By Martha Ellis - EvoLLLution. In the United States we appear to be obsessed with rankings. Everything from sports teams to refrigerators are ranked. Rankings of higher education institutions are not new with college rating services like U.S. News and World Report. More...
28 avril 2016
Reimagining College Rankings: What Information Do Students Truly Need?
Going Beyond the Quick and Dirty: Crafting a Truly Representative Ratings System
By Lester Lefton - EvoLLLution. A system that truly measures and encapsulates the priorities of today’s students is feasible, but must go beyond a simple, quick and dirty set of rankings. More...
Finding Metrics that Matter to Adult Students
By Javier Miyares - EvoLLLution. Despite the influence ratings and rankings have on prospective students’ choices, they do a poor job of reflecting the true capacity for a student to succeed at a given college or university. More...
Trends in Post-Traditional Education: Tracking and Responding to Change
By Tina Goodyear - EvoLLLution. Leaders of non-traditional higher education divisions and institutions need to be more responsive to trends and changes in the market than most. More...
Maximizing Your Education Investment When You Return to the Real World
By Nikki Karakostas - EvoLLLution. At the graduate level, prospective students need to be very aware of the capacity for their education and credential to help them advance their careers. More...
Beyond Dodgeball: Tailoring Extracurricular Opportunities for Adults
By Jo Emanuelson - EvoLLLution. Non-traditional students see the value in extra-curricular opportunities, but if those opportunities don’t align with their reasons for attending they won’t sacrifice their precious time to participate. More...
Power to Students … and a Theoretical Kick in the Backside
By Tony Birch - EvoLLLution. Online learning is the wave of the future for higher education, but it’s critical that students understand how to succeed in this environment. More...
ROI for Adult Learners: Maximizing Higher Ed’s Non-Monetary Value
By Tennis Lilly - EvoLLLution. It’s critical for universities to make more extra-curricular opportunities available for learning to enrich the non-monetary value of their postsecondary experience. More...
The Exit Ramps That Could Save Higher Education
By Kenneth Hartman - EvoLLLution. The future is bright for the higher education industry, but in order to get to the new era, institutions will have to make some significant strategic changes. More...
Understanding the Barriers to Success for Minority Students
By Omid Fotuhi - EvoLLLution. While the transition to college is difficult for all students, the lack of social belonging faced by non-traditional minority students can have a lasting negative impact on their academic success. More...
