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USA Today - Column
May 25, 2013
Many young couples are dealing with delicate conversations about debt, such as student loans, credit cards or other debt — or financial experts say they should be having those discussions this wedding season. It's best to come clean before saying "I Do" when it comes to what some call the anti-dowry — or when you bring debt to the marriage. About two-thirds of college grads in the Class of 2013 will graduate with some student loan debt. The average debt is about $28,000.
Bloomberg View - Opinion Piece
May 24, 2013
Kevin Hassett of the American Enterprise Institute looked at commencement speakers for 2012 and 2013 from the top 100 universities and top 50 liberal arts colleges. All told, he wrote, "there were only three identifiably conservative speakers at the top 50 colleges and 12 at the top 100 universities, compared with a total of 69 identifiably liberal speakers." Like conservatives before him, Hassett concludes that liberal arts colleges are "hostile territory." But the overall numbers may be due to another factor: It keeps getting harder to find conservatives worth listening to.
Huffington Post - Opinion Piece
May 24, 2013
Donna Randall, president, Albion College, writes: The current debate in Congress about hiking the student loan interest rates has once again raised questions for America's families about the affordability of higher education. Private higher education, in particular, is often singled out as being too costly - and presumably out of reach - for most. However, the facts say otherwise.
Huffington Post - Opinion Piece
May 24, 2013
John Ebersole, president, Excelsior College, writes: In a recent survey of several hundred educators, only 13 percent of schools today offer MOOCs, but 43 percent plan to offer them by 2016. So if we agree the trend is here to stay, let's take a look at the growing mythology of Massive Open Online Courses.
The Atlantic - Infographic
May 24, 2013
In case you ever wondered just how much wealthy students dominate America's top colleges, here's a nice illustration from a new report by the Century Foundation. At the most selective schools in the country,* 70 percent of students come from the wealthiest quarter of U.S. families. Just 14 percent come from the poorest half. And while these statistics date back to 2006, I think it's safe to say they haven't changed greatly in the last few years.
Boston Globr - Opinion Piece
May 24, 2013
Floyd Mayweather, Jr., makes a lot of money. What insight does that offer into what my former students are facing? Many of them are planning to go into higher education, journalism, or publishing, which are like boxing in that they’re all widely supposed to be in crisis: obsolescent, antiquated, irrelevant, superseded by newer and sexier competitors, reduced to an esoteric niche market, and otherwise lurching toward the grave.
Chronicle of Higher Education
May 24, 2013
The educational attainment of young Americans has increased over the past two decades, and those who have completed more education earn more money, on average, and are more likely to be employed. That's just one corner of the picture painted by "The Condition of Education 2013," the annual treasure-trove of data from the U.S. Department of Education, released on Thursday.
Inside Higher Ed
May 24, 2013
InsideTrack turned over a trove of information to two researchers at Stanford University, who conducted an independent analysis on the impact of the company’s coaching. According to the results of the study, which were released two years ago, retention rates improved by up to 15 percent among students who received coaching. And graduation rates went up 13 percent.
Chronicle of Higher Education
May 24, 2013
Central Oklahoma and DuPage both plan to create a new "lecturer" classification for instructors who work off the tenure track and teach at least 75 percent of a full-time professor's course load. Those faculty members will have access to the same health-insurance coverage as their full-time colleagues.
National Journal
May 23, 2013
Many private colleges and universities are experimenting with innovative programs to recruit and retain more low-income and first-generation students. But the central front in the struggle to widen educational opportunity will inevitably remain public colleges and universities; these institutions enroll 70 percent of all postsecondary students, and they usually represent the most affordable and accessible ladder to success for those with the longest climbs.
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