Based on this report by NBER, Matty Yglesias nails why even smart kids coming from low-income households are “screwed” by the college admissions process: The problem really does seem to quite literally be that most low-income kids and their families are not well-informed about the situation. They don’t know personally what kind of SAT or…
When it comes to implementing an effective multichannel college recruiting strategy, employers are still well behind the expectations of tech-savvy college graduates. According to this study by Potential Park: Today’s graduates are miles ahead of the employers in using career websites, social and professional networks as well as in their open mindset for smartphone usage….
This report by MyEdu.com highlights the non-linear path taken by many college students today. A lack of student support, overburdened administrators, and poor academic advising at many universities leave many new students feeling lost and on their own. From a Latino perspective, this non-traditional path, before and during college, is not new. Most Latino college…
West Virginia, which is over 94% White (according to the 2010 census), has its first partner school in the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU): West Virginia University. The college joins others where Latino student presence is growing — fast: WVU joins with such institutions as Baylor University, University of Kansas, Texas Tech University,…
Despite the growing appeal of online education models and MOOCs, Diana Carew at PPI sums up the issue of higher education’s economic woes: The middle-skill jobs that young college grads generally take (think sales agents, teachers, and financial analysts) continued to shed workers in 2011. And for…
Discussing this recent study, Derek Thompson at the Atlantic considers why low income, high achieving students don’t go to college: If we want students from disadvantaged areas to attend good colleges and obtain modern skills, we should be thinking about ways to entice them, not scare them with blaring headlines: “SIX FIGURES IN DEBT AND…
Business, health, and STEM careers lead the starting salary race for recent college graduates, according to NACE.
While Latino college enrollment has been surging the last few years, completion rates are not. With the help of a Kellogg Foundation grant, Excelencia in Education is helping colleges and universities develop strategies to get Latino college students through the academic pipeline: … the grant will enable Excelencia to share with Single Stop’s constituents both…
A few good reads regarding the workforce and higher education. There’s a lot of change occurring in education and the workforce. It seems to me we’re watching, almost in real time, how the “great recession” is impacting the future of the workforce and higher education. First, the gender gap in higher education – while women…
