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Monday, December 6, 2010

146. MVCAP fyi

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1. Financial Aid: A Broken Bridge to College Access? by Bridget Terry Long - http://www.hepg.org/document/19/

"Although there are many barriers to college access and success for low-income and minority students, most can be grouped into three major categories. The first set of major barriers relates to cost. . . . A second major set of barriers to college enrollment and persistence is academic preparation. . . . The third major impediment to higher education for many students, particularly those from low-income families, is the complexity of the college admissions process and financial aid systems, as well as a lack of accurate information about higher education costs. College attendance is the culmination of a series of steps and benchmarks, and this current landscape is too complex and difficult for many families to decipher and navigate."

2. Do Loans Increase College Access and Choice? by Bridget Terry Long - http://www.bos.frb.org/economic/neppc/wp/2007/neppcwp0701.pdf

"This paper attempts to provide additional information on the impact of loans on college decisions by focusing on the period during which college loans were made available to all families, regardless of financial need. The major shift in aid policy occurred due to the 1992 Higher Education Reauthorization Act (HEA92)."


"College is the key gatekeeper to the middle class. If you can figure out how to make it to a degree, you can pretty much guarantee a middle class. So many are kept back from entering the gates."

4. Jobless rate up among those with at least bachelor's degree, by Paul Davidson - http://usat.ly/ghcUb8 - RT @USATODAY

‎"The well-educated have been insulated from the worst effects of the recession, which battered manufacturing and construction workers. And unemployment is still far lower for the college-educated than for high school graduates (10%) and those without high school diplomas (15.7%)."

5. When a College Student Loses a Parent, by Jacques Steinberg - http://nyti.ms/fpvnxx

"We particularly want to draw your attention to those that described a faculty member, counselor or roommate who rose to the occasion on behalf of a grieving student."

6. Using the Rankings, by Scott Jaschik - Inside Higher Ed: http://bit.ly/gu6PV6

"Of the 80 percent of colleges that believe their institutions appear "favorably" in the rankings, 71 percent promote their rankings results in marketing materials (although most of those say that they promote the rankings in only a limited way)."

7. Less Than 50% Attained Degrees In Last 6 Years, - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/03/49-percent-attained-degre_n_791655.html

‎"The report found that, within six years of enrollment, 49 percent of students attained a certificate, associate or bachelors degree from some institution."

8. Plan to Lift University Tuition Galvanizes British Students, by D. D. Guttenplan - http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/06/world/europe/06iht-educLede06.html?_r=1&hpw

"Under the latest proposals tuition fees, now capped at £3,290, or $5,150, a year, would be allowed to rise as high as £9,000. Universities, which currently have their teaching budgets financed largely by the government, would see 80 percent of that subsidy removed — the only exceptions being courses in science, technology, medicine, nursing and “strategically important languages.”

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Wednesday, December 1, 2010

143. MVCAP fyi

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‎"They claim funding cuts means faculty positions are going unfilled. Similar protests snarled other cities, including Milan, Turin, Naples, Venice, Palermo and Bari. In Genoa, students protested under the slogan "they block our future, we block the cities."

2. 25 Colleges With the Worst Professors, by Lynn O'Shaughnessy - http://t.co/fNtziyB

"The upper Midwest is a hot bed for bad professors, according to data an education think tank culled from millions of RateMyProfessor teacher evaluations. Among the top 25 schools with the worst professors, six of them hail from Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. Nearly a third come from all parts of the Midwest."

3. 25 Colleges With the Best Professors, by Lynn O'Shaughnessy - http://t.co/8ep9aYq

"What do the colleges on this list share in common? All of them are small private institutions. Most of the schools are liberal arts colleges with student bodies well under 4,000 students. And that’s not surprising since liberal arts colleges tend to offer smaller classes and the prime focus of professors at these schools is teaching not research."

4. Bill Gates Listens to the Wrong People, by Diane Ravitch - http://t.co/TWHufcK via @educationweek

"These are the people who teach our children, these are the members of the public who serve their local schools without compensation year after year. They and their children and their children's children will be here long after the corporate reform crowd has moved on and been forgotten. These are the people on whom our public schools depend. They care deeply about their children, their communities, and their public schools."

5. State Student-Aid Policies Drive College Prices, Researchers Say - http://chronicle.com/article/State-Student-Aid-Policies/125569/

"The researchers who conducted the study found that an increase in need-based aid resulted in higher tuition and fees at both public and private institutions in the state. Public colleges also lowered their average institutional-aid awards, while there was no change at private colleges."


‎"The reality is that early decision good news or bad news will come, regardless of whether the student has a Plan B. But the bad news is a lot more difficult to deal with when there is no alternate plan."

7. Dropout Rates Dropping, but Don't Celebrate Yet, by Andrew J. Rotherham - http://bit.ly/gVhooK - reading from @time

"According to the report, by Johns Hopkins University, along with two education-oriented groups, America's Promise Alliance and Civic Enterprises, eight states had graduation rates below 70% in 2008, and 2.2 million students still attend dropout factories. An achievement gap also persists: only 64% of Hispanic students and 62% of African Americans graduated in 2008, while 81% of white students did."

8. Announcing the Release of the Best Colleges 2011 Rankings, by Greg Scott Neuman - http://t.co/lwfNRhQ

"According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median annual income of workers who hold a bachelor's degree is now almost $20,000 more than those who hold only a high school diploma. Over a 40-year working life, that’s a difference of more than $700,000 – quite a significant pay increase!"

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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

137. MVCAP fyi

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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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Tuesday, June 8, 2010

89. World's Best Universities?

If you wonder which country has the highest-rated universities in the world, you're not alone. Apparently, others wonder, too. U.S. News & World Report ranked 400 of the "World's Best Universities" in 2010; to see its list, hit this link:

http://www.usnews.com/articles/education/worlds-best-universities/2010/02/25/worlds-best-universities-top-400.html?PageNr=1
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