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Thursday, January 6, 2011

164. MVCAP fyi

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1. How Will Students Communicate? by Steve Kolowich - Inside Higher Ed: http://bit.ly/gNpFbe

"If students are in fact moving away from e-mail in their personal lives, institutionally provided student e-mail accounts will probably diminish in popularity over the next few years, campus technologists say, and that could force colleges to rethink the most reliable ways to stay in touch with their students."

2. 'Living as They Live' by Dan Berrett - Inside Higher Ed: http://bit.ly/ed9NMj

"In recent years, however, a small but growing number of public universities -- from the University of California at Berkeley to Appalachian State University -- have installed faculty members in residence halls to live among students."


"In today’s Academic Minute, the University of Notre Dame's Corey Angst explains how use of the iPad is evolving and becoming increasingly relevant in higher education."

4. Government Cashes In On Defaulted Student Loans - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/05/government-cashes-in-on-d_n_804582.html

"Mark Kantrowitz, the publisher of FinAid.org, provided the Journal with an example of how the government profits from defaults: According to Kantrowitz, the government stands to earn $2,010.44 more in interest from a $10,000 loan that defaulted than if it had been paid in full over a 20-year term, and $6,522.00 more than if it had been paid back in 10 years."


"Let's be honest. The University majors that exist today are not necessarily job related. More importantly, a degree of any kind is no guarantee of a job. What is important is that young people "learn how to learn" (acquire genuine thinking skills) in college; and if possible, find out what they can be passionate about."

6. 3 Ways Applying for Financial Aid Will Be Easier in 2011, by Kim Clark - US News and World Report - http://t.co/k4tcwJt

"But at least it will take less time to fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), which is the form that qualifies students for federal student loans and grants, as well as most other scholarships and aid. Three factors are making the FAFSA less ulcer-inducing:"

7. Another Look at PISA, by Diane Ravitch - http://t.co/MtR3wTT

"Researchers for the National Association for Secondary School Principals disaggregated the PISA results by income and made some stunning discoveries. Take a look at this link ("PISA: It's Poverty Not Stupid"). It shows that American students in schools with low poverty rates were first in the world when they were compared with students in nations with comparably low poverty levels."


"Schools in the United States with less than a 10% poverty rate had a PISA score of 551. When compared to the ten countries with similar poverty numbers, that score ranked first."

9. Auburn Is First in One Ranking, 85th in Another, by Pete Thamel - http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/sports/ncaafootball/06auburn.html?_r=1&hp

"The decline came after the university closed several academic loopholes following a NY Times article in 2006 that showed numerous football players padded their grade-point averages and remained eligible through independent-study-style courses that required little or no work."

10. At Elite Colleges, Legacy Status Counts More Than Previously Thought, Study Show, by Elyse Ashburn - http://chronicle.com/article/Legacys-Advantage-May-Be/125812/

"A researcher at Harvard University recently examined the impact of legacy status at 30 highly selective colleges and concluded that, all other things being equal, legacy applicants got a 23.3-percentage-point increase in their probability of admission. If the applicants' connection was a parent who attended the college as an undergraduate, a "primary legacy," the increase was 45.1-percentage points."

11. How Do Grad Rates of Division III Athletes Measure Up? Quite Well, NCAA Says - http://chronicle.com/blogs/players/how-do-grad-rates-of-division-iii-athletes-measure-up-quite-well-ncaa-says/27966

"Using the federal graduation rate calculated by the Education Department, 66 percent of Division III athletes finished college within six years of enrolling, compared with 63 percent of the overall student body."

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