Sep 14 While a national college rating system stalls, states provide detailed data of their own By Jon Marcus, The Hechinger Report David Gardner travels around Texas handing out thumb drives listing some of the most sensitive possible statistics about the performance of the state’s universities: how much they really cost, how many of their students actually get degrees, how much… Continue reading
Sep 07 Will picking the right college major land you a better job? By Vikram Mansharamani When it comes to the college major, should passion trump practicality?… Continue reading
Aug 21 Watch 6:22 Opening the doors to more low-income students reshapes a university By PBS News Hour Under its current president, Arizona State University has increased its student population to 84,000, making it the largest university in America. In particular, the focus has been on boosting the number of low-income students. Hari Sreenivasan reports on how ASU… Continue watching
Aug 21 The new tool colleges are using in admissions decisions: big data By Emmanuel Felton, The Hechinger Report The same big data techniques that are transforming other industries are seeping into the college and university admissions process to help predict whether students will succeed and graduate. Continue reading
Aug 21 Can just-in-time advice keep more college students on track? By Kyla Calvert Mason Online course management tools, which track students’ work and grades for a class, can also change their behavior and improve performance. Continue reading
Aug 20 After trying everything to increase graduation rates, this college is cutting back By Paul Fain, Inside Higher Ed Few colleges have signed onto the national college completion agenda with as much vigor as Sinclair Community College. And while national graduation rates have seen only a slow inching up, Sinclair has managed a big jump. Continue reading
Aug 20 Californians pay for state’s public colleges but increasingly can’t get in By Matt Krupnick, The Hechinger Report California once showed the world how a state could guarantee a college education for nearly every resident, but then it failed to provide the long-term funding to do it. Continue reading
Aug 19 Tennessee scraps classes standing between less-prepared students and college credit By Kyla Calvert Mason When classes start at Tennessee’s community colleges next week, the path to a degree or certificate will have a new starting point. More than 70 percent of the state’s students starting a two-year degree program have test scores showing they… Continue reading
Aug 19 Employer steps in to help low-income students get through college By Meredith Kolodner Mercedez Vargas really wanted to get her high school diploma, but she struggled to get passing grades at a last-chance night school in the Bronx just as she had in the daytime at Marie Curie High School. A college degree?… Continue reading
Aug 18 Low-income students struggle to pay for college, even in a state that still provides help By Matt Krupnick, The Hechinger Report Despite a dramatic tise in tuition in the last decade, California’s public universities have tried to ensure that its poorest residents can still afford to go to college. But California’s attempts to keep college affordable mask the reality that the… Continue reading