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Comparing student services at for-profit and not-for-profit institutions
Rhonda Stabler
Former Student Services Advisor
MedTech College
I have had the pleasure of working both in the for-profit and traditional higher learner environments and through my experience I have learned that Student Services has a different meaning and purpose depending on the organization. Student Services in a for-profit organization usually operates under the mission to retain students through providing personal and professional development, counseling. Student Services as it pertains to traditional or non-profit settings usually encompasses Career Services, Admissions, Academic Advising, and Registrar.
Cross-posted from The EvoLLLution, originally published August 30, 2012.
Quick Poll: One controversial question. Two possible answers.
Posted in Persistence and Graduation
Tagged career coaching, gainful employment
Development, Discouragement, or Diversion? New Evidence on the Effects of College Remediation
Judith Scott-Clayton
Assistant Prof in Economics & Education
Senior Research Associate
Community College Research Center
Columbia University
Olga Rodriguez
Doctoral Student in Economics & Education
Research Associate
Teachers College
Columbia University
Half of all college students take at least one remedial course as part of their postsecondary experience, despite mixed evidence on the effectiveness of this intervention. Using a regression-discontinuity design with data from a large urban community college system, we extend the research on remediation in three ways. First, we articulate three alternative models of remediation to help guide interpretation of sometimes conflicting results… Continue reading
10 on line tools to help college students get more done
By Lauren McPherson
If you’ve ever decided to spend an hour working on a paper and only got as far as the first two sentences, you might need help improving your productivity. Instant messaging clients, e-mails, Facebook, blogs, and many other sites and apps can really sap your time, which is why online tools for time management and productivity are so popular. In addition to keeping you on track, these apps can help you get more done in less time with helpful reminders, time management tips, and more.
Read more: collegepuzzle.stanford.edu
Lauren McPherson is a staff… Continue reading
Posted in Online Education
Tagged 1Password, Carbonite, Dropbox, Evernote, Focus Booster, Instapaper, Lauren McPherson, online tools, Remember the Milk, RescueTime, SelfControl, TextExpander
Study: 2-year for-profit students earn more
By Joanne Jacobs
Students who enroll in associate’s degree programs at for-profit colleges raise their earnings as much as community college students — or more — concludes a new study, The Labor Market Returns to a For-Profit College Education. ( Here’s the pdf.) Enrollees boost their previous earnings by 6 to 8 percent; graduates raise their pre-college earnings by 22 percent.
Stephanie Riegg Cellini, an assistant professor of public policy at George Washington University, and Latika Chaudhary, an assistant professor of economics at Scripps College,… Continue reading
