by Ross Dickie | Nov 30, 2016 | College, President's Blog
A lot has been written about the challenges of helping first-year, postsecondary students persist to graduation. Low persistence rates mean fewer students graduate and enter the workforce as skilled workers. In this sense, our ability to increase persistence has a...
by Ross Dickie | Oct 24, 2016 | Assessment, President's Blog
We’ve all heard about Social Emotional Learning (SEL) programs. Usually they are considered augmentations to curriculum intended to improve standardized test scores. However, there is growing empirical evidence that SEL programs can significantly impact student...
by Ross Dickie | Sep 8, 2016 | K-12 Education, President's Blog
Much has been written about the need for us to increase attendance and graduation rates at today’s two- and four-year institutions in the national quest to have 60% of Americans holding a degree, certificate or other high quality credential by 2025. According to...
by Ross Dickie | Apr 29, 2016 | K-12 Education, President's Blog
We’ve all heard Albert Einstein’s definition of madness: doing the same thing over and over, while expecting different results. It seems to me that we are stuck in this kind of endless loop when it comes to improving the educational outcomes of our students. The...
by Ross Dickie | Mar 14, 2016 | K-12 Education, President's Blog
You can’t run a Google search for “student testing” without turning up over half a billion references, almost all about the swirling waters around standardized tests and their pros and cons. And yet, a recent article in The New York Times describes another growing...
by Ross Dickie | Feb 22, 2016 | K-12 Education, President's Blog
The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) celebrated National School Counselor Week from February 1-5, 2016. It’s about time we all tip our hats to these professionals and the dedication they bring to their calling. Given the budget pressure faced by school...