A college degree may be the golden ticket to a better job, but
that incentive alone isn’t enough to stop millions of students
from dropping out of school. In fact, just over half of students
complete their
postsecondary degrees within six years.
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has its eye on
becoming the first school in the state to earn federal
recognition as a Hispanic-serving institution. But first, it must
more than double the number of Hispanic students it
enrolls.
In what the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for
Hispanics is calling a “culturally relevant” resource guide,
Latino students and their families could find all they
need to know about preparing, applying, paying for and succeeding
in college.
At Arizona State University, it’s often about “the
entrepreneurial mindset,” as Sethuraman Panchanathan put it, who
helps lead the university’s research and economic development
efforts.
The Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit Excelencia in Education has
released its annual list of college programs and community groups
that are effectively supporting the educational advancement of
Latino students in higher education, or “Examples
of ¡Excelencia!“
The best data are often the hardest to parse. Sure, a neat
snapshot of three or four variables is easy on the eyes, but to
really dig deep and find important and surprising trends, you’ll
probably have to wade through dozens of variables.
Or in the College Scorecard’s case, 2,000 variables.
As has become tradition at EWA’s higher education conferences,
Inside Higher Ed Co-founder and Editor Scott Jaschik offered a
series of story ideas for reporters to pursue this academic year.
Innovation
What does the term “innovation” mean in regard to higher
education, and should journalists take colleges’ definitions at
face value?
“A bad attitude is like a bad tire: You can’t go anywhere until
you change it,” Arizona State University sophomore Ricardo
Nieland told a roomful of journalists gathered on the campus for
a seminar on innovation in higher
education earlier this month.
Nieland was speaking on a panel about college students who are
among the first generation of family members to pursue a degree.
The session addressed the struggles many of these young adults
encounter in higher education.
Two numbers haunt the college landscape: $1.3 trillion and 40
percent.
The first is the ever-increasing debt Americans are shouldering
to pay off the cost of a degree. But a growing chorus of experts
believes that extraordinary sum obscures another crisis: For
many, those debts wouldn’t be as devastating had they earned a
degree. But only 40 percent of Americans complete a bachelor’s
degree in four years.
The upshot is that millions of Americans earning meager wages are
on the hook for thousands of dollars with almost nothing to show
for it.
“There’s a lot of talk about the student debt crisis and I’m
going to tell you that I don’t think there really is a student
debt crisis,” said Debbie Cochrane, vice president at The
Institute for College Access and Success. “What there are are
multiple student debt crises.”
Big Data Is Coming to Colleges. Are Students’ Grades and Privacy Safe?
A college degree may be the golden ticket to a better job, but that incentive alone isn’t enough to stop millions of students from dropping out of school. In fact, just over half of students complete their postsecondary degrees within six years.
UW-Milwaukee Goes After State’s 1st ‘Hispanic-Serving Institution’ Title
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has its eye on becoming the first school in the state to earn federal recognition as a Hispanic-serving institution. But first, it must more than double the number of Hispanic students it enrolls.
¡Gradúate! 2.0: White House Releases Graduation Guide Aimed at Hispanics
In what the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics is calling a “culturally relevant” resource guide, Latino students and their families could find all they need to know about preparing, applying, paying for and succeeding in college.
Competency-Based Education: More Interest and More Analysis
Scrap the lecture halls, final exams, degree plans and traditional semesters.
Is College for Earning Bigger Bucks or Learning Deeper Thinking. Can It Be Both?
What’s the point of college?
At Arizona State University, it’s often about “the entrepreneurial mindset,” as Sethuraman Panchanathan put it, who helps lead the university’s research and economic development efforts.
Programs Providing ‘Excelencia’ in Latino Education
The Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit Excelencia in Education has released its annual list of college programs and community groups that are effectively supporting the educational advancement of Latino students in higher education, or “Examples of ¡Excelencia!“
Here’s a look at this year’s honorees.
Pathway to the Baccalaureate Program, Northern Virginia Community College
Finding Stories in College Scorecard Data
Webinar recap.
The best data are often the hardest to parse. Sure, a neat snapshot of three or four variables is easy on the eyes, but to really dig deep and find important and surprising trends, you’ll probably have to wade through dozens of variables.
Or in the College Scorecard’s case, 2,000 variables.
‘Ban the Box,’ Campus Carry and More Higher Ed Story Ideas for Reporters
As has become tradition at EWA’s higher education conferences, Inside Higher Ed Co-founder and Editor Scott Jaschik offered a series of story ideas for reporters to pursue this academic year.
Innovation
What does the term “innovation” mean in regard to higher education, and should journalists take colleges’ definitions at face value?
First in the Family: What Works for First-Generation College Students
“A bad attitude is like a bad tire: You can’t go anywhere until you change it,” Arizona State University sophomore Ricardo Nieland told a roomful of journalists gathered on the campus for a seminar on innovation in higher education earlier this month.
Nieland was speaking on a panel about college students who are among the first generation of family members to pursue a degree. The session addressed the struggles many of these young adults encounter in higher education.
College Completion Failures Must Be Tackled in Tandem With Costs, Report Says
Two numbers haunt the college landscape: $1.3 trillion and 40 percent.
The first is the ever-increasing debt Americans are shouldering to pay off the cost of a degree. But a growing chorus of experts believes that extraordinary sum obscures another crisis: For many, those debts wouldn’t be as devastating had they earned a degree. But only 40 percent of Americans complete a bachelor’s degree in four years.
The upshot is that millions of Americans earning meager wages are on the hook for thousands of dollars with almost nothing to show for it.
Hiring More Black and Latino Professors: ‘You Have to Want to Do That’
ASU President Michael Crow with his thoughts on faculty diversity
Why aren’t there more black and Latino college professors at elite institutions?
Understanding the Student Loan-Debt Picture
“There’s a lot of talk about the student debt crisis and I’m going to tell you that I don’t think there really is a student debt crisis,” said Debbie Cochrane, vice president at The Institute for College Access and Success. “What there are are multiple student debt crises.”