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Does College Need to Be 4 Years?

Inside Higher Ed

Seven years of college down the drain”? You’ve heard the arguments before, I suspect: “ College Doesn’t Need to Take Four Years. You’ve heard the arguments before, I suspect: “ College Doesn’t Need to Take Four Years.” ” College, say Wall Street Journal contributors Scott L.

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The Equity Imperative ?of the Place-Bound Student

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She possesses an associate degree earned in her early 20’s from her local community college. identified as place-bound , according to the American Council on Education (ACE) Center for Policy Research and Strategy (Hillman, Nicholas, & Weichman, 2016). While online education has grown exponentially in the U.S., Lawrence A.

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Study finds true faculty diversity is possible by 2050

Inside Higher Ed

Image: College and universities will need to diversify their faculties at about 3.5 Nathan Matias, assistant professor of communication and information science at Cornell University; Neil A. Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, the researchers found that the racial diversity of U.S. Meanwhile, the U.S.

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How colleges measure and prove their value: Key podcast

Inside Higher Ed

Colleges are under growing pressure to prove their value to students, parents, legislators and others. Inside Higher Ed : Michael, you were on The Key last spring talking about the price earnings premium that you and Third Way had developed to measure value in higher education. An edited transcript of the discussions follows.

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Field of study not key to new academic program success

Inside Higher Ed

Image: The success rate for new academic programs at colleges and universities depends more on the type of institution launching them than whether a program is in the sciences or humanities, according to a new report identifying what sorts of programs fare better when it comes to growth. ” The study listed a failure rate of 39.4

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Rural-Serving Institutions: Innovative Lessons for Higher Ed Success: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 147 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Andrew Koricich

The Change Leader, Inc.

colleges and universities. Podcast Highlights RSIs are their communities’ primary or only post-secondary education access point and are their most critical employer by launching businesses and consuming most of their goods and services. How to subset rising costs with remote learning and course selection.

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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

The Change Leader, Inc.

One of the biggest challenges students face is determining their return on investment for obtaining a college degree. One of the biggest challenges students face is determining their return on investment for obtaining a college degree. Furthermore, the data identifies the top 1,320 U.S. News & World Report findings.