NPSAS Price Estimates for Attending Postsecondary Education: First Look
Using data from the 2011-2012 National Postsecondary Study Aid Study (NPSAS:12), the National Center for Education Statistics has released a report on the price of college for undergraduate students...
View ArticleSTEM Attrition: College Students’ Paths into and out of STEM Fields
The National Center for Education Statistics has released a study looking at undergraduate student attrition in the STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, mathematics). Specifically, the study...
View ArticleHow Full-Time are “Full-Time” Students
Complete College America has released a policy brief reporting the results of a survey looking at enrollment patters of “full-time” and “part-time” students. Specifically, the brief looks at the number...
View ArticleCompleting College: A National View of Student Attainment Rates – Fall 2007...
The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center has released its second annual report on student attainment rates for student who first enrolled in postsecondary education in the fall of 2007. The...
View ArticleSharpening Our Focus on Learning: The Rise of Competency-Based Approaches to...
A recent paper from the National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment examines competency-based education (CBE) in the United States. CBE credits students with what they actually know and can do...
View ArticleThe Employer Potential of MOOCs
A recent report from RTI International and Duke University shows results from an online survey of 398 North Carolina employers regarding their knowledge and experience with Massive Open Online Courses...
View ArticleThe Graduate Student Debt Review: The State of Graduate Student Borrowing
A recent policy brief from the New America Foundation reports that the largest overall changes in student borrowing are at the graduate student level, with graduate student debt having increased...
View ArticleThe American Freshman: National Norms Fall 2013
The annual Freshmen survey, a report from the Cooperative Institutional Research Program at UCLA, recently released findings based on survey responses from over 165,000 first-time, full-time freshmen...
View ArticleWhat We Know About Accelerated Developmental Education
A recent report from the Community College Research Center (CCRC) examined accelerated developmental education at four community colleges to compare the success of students who were placed in...
View ArticleIs It Still Worth Going to College?
A recent Economic Letter from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco examines the value of attending college by comparing annual earnings of college graduates with earnings of individuals with only...
View ArticleAccess to what and for whom? A closer look at federal Parent PLUS loans
A recent report from AEI considers the federal Parent PLUS loan program: the types of institutions that benefit from the program, the types of families that are borrowing from the program, where PLUS...
View ArticleRecent NCES Reports
The National Center for Education Statistics has recently issued two reports, Out-of-Pocket Net Price for College and The Condition of Education 2014, an annual report to inform policymakers about the...
View ArticleFreshman Year Financial Aid Nudges: An Experiment to Increase FAFSA Renewal...
A recent paper from EdPolicy Works at The University of Virginia reports on the results of low-touch interventions to increase FAFSA renewal. Researchers sent college freshmen personalized text...
View ArticleSnapshot Report: Postsecondary Student Mobility Rate: 2011-201
By: Nicholas Brock A new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center examined student mobility rates from 2011-2013. The student-mobility rate is the percentage of students across...
View ArticleStaying on Target for College: How Innovation Can Improve the Pipeline to...
Many prospective students, while qualified and prepared for college, often do not know how to navigate the deadlines and paperwork requirements necessary to access financial aid applications and...
View ArticleThe 2013 Tuition Discounting Study
The tuition discount rate (institutional grant dollars as a share of gross tuition and fee revenue) for first year students at private, non-profit, four-year institutions has increased to 44.8% for the...
View ArticleChasing the College Dream in Hard Economic Times
By: Nicholas BrockA new report published by ACT examines the financial burdens placed on families in funding their children’s college education, particularly after the economic downturn. Despite the...
View ArticleNASFAA Consumer Information Task Force Report
A recent report from The National Association of Student Financial aid Administrators (NASFAA) argues that consumer information requirements for postsecondary institutions could be enhanced,...
View ArticleThe Condition of College and Career Readiness: 2014
ACT recently released their annual report on the college readiness of the incoming college class. In addition to listing policy suggestions and recommendations, it summarized the following findings:...
View ArticleTransferability of Postsecondary Credit Following Student Transfer or...
According to a report recently released by the National Center for Education Statistics, 35% of (first-time/full-time) undergraduates enrolled in at least two colleges over a six year period. 39% of...
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