Here are links to recent news on college access and success.
by
Joe Rottenborn
Executive Director, Mahoning Valley College Access Program (MVCAP)
1. Getting Credit, by Paul Fain - Inside Higher Ed - http://bit.ly/phTVbd via AddThis - "The total number of degrees and certificates awarded by community colleges increased by 127 percent between 1990 and 2010, the report found, while enrollment increased by 65 percent. And credentials earned by Hispanic students, for example, increased by 440 percent compared to enrollment growth of 226 percent."
2. 25 Colleges With the Best Professors in 2011, by Lynn O'Shaughnessy - http://moneywatch.bnet.com/spending/blog/college-solution/25-colleges-with-the-best-professors-in-2011/6813/ via @cbsmoneywatch - "None of the Ivy league schools, for instance, crack the list of the top 25 schools with the best professors. Princeton came the closest at 57th best. According to the teacher quality rankings, Cornell fared the worst among the Ivies — it came in 445th out of 650 schools. For the second year in a row, Oklahoma Wesleyan University earned bragging rights as the school with the best professors."
3. Better Data Urged to Link K-12 and Postsecondary, by Caralee J. Adams - http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2011/10/06/07college.h31.html via @educationweek - "If high schools are going to better prepare students for college and careers, experts say they need to track graduates enrolling in higher education, whether they take remedial courses to get up to speed, and whether they earn a degree."
4. Racial and Gender Gaps Persist in Higher Education -http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/racial-and-gender-gaps-persist-in-higher-education/36925 - "Racial and gender gaps in higher education persist among today’s students, says the latest edition of a report from the American Council on Education. The report says whites and Asian-Americans are the only groups whose members are earning significantly more degrees than did their elders, while African-Americans and Hispanics have made no progress. Women are surpassing men in earning postsecondary credentials. . . ."
5. Harvard falls from top spot in global college rankings, by Daniel de Vise - College, Inc. - http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/college-inc/post/harvard-falls-from-top-spot-in-global-college-rankings/2011/10/05/gIQARCcDOL_blog.html via @washingtonpost - "For the first time in the eight-year history of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, Harvard has been displaced as the world’s top university. The No. 1 spot in the 2011-12 rankings, released Thursday in Britain, belongs to CalTech. Adding insult to injury, Harvard must share second place with Stanford."
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