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Here are 9 ways higher education can ensure rural America’s long-term vitality

University Business

However, the durability of America’s rural regions rests squarely on the shoulders of its citizens accessing higher forms of education, notes the report. Census Bureau data from 2015 to 2019. The CEW studied 25-to-64-year-old adults using five years’ worth of U.S.

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Mapping Transfer Pathways: How Data and Equitable Admissions Policies can Support Transfer Student Success

IHEP

Until policymakers at the federal, state, and institution levels act and implement these policy changes, students will be forced to navigate messy, unclear, and inequitable transfer pathways that don’t consistently lead to degree completion. The Institute for Higher Education Policy. The Institute for Higher Education Policy.

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A state's plan to calculate the "economic value" of a degree

Inside Higher Ed

” The Crest of a ‘New Wave’ In the strategic plan, the commission notes the proposal is part of a “new wave” of higher education policy focused on value rather than enrollment or degree attainment. “Humanities majors want jobs, too.”

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Leveraging PEP and EMI Data to Improve Institutional Value and Student ROI: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 173 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Michael Itzkowitz

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billion in grants and establish policy for nearly $120 billion in Federal student aid every year. I believe it was 2019 when I created something called the Price to Earnings Premium. And, unfortunately, too often the answer was, “No.” I’ll just give you an example. It essentially takes two variables.