If you have some time, listen to this interesting podcast via Duct Tape Marketing with college recruitment guru Lindsey Pollack regarding hiring the “next generation.” Indeed, the next (current) generation is unlike any other in recruitment history. When you consider the cultural and demographic shifts occurring in the country, it’s valuable listening. If you layer…
Catherine Rampell argues the ever increasing cost of higher education, as compared to healthcare, gas, etc., is due in part to budget cuts during challenging economic times. (Graphic via New York Times)
The National Clearinghouse Project just released a report on student transfer paths and community college. Another reports that illustrates the “new normal” on college campuses – one that was always been familiar to Latinos and other people of color. According to the study: One-third of all students switch institutions at least once before earning a…
A National Bureau of Economic Research study indicates that college students are working less hours while attending school. The study outlines a few reasons including increased tuition costs as well as the economic situation. The study makes this conclusion: In 2009, for the first time ever, 18 to 22 year old high school graduates were…
Penolope Trunk predicts career centers will become the campus “gods” in 2012 – and the role of the career center director will surpass that of certain academics: The value in the school is the jobs kids get after they graduate. For some schools, just the name of the school will open doors. For most schools,…
MoneyBox graphic tells the story.
Great piece in the NYT today showing that more young women are enrolled in college than are in the workforce. Many reasons for this including the economic, cultural, and other factors. I’ve definitely seen a trend toward women-majority classes. When you consider that college enrollment growth over the last year has been mainly attributed to…
According to a recent study by Regina Deil-Amen at the Center for the Study of Higher Education, University of Arizona, and Stefanie DeLuca, a sociologist at Hopkins, students graduating from high school are not ready to enter college and/or the workforce. The authors argue that many high school students are graduating from high school lacking…
How is the economic environment impacting college recruiting? Interesting article via DealBook about Occupy Wall Street protestors demonstrating against banks coming to recruit on-campus. … a junior at Yale who attended, said that although he hoped to land a job on Wall Street upon graduation, he did not necessarily plan to spend his entire career…
The opportunity to walk across the graduation stage in front of family and friends is something a graduate never forgets. Participating in two UTEP graduations as a student, and many others as a staff member, was inspiring. Yesterday, UTEP graduated another 2,000 students, the vast majority Latinos with many the first in their families to…
