Savvy Students Use an Array of Resources to Find the Right School
By Karen Thomson - EvoLLLution. Today’s students work hard to make sure they are applying to and attending colleges that will help them achieve their goals. They often don’t leave their enrollment decisions up to rankings. More...
Rankings: Should We Care?
By Sean-Michael Green - EvoLLLution. Rankings can be impactful but it will be rare that an institution cannot spin rankings in their favor. More...
Expanding Transfer Opportunities for Community College Students
By Rhonda Tracy - EvoLLLution. Institutional leaders at both two-year and four-year colleges have a great deal of work to do to maximize student transfer and increase the number of four-year degree holders. More...
Rankings Punish Innovation and Diminish Higher Ed Diversity
By Meredith Twombly - EvoLLLution. By understanding the limiting nature of popular ranking systems, higher education institutions can take great strides to actually fulfilling their missions and creating access and opportunities for success for traditionally underserved demographics. More...
Eight Factors That Should Define Institutional Success in the Non-Traditional Era
By Dave King - EvoLLLution. Without metrics that speak to the needs of the growing (and majority) population of non-traditional students, higher education rankings—especially those geared toward non-traditional areas like online education—will lack in substance. More...
Innovation and the Academy: Are We Recognizing Student-Centricity?
By Marie Bountrogianni - EvoLLLution. Though higher education rankings are meant to give students a sense of how successful they might be at a given institution, they’re only truly relevant for a small set of students with specific aspirations to grow in the academy. More...
Traditional Ratings for a Non-Traditional Audience: Improving Relevance for the Majority
By Sandra Woodley - EvoLLLution. As the higher education student demographic becomes increasingly non-traditional, the systems used to rank and compare institutions must evolve to speak to the needs, expectations and priorities of this population. More...
Outcomes Over Exclusivity: The Ideal Rankings For Today’s Students
By Lucie Lapovsky - EvoLLLution. Higher education rankings have become a feature of the postsecondary space. Measuring all kinds of different aspects of institutional performance, there are rankings available that speak to a wide variety of questions. More...
How Colleges Can Help Adult Learners Navigate Their College Programs And Balance Their Priorities
By Barry Thomas - EvoLLLution. At every level of the institution, but especially in the classroom, small changes can be made to ensure adult learners are able to balance their multiple priorities and succeed in achieving their postsecondary goals. More...
Future Earnings Over Prestige: A New Measuring Stick for Higher Education
By Anthony Carnevale - EvoLLLution. A ranking system that focuses on earning potential is critical as part of the college selection process but should not be the only factor taken into account. More...
