Jon Marcus, The Hechinger ReportAfrican-AmericanProportion of Americans With College Degrees GrowsThe U.S. continues to lose ground to global rivals in educational attainment, the report, by the Lumina Foundation, shows.April 22, 2014HomeCommunity Colleges Increasingly Adding Bachelor’s DegreesAn increasing number of community colleges around the country have started offering four-year bachelor’s degrees in fields for which there is high job demand.April 15, 2014Community CollegesHumanities Majors Don’t Fare as Badly as Portrayed, New Earnings Report SaysPeople who major in the humanities and social sciences don’t earn as much as their classmates in the physical and natural sciences, math or engineering, but the gap is not as wide as has been portrayed.January 26, 2014African-AmericanHarvard, MIT: Despite Low Completion Rates, MOOCs WorkLong-anticipated research into massive open online courses taught by MIT and Harvard finds that, while very few participants complete these classes, many others take advantage of “substantial” amounts of the content.January 23, 2014HomeNew Study Quantifies Impact of College RatingsThe findings demonstrate the influence of these rankings, which many higher education officials complain are unscientific, overly general, and misleading.January 19, 2014HomeTaxpayer-Funded Work-Study Program Benefits Richer StudentsMuch of the work-study money is going to the children of better-off families at expensive private universities, and not their lower-income counterparts.January 6, 2014StudentsMoody’s: College Money Woes Getting WorseFacing stagnant enrollment and increasingly price-conscious consumers, already cash-strapped universities will continue to see revenues lag behind inflation.November 26, 2013StudentsSurvey: Students Forgoing Advisers Who Can Help Them GraduateAt a time when research shows that academic advising is a key to helping college students graduate on time, most say they aren’t getting it.November 17, 2013HomeMOOC Bandwagon Shows Signs of Slowing DownWhat limited research has been done into the effectiveness of online learning has found that it has much higher dropout rates and lower grades than the conventional kind.October 3, 2013StudentsSurvey: Colleges Aren’t Preparing Graduates for JobsNearly two-thirds of Americans think the higher ed system is doing only a fair or poor job of preparing graduates for the workforce, according to a new poll.September 18, 2013Previous PagePage 2 of 5Next Page
