With all the attention and focus on college education by both the government and private sector, college graduate rates have actually stalled, a new study has found.
About 56% of students who entered college as freshman in 2007 had earned a degree six years later, according to a report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. That rate is the same as it was in 2006.
A new study on the success rates of college students takes into account the attractiveness of the student. Those who were found to have above average looks ended up having a better chance of earning a four-year degree than those who were found to be less attractive.
The study s being published online this week in a book called Physical Attractiveness and the Accumulation of Social and Human Capital in Adolescence and Young Adulthood, co-authored by Rachel Gordon, a professor of sociology at the University of Illinois-Chicago.
The idea that attending business school is only worthwhile if you can get into the top 5 business schools is antiquated thinking, according to data gathered by a website that focuses on business schools and business school graduates.
Poets & Quants recently released data showing that many schools – including far lesser known schools than Harvard and Stanford – offer students an excellent chance to get a job upon graduation.
Although the issue of student debt has become part of the national debate on higher education, statistics show that high loan debt is not an issue affecting every area of the country.
A study this month from the Institute for College Access and Success reported that there is a disparity in loan levels depending on location in the country and the institution.
Generally speaking, those in the East and Midwest borrow far more money than those in the South and West.
General Motors (GM) – as well as most major car companies – are offering a discount on car purchases for college students, allowing them to purchase vehicles for thousands of dollars less.
The offer is extended to college students, recent college graduates and current nursing school and graduate students, according to the GM website.
Business schools are discovering that cutting programs may actually lead to a better learning experience for students and make more economic sense for the university.
After years of adding programs to attract more students in a competitive market, business schools have discovered that the result has been students confused by the number of programs offered and administrators burdened with trying to manage it all, according to The Wall Street Journal.
A new book takes a detailed look at the state of Massive Open Online Classrooms (MOOCs), finding they are neither a passing fad nor the savior of higher education.
However, the book finds, they could change how professors teach at the most basic level.
In “Beyond the MOOC Hype,” Jeffrey R. Young – a technology editor at the Chronicle of Higher Education – delves into the ongoing debate about how MOOCs will fit into the future of education.
The four people honored as the 2013 U.S. Professors of the Year recently shared a common experience: how they learned from failure.
Their tales, told to the Chronicle of Higher Education, provide good lessons for students just preparing to start out in their careers.
The four winners were Ann Williams at the Metropolitan State University in Denver, Robert A. Chaney at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio, Gintaras K. Duda at Creighton University in Omaha, Neb., and Steven J. Pollock at the University of Colorado in Boulder.
according to new data from the Institute of International Education (IIE).
The IIE’s annual Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange found that the number of international students in the United States increased to 819,644.
The flow of students out of the United States also hit record levels, according to the study, with 283,000 students from the United States studying aboard.
First Lady Michelle Obama will kick off a new program this week that aims to encourage more low income Americans to pursue a college degree.
Obama launched the program on Tuesday at Bell Multicultural High School in Washington, D.C.
“I’m here today because I want you to know that my story can be our story. The details might be a little different, but so many of the challenges and triumphs will be just the same,” Obama told students at the school, according to the New York Times.
