Colleges urged
to consider messages they send to low-income students
New research from Northwestern University scholars suggests that
low-income students' academic confidence depends in part on their
perception of whether the environment is supportive or chilly for their
socioeconomic class.
Inside Higher Ed, Dec. 15, 2015
On a retail
path
Achieving the Dream promotes increased access to "middle skill"
careers for community college students.
Inside Higher Ed, Dec. 15, 2015
Counterprotest
larger than fake mass shooting
Only a few rifle-toting people showed up Saturday for what was billed to be
a fake mass shooting near the University of Texas at Austin. The
controversial event was designed to illustrate what organizers consider the
dangers of gun-free zones. ... A larger counterprotest, organized by a
group called Mass Farting: Say No to Gun Violence at UT, attracted a larger
crowd. Attendees used "fart blaster" toys to make flatulence
sounds, indicating their disgust with the movement to bring guns onto
campus. (Quite aside from the fake shooting, Texas lawmakers have passed a
law that will let carrying guns be legal in many spaces in public higher
education in the state.)
Inside Higher Ed, Dec. 14, 2015
The leaky pipeline
Improved transfer pathways from community colleges to four-year
institutions may be the best answer to America's college completion woes,
say three influential groups that will prod states and colleges on
transfer.
Inside Higher Ed, Dec. 11, 2015
A degree when
'life happens'
For some colleges, reverse transfer isn't just a way to hand out degrees to
boost completion numbers.
Inside Higher Ed, Dec. 11, 2015
Millennials are
still crushed by recession and could be for decades
Nearly half of all millennials still live at home with their parents. But
Norris and her teacher husband, Bryan, own their home north of the
river. And while studies reveal that many millennials are putting off
big life changes — getting married, buying homes, starting families —
because they’re paying off hefty student loans, [Amy] Norris graduated
owing less than $2,000. The economic news for Americans ages 18 to 34
hasn’t been rosy for quite some time. As a group, millennials are poorer
than the young adults of past generations. Census statistics show that
a large group of millennials — about 28 million out of 70 million in all —
are not enrolled in school and are making less than $10,000 a year at their
jobs.
The Bellingham Herald, Dec. 10, 2015
Tacoma
continues 5-year climb on graduation rates
A year after surpassing the state average for the first time, graduation
rates in Tacoma continue to climb, reaching a new high of 82.6 percent for
the Class of 2015. Tacoma Public Schools officials announced the new figure
Thursday. It’s the fifth straight year of increases for Tacoma, and
the highest since the state began tracking the statistic in 2003. The
number represents a 27.3-percent increase from 2010. Tacoma is part of
a national trend that has seen graduation rates ticking upward in recent
years. The U.S. Department of Education says the nation’s high school
graduation rate hit 81 percent for the Class of 2013, the highest level
since states adopted a new uniform way of calculating graduation rates five
years earlier.
The News Tribune, Dec. 10, 2015
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