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Tag Archives: gainful employment
Will more schooling help unemployed baby boomers?
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, “the number of students ages 50 to 64 increased 17% between fall 2007 and fall 2009.” Colleges and universities are responding with programs specially tailored to these students, such as the American Association of Community Colleges’ “Plus 50 Initiative.” However, Mark Kantrowitz, publisher of financial aid sites Fastweb.com and FinAid.org, reminds older adults returning to school that, “Older learners need to do the same kinds of cost-benefit analyses that first-time freshmen do.” He explains, “As a general rule, don’t take on more debt that the starting salary you… Continue reading
Posted in Enrollment, Future of Higher Education
Tagged adult learners, gainful employment
Employers increasingly accepting of online degrees
A number of U.S. employers agree that job seekers who go back to school for post secondary degrees, including those granted online, have an advantage. Megan Graham, vice president of workforce strategy and planning for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, states, “I think it’s better to be in that dogfight with a degree. We’re behind anyone advancing in their learning … we’d never look at someone’s degree and say, ‘Oh, it was online.’ We’d be more apt to say, ‘Wow, you got your bachelor’s.’”
Posted in Future of Higher Education, Online Education
Tagged distance learning, gainful employment, online education
Planned job offers to recent college graduates up 19.3% from last year
While employer recruiting at college campuses has not returned to pre-recession levels, major corporations are starting to hire new college graduates again. For instance, Bank of America intends to offer jobs to 1,300 recent graduates this year, which is 10-15% more offers than the previous two years, but still remains close to their numbers for 2008, when hiring dropped 20% nationwide.
Posted in Future of Higher Education
Tagged employer recruiting, gainful employment
Expert suggests Quality-Value Index to replace gainful employment
American Enterprise Institute scholar Michael Horn argues that instead of implementing the unpopular “gainful employment” regulations, the federal government should evaluate post-secondary institutions based on a combined Quality-Value Index, “a measure that would reward schools that delivered students quality at a lower cost and simultaneously encourage students to choose schools that are likely to deliver a lot of value at low cost because that’s where the money is.”
Posted in Future of Higher Education
Tagged gainful employment
