CFPB vs. ITT
Disrupting the Higher Ed Content Cycle
Research on Distance Education for First Nations/aboriginals, from IRRODL, Vol. 15, No. 1
Community college grads out-earn bachelor's degree holders
. Berevan Omer graduated on a Friday in February with an associate's degree from Nashville State Community College and started work the following Monday as a computer-networking engineer at a local television station, making about $50,000 a year.
That's 15% higher than the average starting salary for graduates -- not only from community colleges, but for bachelor's degree holders from four-year universities. More...
Many Business Leaders Doubt U.S. Colleges Prepare Students
By Preety Sidhu and Valerie J. Calderon. Few leaders believe U.S. colleges and universities are the best. Business leaders have doubts that higher education institutions in the U.S. are graduating students who meet their particular businesses' needs. More than one-third of business leaders agree with the statement "higher education institutions in this country are graduating students with the skills and competences that my business needs." About a third disagree with this statement -- including 17% who strongly disagree -- while another third is neutral. More...
The Bane and the Boon of For-Profit Colleges
By . Marc Jerome, the executive vice president of Monroe College, says his business is being unfairly targeted as corrupt. The graduation rate at Monroe’s two New York campuses, in the Bronx and New Rochelle, is much higher than those at nearby community colleges. More than nine out of 10 of recent graduates tracked by the school in its latest survey either continued their education or found jobs; the survey was responded to by about 70 percent of graduating students, most of whom are low-income blacks and Latinos. And Monroe students have a lower default rate on student loans than the national average for public schools. More...
Policy gap as immigrant students excel in universities
By Douglas Todd. Canadian-born students abandoning higher education and that has profound policy implications for government, studies suggest.
Most people who have attended Grade 12 graduation ceremonies or spent time on university campuses in Vancouver or Toronto have seen the signs. But some may still be surprised by a study by Statistics Canada, Garnett Picot and Feng Hou that verifies that young Canadians with immigrant backgrounds are almost twice as likely to go to university as students whose parents were born in Canada. Read more...
FCC Promises New Rules to Ensure Net Neutrality
By Megan O'Neil. The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission said on Wednesday that he would propose new rules to safeguard what is known as “net neutrality,” or the equal treatment of information flowing across the web. The announcement came a month after a federal appeals court struck down some of the existing rules, adopted in 2010, while affirming the FCC’s ability to regulate Internet-service providers in other ways. Read more...
How Average Net Price Fails to Capture the ‘Best Bang’ for Your Buck
By Jonah Newman. This is the second in a series of posts about the data that are likely to appear in the Obama administration’s proposed college-ratings system. For the first post, about graduation rates, click here.
Search for a college on the White House’s College Scorecard, and the first number you’ll see is the institution’s average net price, under a gauge that shows whether the number is low, medium, or high in relation to other colleges. The scorecard was supposed to be a source for prospective students to “compare schools based on a simple criteria—where you can get the most bang for your educational buck,” according to President Obama, who introduced it in his 2013 State of the Union address. More...