s time to retire an irresponsible numbers game by which the success of a state university is supposed to be measured. What do I mean by that? Take the four-year, and even six-year, degree completion rates that legislators want to use to gauge the California State University. Last year, such measures via Assembly Bill 94 […] … learn more→
