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
Aug 17 The difference $900 can make in college graduation rates By Kyla Calvert Mason At the start of each semester, the financial aid money appeared in Sana Ahmed Malik’s account. The federal and state funds typically covered the cost of tuition, with a little left over for books and living expenses. But the fall… Continue reading
Aug 17 Billions in Pell Grants go to students who never graduate By Sarah Butrymowicz, The Hechinger Report A Hechinger Report analysis of Pell grant graduation rate data from a cross section of colleges and universities suggests that billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded Pell grants nationwide go to students who never earn degrees. Continue reading
Aug 14 PBS NewsHour examines ‘The Graduation Gap’ By Kyla Calvert Mason Every night next week the PBS NewsHour will take a look at efforts on campuses across the country -- from the University of Texas at Austin to Valencia College in Orlando, Florida -- focused not just getting more low-income, first-generation… Continue reading