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Read full news articleThe Telltale Data That Can Identify College Students at Risk
The group uses data to predict where students may go wrong so they can receive extra help in those areas. The universities experimented with a variety of programs, like creating peer groups of students who would otherwise get lost, or helping them make good class choices and get remedial help....
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Read full news articleForget the marketing gimmicks: It’s time for colleges to cut costs.
Rather than always looking at the revenue side of the ledger by figuring out how to attract more students with marketing gimmicks and constant discounting, colleges should start studying the expense side as well for ways to lower their costs.
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Second Thoughts About Higher Education Decisions
Most former college students say they would change either their major, college attended or credential pursued if they could do it all over again, survey finds.
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Read full news articleThe $833 billion albatross around the necks of women with college degrees
The burden of student debt is having an outsize impact on women who now hold nearly two thirds of the $1.3 trillion in outstanding education loans, according to a report released Wednesday by the American Association of University Women.
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Read full news articleTrump Budget Would Slash Student Aid and Research
White House plan confirms drastic cuts to many programs while proposing to substantially alter loan programs.
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Read full news articleExperiments With a New Way of Paying for College
Colleges (and nontraditional providers) experiment with income-share agreements as innovation that could help some people afford education and training.
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Read full news articlePush for 'Unit Records' Revived
Bipartisan group of senators wants to end ban on collecting data many say would help students and the public judge colleges. Opponents appear unmoved, citing privacy concerns.
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Read full news articleWolverine Pathways making U-M more accessible to inner-city youth
The students participate in fall and winter sessions, each consisting of eight Saturdays of project-based, hands-on courses, as well as intensive math and speech and communication arts courses. They also participate in a 16-day summer session consisting of daylong, Monday-Thursday courses over...
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Read full news articleMoney to prep poor kids for college? Sorry, wrong font
Dozens of universities and organizations that applied for federal grants to help young people from poor families prepare for college were turned down by the U.S. Education Department because of mistakes that consisted mostly of incorrect margins, the wrong font or lack of double-spacing.
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Read full news articleDemanding Results on Transfer
Unusual foundation grant will pay for community colleges and four-year institutions to improve their transfer pathways, with goal of 30 percent bump in four-year degrees earned by community college graduates.