Seattle
colleges attract international students
More than 13,000 international students came to the Seattle metro area for
a college education between 2008 and 2012, part of a dramatically
accelerating wave of foreign students entering the country in the last
decade for degrees in business, science, technology, engineering and
math. Their presence here made Seattle the 16th most popular
destination in the U.S. for foreign students. Ruiz said he was also
surprised to see that many of Seattle’s international students come here
for associate degrees at community colleges. In that regard, Seattle is
something of an outlier. Washington community colleges have vigorously
promoted themselves as an option for foreign students, marketing themselves
on the idea that community college is less expensive and a steppingstone to
a four-year college.
The Seattle Times, September 1, 2014
How
Economically Diverse Is Your College? A 'New York Times’ Ranking May Soon
Tell
The New York Times is entering the college-ratings game. Sorta.
Kinda. Next month it plans to unveil "a new ranking of colleges
and universities based on their ability to attract underprivileged
kids." Or at least that’s how the project is billed on the agenda for
the Schools for Tomorrow conference that the newspaper is holding
next week in New York City.
The Chronicle of Higher Education, August 29, 2014
Urban Geography
of Foreign Students
A new analysis of international student visa approvals from the Brookings
Institution traces where international students on F-1 visas are coming
from and where they are going at the level of the city.
Inside Higher Ed, August 29, 2014
Business Is a
Big Draw for International Students in the U.S.
Previous research has shown that international students at American
colleges and universities tend to be concentrated in specific areas, such
as business and engineering. Now a new report from the Brookings
Institution goes deeper in telling us who these students are, which cities
they are coming from, and where they end up staying. Nearly one in three
international undergraduate students comes to the United States to study
business, management, or marketing, according to the Brookings researchers,
who looked at more than a million F-1 visas from 2008 to 2012.
The Chronicle of Higher Education, August 29, 2014
New Evidence of
Mobile Phone Addiction in Students
Female college students spend an average of 10 hours a day on their
cellphones, and male students spend about eight hours on them, according
to a new study in The Journal of Behavioral Addictions.
Inside Higher Ed, August 29, 2014
Anthem Bows Out
After years of enrollment losses, Anthem Education, a for-profit chain
of colleges and career institutes, filed for bankruptcy Monday. The company
has abruptly shut down a number of its campuses, leaving state agencies
struggling to funnel displaced students into other institutions. Nine more
campuses may close today, Anthem officials said.
Inside Higher Ed, August 29, 2014
Community
colleges may be key to finding doctors for minority, underserved
communities
Medical schools hoping to find doctors who'll practice in minority and
underserved communities may want to start grooming students in community
colleges, a new study out of UCLA indicates. The study says
that minorities who attended community colleges before heading to medical
school are more likely to commit to working for underserved populations,
the study says. One description called the findings as, "... a rich
source of physicians for poor communities."
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, August 28, 2014
Washington
loses more college students than it gains
While nearly 11,000 first-time college students left Washington in
fall 2012 to go to college elsewhere, only about 7,000 freshmen moved to
Washington to attend school here, according to federal data. (The
numbers include two- and four-year colleges.) About one-quarter
of Washington residents who enrolled in college for the first time in fall
2012 did so in another state. ... Is this a problem? It’s certainly a
puzzle.
The Seattle Times, August 28, 2014
Report:
Washington's Low-Income Residents Are Disproportionately Burdened By Debt
Low-income residents Washington state are disproportionately burdened by
debt, according to a new report by the grassroots advocacy group
Alliance for a Just Society. One reason: increasing student loan debt.
The report says the average student loan debt at graduation in Washington
jumped 23 percent from 2008 to 2012 to a total of more than $23,000. And
the average credit card debt in the state is more than $5,000.
KPLU. August 27, 2014
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