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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

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1. Poor Ratings for 'U.S. News' Rankings, by Scott Jaschik - Inside Higher Ed: http://bit.ly/etzstP

‎"The National Association for College Admission Counseling conducted the survey, part of a series of research efforts related to the rankings and leading to a full report next year. The survey was conducted both of high school counselors and of college admissions officials -- and both groups expressed low regard for the U.S. News rankings, while acknowledging their impact, which may even be growing."

2. Modest Gains for Black Colleges Online, by Steve Kolowich - Inside Higher Ed: http://bit.ly/gtOGhG

“In their search for ways to increase their enrollments,” Beasley writes, “the private HBCUs that hitherto have shown little or no interest in meeting the continuing education needs of non-traditional African American students are now giving serious consideration to online programs, not only as a potential source of sorely needed additional revenue, but also as a source of additional enrollments that would help them justify their continued existence. ”Still, the growth in the number of private HBCUs that offer online programs — from two to six since 2006 — has been modest. And the overall proportion of historically black institutions offering online degree programs (defined as having 80 percent or more of the coursework of at least one academic program delivered online) remains low. Of the nation’s 105 HBCUs, only 19 offer online degrees — 18 percent. (Of the 40 public HBCUs, 13 have at least one online program, up from 10 in 2006.)"

3. Student Debt and the Class of 2009 - http://projectonstudentdebt.org/files/pub/classof2009.pdf


"The Project on Student Debt's recent report (PDF) on student debt and the class of 2009 examined which schools left their students owing the most money -- and which schools left students with their pockets a little fuller. According to the report, members of the class of 2009 graduated school owing an average of $24,000 -- a six percent increase from the previous year. If you're looking for a college that won't break the bank, gaze westward: most of the low-debt schools can be found in the on the left side of the Mississippi. Below, we outline the 13 institutions that had the lowest per-student debt averages last year."

5. How Are the Kids? Unemployed, Underwater, and Sinking, by Mark Paul and Anastasia Wilson: http://t.co/AzzbQvM

"The U3 measure also does not count underemployment, yet with only 50% of B.A. holders able to find jobs requiring such a degree, underemployment rates are a telling index of the squeezing of the 18-30 year old Millennial generation. While it appears everyone is hurting since the financial collapse, young adults bear a disproportionate burden, constituting just 13.5% of the workforce while accounting for 26.4% of those unemployed. Even with good credentials, it is difficult for young people to find work and keep themselves afloat. . . . Jobs aren’t the whole story. Recent college graduates, those in the labor force with the freshest batch of knowledge and skills, are currently underwater and sinking fast with unprecedented student loan and personal debt. Average student debt for the class of 2008 was $23,200, an increase over four years of about 25%, meaning that students are knee deep in negative equity between their educational investment and actual earnings."

6. Kelli Space, $200,000 In Debt, Starts Site to Solicit Donations - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/22/kelli-space-two-hundred-thousand-in-debt_n_787074.html

‎"I was 18 and the first person in my family (including extended family!) to attend college. Therefore, not only was excitement consuming me, but my parents didn't exactly know how college would or wouldn't affect my salary in the future. We applied for scholarships during the summer but they heard -- as much as I did -- that cost of tuition should never keep you from attending a great school. So... we made the mistake of following such romantic advice. Cue regret."

7. 10 Cheapest and Most Expensive College Towns, by Lynn O'Shaughnessy - http://t.co/tGrZI0r

‎"A growing number of parents, according to a Coldwell Banker survey, believe it’s a better idea to buy a house when their child goes off to college rather than picking up the tab for room and board. A Coldwell Banker survey of real estate agents who sell property in college towns reports that 64% of them have seen a significant number of parent investors. If the idea intrigues you, here are the top 10 cheapest and most expensive college town markets among the 120 schools in the Football Bowl Subdivision. The prices are based on the average listing price of a four-bedroom, two-bath home."

8. College Costs, the Sequel, by Stanley Fish - http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/22/college-costs-the-sequel/

"The list price is the tuition published in the catalog, and frequently this list price bears little relationship to the price that the student’s family actually pays. Much of this charge is covered by grants of some kind: private scholarships, and tuition discounts offered by the schools themselves. The net tuition is the price paid after all discounts. DGA explained this very well. Alarm over rising list price is misplaced angst.In addition, much of the “crisis” people perceive is driven by stories of astronomical tuition at elite private schools. But fewer than 10 percent of the students enrolled at four-year universities attend schools whose list-price tuition and fees exceed $33,000. Over 47 percent attend schools whose published tuition and fees total less than $9,000 per year."

9. "College wasn’t even a part of my vocabulary," by Teng Yang http://chronicle.com/article/Say-Something-From-a-Refugee/125454/

"In this episode, we hear from Teng Yang, a senior at Brown University, about his journey from a Hmong refugee camp in Thailand, to the United States (with 20 brothers and sisters), to college."







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