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.”
You’d be forgiven for thinking higher-education reporting is a
game of billion-dollar bingo, with each aspect of the beat pegged
to insane sums, such as the $1.3 trillion in student loan debt.
One way of answering whether students are getting a fair shake is
to see if the colleges that educate them are spending the
institution’s resources in ways that enable more college-goers to
afford the cost of a postsecondary degree.
With 52 data points over 52 weeks, the University of Pennsylvania
Center for
Minority-Serving Institutions hopes to raise public awareness
about these types of colleges and the return on
investment they can offer.
¡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.”
Analyzing College Endowments: Do’s and Don’ts
You’d be forgiven for thinking higher-education reporting is a game of billion-dollar bingo, with each aspect of the beat pegged to insane sums, such as the $1.3 trillion in student loan debt.
One way of answering whether students are getting a fair shake is to see if the colleges that educate them are spending the institution’s resources in ways that enable more college-goers to afford the cost of a postsecondary degree.
Year-Long Campaign to Highlight ROI of Minority-Serving Institutions
With 52 data points over 52 weeks, the University of Pennsylvania Center for Minority-Serving Institutions hopes to raise public awareness about these types of colleges and the return on investment they can offer.