Ed Tech Podcast: Keys to College Success Hidden in High-School Transcripts

February 13, 2012, 3:25 pm

Matthew Pittinsky

Improving college retention and graduation rates are tops in the nation’s higher-ed “to do” list. At the Higher Ed Tech summit in January, high-school and college transcripts were touted as unexpected keys to these goals. Matthew Pittinsky, chief executive of Parchment, a digital transcript company, and a founder of Blackboard, points out that transcripts capture the strengths of relationships between particular high schools and colleges because, taken together, they record the numbers of shared students. They reveal where students applied and where they got in, and what courses successful students had in common.

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antiutopia

Holy cow. Can the sister come and do this at my institution?
jffoster

Sounds like a lot of, er, nunsense.
semper_virens

It might be justified under exceptional circumstances but they should not make a habit of it.
drfiup

In the spirit of tackiness – the original article was written by a Pope–(John Pope)
12039333

*headdesk*
willynilly

This is just a clear picture of ex corde ecclesiasticae at work. This dictum put in place a little over 10 years ago (by the far right-wing conservative, and ruling branch of the church) has been brushed off by Roman Catholic hierarchy as “no big deal”, or ”no major impact” by church leaders. But in reality, it is a very big deal. In effect, the principles of ex corde ….. establishes the Bishop of the controlling diocese as the true administrator of any Catholic colleges or universities within that diocese. Many professionals working in these institutions don’t even realize that their campus president is a puppet who dances to the tune played by the Bishop. Any Board or President who displeases the Bishop is gone as evidenced by the Holy Cross College purge. Obviously, the college was doing something liberal in nature which, of course, would infuriate the conservative Bishop. But at the same time, historians who study the inner workings of the Church discover that, in general, nuns are treated poorly; and are regarded as nice to have, but not central players in the “real” important work of the Church. Perhaps the nuns did something that crossed the very restrictive line of discretion established by the Bishop, and, as a result, just had to go.
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