A 5-yr initiative to establish direct assessment competency-based educ in 8 #California commun colls had low success due to "Accreditor & federal approval processes, limited faculty buy-in, insufficient staff time, & limited technological capacities" buff.ly/D4uZqvI #AcademicSky #highered @rand.org

Little investigated is the role of financial aid in whether students transfer or drop out, including relationships with residency status, given that public IHE students who are state residents often pay far less tuition than nonresidents. buff.ly/bbVPsQD #AcademicSky #highered

Altho the # states offering community college bachelor's degrees (24) has not increased in the past 2 years, the number of IHEs offering these degrees has increased by 14.4% (from 187 to 214), with business & nursing being the most commonly offered programs. buff.ly/LzvIbSi #highered #AcademicSky

Some provisions in the "One Big Beautiful Bill" are decreasing financial aid for some IHE students. Because going away to college can be more expensive than going near home, this is bolstering the argument for community colleges giving bachelor's degrees: buff.ly/UTiMzAN #highered #AcademicSky

The # dual enrollment students(high school students in college courses)is huge, but students in this special situation can benefit from more support, eg high school dual enrollment clubs & IHE dual enrollment student advisory panels buff.ly/OIL6STx #highered #AcademicSky @communityccrc.bsky.social

How smells are detected & coded in the brain has been notoriously difficult, but now 2 different research groups have figured out where mice's >1,000 odor receptors are located with their noses, which can lead to many new studies & clinical applications: buff.ly/JWOTgEQ #psychology #AcademicSky

In 1973, after 2 yrs of college French, I took a tour of Notre Dame. I thought I understood what the French guide was saying, but did I? Research shows that people overestimate their understanding of info spoken in a language that has some overlap w. theirs: buff.ly/EVAvo8g #highered #Academic Sky

Despite many benefits of accelerating college for high school students by giving them opportunities to earn college credits, they can face challenges, incl. "confusion about selecting courses and majors, credit transfer issues." buff.ly/Wijlco3 TransferExplorer.org can help. #highered #academicsky

Sometimes helping college students navigate an elaborate administrative process isn't enough to get them through it; sometimes hugely simplifying that process may be necessary. Example: community college student cross-sector enrollment in California: buff.ly/JVPRxN1 #academicsky #highered

Based on the experiences of 10 states, here's advice about how to facilitate credit for prior learning (CPL) so people get credit for everything they've already learned, in all different places & by all methods, & get degrees faster: buff.ly/dDa8WOr #academicsky #highered #beyondtransfer @rand.org

Data continue to show that community college students who have experienced dual enrollment (college courses in high school) are more likely to earn a college credential, to transfer to a bachelor's IHE, and to then get a bachelor's: buff.ly/6B7eFh5 #highered #AcademicSky

Here's a case of 1 of the more unfortunate types of transfer: students whose college closes before they get their degrees. In this case, Hampshire College. buff.ly/cY0NJml A college famous to those of us who started college in the 70s. #AcademicSky #highered @hampshirecollege.bsky.social

Data combined from 13 studies show when people tend to downplay positive feelings, eg by saying they won't last long or they aren't deserved, that predicts their experiencing depression in the forms of negative self-perceptions, pessimism, & pervasive negative emotions. #psychology #AcademicSky

We've known for some time that we eat faster when certain types of music are present (buff.ly/pRxIhlM), but now there's evidence that disliked music increases your tendency to want & eat high-sugar foods: buff.ly/islP36R . #food #health #sugar #AcademicSky #psychology

Great quote: "What we’re working toward isn’t that every credit transfers everywhere. It’s simpler than that: We make a promise, we keep it & we communicate clearly when anything changes. That’s it. & right now, we’re not doing that reliably." buff.ly/fzUJUBJ #highered #AcademicSky #BeyondTransfer

The #math remediation reform movement made huge strides in increasing the # & % of #highered students who complete college-level math in their freshman yr & stay in college. But are still many students who don't. This article is about how to fig. out how to help them: buff.ly/bGG4IxX #AcademicSky

Here's a story about 5 boys in a Phila. Charter High School (Boys' Latin) who took college courses & got assoc degrees before HS graduation. Now all are going to college. buff.ly/mRcMNkX But will college credits they already have count for their bach's degree requirements? #highered #academicsky

There have been many reports of the recent huge growth in dual enrollment (college courses taught to high school students). Now there is a NACEP report stating that there is very little holistic state oversight of these courses: buff.ly/uoXwtMS buff.ly/qzBIVw5 #Academic Sky #highered

Quote of the week: "We’re moving toward a world in which you’ll be able to build a degree from credits offered by hundreds of different entities that are utterly interchangeable” (Mark Salisbury, the co-founder and CEO of TuitionFit, a college tuition tool, buff.ly/sgJeAv8). #AcademicSky #highered

A study of several hundred parent-kindergartner dyads in Hong Kong found that, though parental feeding style & home environment each explained some of the variance in the children's eating behavior, most of the variance was not explained by these factors: buff.ly/jb3ZK7n #AcademicSky #psychology

Adult humans show a decreased preference for foods eaten recently (Sensory Specific Satiety, SSS). Combined w. a tendency to prefer familiar foods, these behaviors help adults eat a varied, but safe diet. Now we know children also show SSS: buff.ly/o52q6lc #AcademicSky #psychology #food #health

A concept I championed in the LEARN(Learning Evaluation for the 21st Century)Commission(that credits should transfer unless explicitly rejected vs the current opposite)appears part of the Dept of Ed's new accreditor regs: buff.ly/Ohvj7QK buff.ly/4oOp3Ya @aacrao.bsky.social #AcademicSky #highered

For 5 great recommendations on how to improve student transfer see: buff.ly/Tvgz45K E.g. #1 is "create transparent transfer pathways...showing how credits apply to specific majors." Transfer Explorer (buff.ly/xlcctXp) does just that, & for multiple states! #AcademicSky #highered

Are huge credit transfer challenges for #California students. The large credit eval & program requirement variability within & between the 3 CA systems results in harm to students & taxpayers. Students are unable to progress thru college efficiently. Legislative action is needed.

Here a former transfer student explains well the #California transfer maze. Community college students must take different courses to transfer to different selective CA public univs, making it very difficult for students to get their associates efficiently. buff.ly/AJHtahu #AcademicSky #higher ed

As long as the transfer admissions decisions in the @aacrao.bsky.social report are (buff.ly/PNFxvwH ), they may actually be longer. When we asked staff (as AACRAO did) AND measured @cuny.edu for this sort of info, the staff reports were shorter than the actual measurements. #AcademicSky #highered

Do you feel stress preparing your child's school lunchbox? Well, if the answer is yes, you're not alone. A study of children's caregivers found "measuring up to lunchbox ideals challenging." More support is needed for this activity. buff.ly/YS5OeS2 #psychology #food #children #health #AcademicSky

1 of my past accomplishments that is little known is that around 2010 I led an initiative for @cuny.edu to become #tobacco free. Now there is evidence that such initiatives do actually decrease tobacco use: buff.ly/8JGkzVX #psychology #health #smoking #AcademicSky #highered

Dual enrollment(high school students taking college courses)in #California (like many other states) is growing hugely: buff.ly/L1lzner W. many good effects, eg students getting college degrees faster. But what will happen to the college experience? #AcademicSky #highered @c-goldsmith.bsky.social

For several yrs most new CA Community College students have been put directly in college-level #math courses, w. continuing increases in % of students passing college-level math their 1st year, the % getting assoc degrees, & the % transferring to bachelors: buff.ly/jXsLE42 #AcademicSky #highered

Here's another reason for high school students to take dual enrollment (college) courses: in addition to providing college credits that can facilitate later getting a college degree, these courses allow students to get used to college courses w. less stress. buff.ly/B8YiHOJ #academicsky #highered

For some ideas about how to translate for students their continuing education (traditionally noncredit) courses into giving the students regular academic credit, thus facilitating credit mobility, see: buff.ly/OV18pBb #AcademicSky #highered

Dual enrollment (college courses taught to high school students)has been increasing & can help students get #highered degrees faster. But is concern that students from underrepresented backgrounds are less likely to get it. However are actions can take to prevent that: buff.ly/c9Ibrq8 #AcademicSky

In 1992 I published an article that had a total of 6 authors (buff.ly/ugnTjMO)& a colleague strongly criticized me for having so many authors. Now, such an author list wouldn't be considered at all unusual by anyone: buff.ly/NOi8JhQ #AcademicSky #highered @nicholascoles.bsky.social #psychology

People tend to remember negative info better than positive info. But this is not the case for 4-6-year old children's memory of disliked and liked foods. They tend to remember both #food types about equally well: buff.ly/wEEyoZB #psychology #AcademicSky

During the past academic year, for the 1st time, more 18-20-yr-old students earned associate degrees than 21-24-yr-old students. Increases in dual enrollment (college courses taught to high school students) seem to be largely responsible for this change: buff.ly/B4j0vKp #AcademicSky #highered

Here's another benefit of allowing community colleges to offer bachelor's: These colleges can give students credit for prior learning (CPL) without concerns that when these students transfer to bachelor's IHEs, the CPL credits won't transfer: buff.ly/SPgtCHG #beyondtransfer @highered @AcademicSky

The state of #Texas has stated a bold goal of increasing the percentage of Texans with a postsecondary degree or credential by using a suite of strategies, all involving giving appropriate credit for prior learning: buff.ly/2gMcVY4 #highered #AcademicSky

This graph says it all. It shows how the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh enrollment is coming to be dominated by high school students taking its courses (dual enrollment), a national trend. #AcademicSky #highered buff.ly/ZQkkdhJ

The state of #NorthCarolina recent public school graduating class had 54% of students with completed college-level courses: buff.ly/986s7RG But essential is seeing how those courses transfer as satisfying degree requirements of college-matriculated students. #AcademicSky #highered

We keep discovering remarkable abilities of nonhuman species in association with their obtaining #food, in this case ravens remembering & traveling to sites up to 100 miles away where they are likely to find carrion killed by large carnivores: buff.ly/B3OPxzz #psychology #AcademicSky

My mother once told me that she didn't drink much when she was pregnant with me. Maybe it was because the hormone GDF15, which rises during #pregnancy and is associated with morning sickness, may also inhibit #alcohol consumption: buff.ly/rV8kZBc #psychology #academicsky #nausea

How to stop what CCRC's John Fink calls "random acts of dual enrollment" buff.ly/ig0Kk0H? Use @cuny.edu open-access high school portal on Transfer Explorer buff.ly/sWHxJcE which shows what CUNY degree requirements CUNY courses taught to high school students will satisfy. #AcademicSky #highered

In vertical transfer (commun to bach college),dual enrollment(college courses taught in HS)credits are as likely not to transfer as regular commun college credits buff.ly/6u6IBLy #highered #academicsky @laurenschudde.bsky.social @kimpackcosme.bsky.social @johnfink.bsky.social @community.bsky.social

This article presents both sides of the remediation reform debate. It seems to conclude that the reforms in #California have helped a great many students pass college-level #math, but there may be exceptions: buff.ly/FrRysQr #highered #AcademicSky @katiemangan.bsky.social

This @Brookings.edu article reports that community college bachelor's-degree recipients earn more than assoc-degree recipients in the same major from the same IHE, & for some, but not all, majors, as much as recipients of the same degree from bach's colleges: buff.ly/UfH7txP #highered #AcademicSky

Quote of the week: "Fixing transfer....should be about reclaiming higher education’s moral purpose. We must decide whether our institutions exist to protect prestige or to expand opportunity." V. Karbhari, UT Arlington buff.ly/CVUJcpi #highered #AcademicSky

Although there appears to be a positive correlation between eating more meat and being less depressed, that relationship does not appear to be causal, i.e., it does not appear that eating meat makes you less depressed (or vice versa): buff.ly/jNU5swX #psychology #AcademicSky

Different babies see different types and numbers of faces in their environments, and what they see in these different "face diets" can influence their later face-perception and social-learning skills: buff.ly/Wbx2FMr #psychology #AcademicSky @charissepickron.bsky.social

How have new constraints on faculty speech,teaching,&research in many states affected faculty there? How many now want to leave, retire, &/or feel that their research has been impeded? A new study from @IthakaSR.bsky.social has fascinating findings about this: buff.ly/EFUrPeA #AcademicSky #highered