The number of international students enrolling at U.S. higher education institutions has increased dramatically in the last 20 years. U.S. institutions welcome these students as they affirm their academic reputation and their claims to provide a global experience for domestic students. Is this student group being served effectively? The increase…

Highlights findings from a recent study on the issues of students who transfer between community colleges and public universities in Oregon. In general, transfer activity is stable, and the academic performance and graduation rates of community college students are at a similar level as those for students who began their studies at a university.…

An optional 1-credit recitation course was developed to supplement a traditionally taught 4-credit lecture-plus-laboratory course in soil science at Oregon State University. Popular, competitive games that would be familiar to students were revised to be "soils-based" and were employed in the recitation class. These games were seen as a…