Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Assessing colleges proves challenging
The reputation of Southern colleges traditionally depended more on completed passes by their football teams than on courses completed by their student bodies. Today, schools and students take academics far more seriously.
Still, the question persists: Are Georgia colleges and universities doing a good job educating students and preparing them for careers?
A report approved last week by the U.S. Secretary of Education’s Commission on the Future of Higher Education suggests that better and more transparent measures are needed to make that assessment.
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