Summer melt:
Why accepted students don’t go to college
As many as 40 percent of students from low-income
families who are accepted to college never show up for the first day
of class, studies show. A recent Hechinger Report story examines
why. The phenomenon is known as summer melt, and it describes how
students who get accepted to college in the spring change their minds over
the summer. It’s a problem for all students, but research
shows summer melt is especially a problem for those from
low-income families — not surprisingly, since financial issues are often at
the root of why students don’t end up attending.
The Seattle Times, Aug. 18, 2015
New report
details how often Pell recipients fail to graduate
An expansive article by the Hechinger Report details just how often Pell
Grant recipients fail to graduate at America’s largest colleges.
The Chronicle of Higher Education, Aug. 18, 2015
What freshmen
know ... and don't know
Each August since 1998, Beloit College has released its "mind-set
list" to help faculty and administrators understand what a new class
of freshmen have experienced and not experienced. Here is the list for the
entering college class of 2019, most of whom were born in 1997. Among those
who have never been alive in this group of students' lifetimes are Princess
Diana, Notorious B.I.G., Jacques Cousteau and Mother Teresa.
Inside Higher Ed, Aug. 18, 2015
'Off to
college: A guide for parents'
As the start of the academic year approaches, parents of incoming freshmen
wonder what they should be doing to prepare their children.
Inside Higher Ed, Aug. 18, 2015
Fewer good jobs
for college grads? Not so, says new study
The emerging conventional wisdom is that America's post-recession recovery
was dominated by the rise of low-paying, part-time service jobs. But a
new analysis challenges that narrative, finding that 2.9 million
of the 6.6 million jobs added in the recovery were "good jobs"
providing high pay and, in many cases, benefits.
The Chronicle of Higher Education, Aug. 17, 2015
Ending the
FAFSA list
The U.S. Department of Education plans to end its longstanding practice of
giving colleges certain student information that some institutions may use
against students as they apply for admission and financial aid. Starting
next year, the department will no longer provide colleges the entire list
of institutions that a student submits when filling out the Free
Application for Federal Student Aid, known as the FAFSA.
Inside Higher Ed, Aug. 14, 2015
Just the
necessities
Most college websites include “necessary information” about campus sexual
assault policies, a new study found, but at many institutions, the
content is difficult to locate and lacking in additional resources that
could assist victims after an assault or help in prevention efforts.
Inside Higher Ed, Aug. 14, 2015
New
campus-safety assessment tool aims to help colleges help themselves
A new campus-safety tool for colleges is being touted by some
administrators and experts as a unique strategy for helping every
higher-education institution understand and carry out best practices on
issues like alcohol, hazing, and sexual violence.
The Chronicle of Higher Education, Aug. 14, 2015
Defining
college
The Association of American Colleges and Universities has worked to make
its voice heard in discussions about competency-based education, MOOCs and
other trendy alternatives to traditional higher education. Yet as the
academy’s primary defender of the value of a liberal education, the group’s
real goal must be to defend the status quo and keep the upstarts at bay,
right?
Inside Higher Ed, Aug. 14, 2015
Reuters:
Instructure has filed for IPO
Instructure, the company behind the learning management system Canvas,
plans to go public later this year, according to Reuters.
Inside Higher Ed, Aug. 14, 2015
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