Jan 10, 2014 | Article, Post College, Research & Advocacy
Every year, the U.S. Department of Education releases their Digest of Education Statistics. The most recent release, Digest of Education Statistics: 2012, came out last month. These statistics reveal much about major trends in college enrollment, achievement, costs,...
Mar 6, 2013 | Article, Research & Advocacy
Recently, the Atlantic posted an article called The Myth of the Student-Loan Crisis. It’s worth the quick read, but it’s also worth a discussion. As one might imagine, it’s hard to summarize nearly $1 Trillion of student debt in such...
Sep 9, 2012 | Article, Research & Advocacy, Transitioning
We fundamentally believe in the value of higher education to advance the quality of the lives of the students, families and communities where they eventually serve. Evaluating a college education and its value as an investment is complex. We have attempted...
Mar 30, 2011 | Article, Completing, Post College, Research & Advocacy
Last week, we posted College without Completion — Post #1, which discussed National Center for Educational Statistics’s published statistics on cohort graduation rates. We continue the College without Completion thread with this post. (image by flickr user...
Mar 23, 2011 | Article, Completing, Post College, Research & Advocacy
2 in 5 students who attend college fail to get a degree from the college at which they began within 6 years.(pic from flickr user smemon87)This scary statistic is based on data from the U.S. Government’s National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). According...