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Bipartisan bill would overturn federal ban on student unit record database

Bipartisan group of senators wants to end ban on collecting data many say would help students and the public judge colleges. Opponents appear unmoved, citing privacy concerns.

Finding "Hidden Figures": Using Predictive Analytics to Break Down Barriers

Colleges hope that creatively using data - through predictive analytics - will help them pinpoint the potential of every student.

The disturbing trend of homeless community college students

One in three community college students is going hungry, while another 14 percent are homeless, a report says.

States and Student-Level Data

While political support in Washington builds slowly for a federal student record database, Indiana and the University of Texas System get creative with their own data on how students fare after college.
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