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Blog post by Lloyd Armstrong: The State of the Union on college costs
So let me put colleges and universities on notice: If you can’t stop tuition from going up, the funding you get from taxpayers will go down. Higher education can’t be a luxury. It is an economic imperative that every family in America should be able to afford.
Barak Obama, State of Union 2012
Does this speech signal that the time has finally arrived when the government – which pays a good part of the bill – will step in to limit the rapid and seemingly never ending growth of tuition? In normal times, the answer would… Continue reading
Five Crucial Questions to Ask Before Returning to School
Monster.com recently interviewed several experts regarding factors adults should
consider before returning to school. InsideTrack CMO Jasmine Stirling highlighted the importance of assessing one’s long-term goals and the potential impact of adding school to an already busy life.
Learn more: careerbuilder.com
Posted in Persistence and Graduation
UPCEA Brings Focus to Adult Student Success
By Kandace Gilligan
Institutions that enroll significant numbers of part-time and adult students know all too well the challenge of trying to measure student success rates. Since the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS)—the main federal database of institution-level information—includes only first-time, full-time students, it is difficult to generate meaningful data for nontraditional students.Worse yet, there is ample evidence to suggest that the education outcomes of these uncounted students are quite poor. According to a report released by Complete College America earlier in September, in which data was collected from 33 states,… Continue reading
Student coaching for increased engagement, enrollment, and retention
Jan 26 | Stanford, CA
Center for Education Policy Analysis Workshop:
Please join us for a workshop sponsored by Stanford University’s Center for Education Policy Analysis featuring InsideTrack Founder and President Kai Drekmeier and Chief Financial Officer Ari Blum. They will discuss how InsideTrack Coaching improves retention and graduation rates in the context of today’s rapidly changing higher education environment – including a review of data from a study conducted by Stanford University Associate Professor Eric Bettinger and doctoral student Rachel Baker.
Featuring:
Kai Drekmeier
Founder and President
InsideTrack
Ari Blum
Chief Financial Officer
InsideTrack
Learn More: stanford.edu
Posted in Enrollment, Future of Higher Education
Tagged budget, InsideTrack, student engagement, student outcomes, Student success
Ready Or Not, Here I Am
Do college freshmen feel academically prepared for classes? When it comes to starting college level coursework, what do incoming freshmen have to say about how high school prepared them? A recent study surveyed a national sample of high school graduates from the class of 2010 to find out how they felt their high school experience prepared them for college.
Continue reading: readyornot
Posted in Enrollment, Future of Higher Education
Tagged college readiness, cost of education, outcomes, undergraduate education
