Setting standards. An Arizona community college decided this week to strengthen their admissions requirements by mandating a placement test for all incoming students. Those who don’t perform at a 7th-grade level or higher in reading, math, and writing will be required to take non-credit remedial classes. No problem, right? Wrong. Officials expect that 2,300 students will fall into those remedial courses. (h/t Joanne Jacobs) (Arizona Daily Star)
Freedom of expression. Students in Wichita Falls, Texas, may be able to bare more skin soon. Board members are considering a revision of some student policies, including one that requires students to cover up tattoos. Administrators say it’s not worth the hassle of asking students to do so. Also slated for revision: a policy that prohibits males from wearing earrings. (The Wichita Falls Times Record News)
Taking aim. Hollister K. Petraeus criticizes for-profit colleges in a New York Times op-ed, claiming the institutions are targeting soldiers for their GI money – with no real regard for their education. Petraeus is the assistant director for service member affairs at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. (New York Times)
Like a leash. Daycare centers in Sweden have attached electronic tracking devices, like a GPS – in the form of a vest, on schoolchildren in an attempt to keep closer tabs on them during excursions. Or, you know, you could just supervise. (The New Zealand Herald)
