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Title: Assistant Professor of HigherEducation, Department of Educational Leadership, College for Education and Engaged Learning, Montclair State University Tenured: No Age: 37 Education: B.A., Higher and PostsecondaryEducation, Teachers College, Columbia University; Ph.D.,
Does the possible sale of the University of Phoenix to a public university system signal the demise of the for-profit highereducation sector that Phoenix once epitomized?
A comprehensive report from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW) illustrates the resilience of America’s blue-collar region and describes how increased collaboration with highereducation can ensure its survival.
Does the possible sale of the University of Phoenix to a public university system signal the demise of the for-profit highereducation sector that Phoenix once epitomized? Listen to this episode here , and find out more about The Key here. Ad keywords: forprofit Is this diversity newsletter?
New research, led by the Institute for HigherEducationPolicy (IHEP), dives into questions of postsecondary value and equity. It also can inform policymakers and institutions about targeted strategies to improve the returns on postsecondaryeducation for all students,” said IHEP President Mamie Voight.
“The school’s mission-vision aligns with my work as a scholar and leader, and I believe the school is poised to reach new heights in the areas of K-12 and highereducation, human development, exercise, health, and wellness.” At Pittsburgh, she served as interim dean of the school since August 2023.
Varying Degrees 2024 is New America's eighth annual survey on highereducation. New America Americans still generally value highereducation and support more investment from the state and federal government to make it more affordable, according to a new report from New America.
based Institute for HigherEducationPolicy (IHEP), one of the nation’s premiere education research and policy centers, Dr. Michelle Asha Cooper has a vision. Since taking the helm of IHEP in 2008, Cooper’s been out front influencing national educationpolicy. As president of the Washington, D.C.-based
Almost 90% of students whose family income places them in the top quintile of earnings decide to enroll in either a two or four-year college, while just over 50% of high school graduates coming from the lowest quintile of earnings go on to enroll in postsecondaryeducation. We have this prevailing meritocracy aura in highereducation.
million undergraduates, typically deliver the minimum economic return to students, according to a recent report from the Institute for HigherEducationPolicy (IHEP). At least 2,414 institutions, enrolling 18.3 Improving college affordability can have a marked impact on the value students receive.
Four highereducation organizations have come together to target and return SCND students, helping them complete their degrees and keep California on track to economic success. The bottom line, Drekmeier added, is to bring students back and rebuild the trust that highereducation can and will serve them well. “We
Department of Education (ED) and the Institute for HigherEducationPolicy (IHEP) held the Attaining College Excellence and Equity Summit: Holistic Advising and Wraparound Services in Washington, D.C. Dr. Aaron Thompson, president of the Kentucky Council on PostsecondaryEducation, said equity must be a top priority.
We’ve been making the case, backed by data, that highereducation provides the best opportunity for social and economic mobility, that a college degree really represents the best long-term value for people. “We wanted to really try and understand what’s driving these enrollment drops,” she said.
Title: Legacy Looms Large in College Admissions, Perpetuating Inequities in College Access Authors: Marián Vargas and Sean Tierney Source: Institute for HigherEducationPolicy In 2023, the Supreme Court ruling on the consideration of race in admissions illuminated a similar conversation about admissions equity: legacy status.
In April, Dr. Aaron Thompson, president of the Kentucky Council on PostsecondaryEducation (CPE), participated in the Attaining College Excellence and Equity Summit put together by the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute for HigherEducationPolicy.
In a precedent-setting career in highereducation, the late Dr. Alfredo de los Santos Jr. De los Santos, a posthumous recipient of a 2023 Diverse Champions Award, is remembered by colleagues as a great friend, an outstanding mind, and a determined educator who placed access and equity at the center of his work. Richardson Jr.,
Image: Amid faltering enrollment rates and increased national scrutiny of the price and worth of a college education, Colorado is weighing a new formula to measure the “economic value” of degree programs offered by the state’s public institutions of highereducation.
By: Mamie Voight As the year draws to a close, we at the Institute for HigherEducationPolicy (IHEP) are taking a moment to reflect on the strides we’ve made and the work left to do to advance our mission – building a more equitable and just society through highereducation.
A recent report by the Institute for HigherEducationPolicy (IHEP) highlights the significant impact of these policies on furthering disparities in college access, particularly for Black, Hispanic, and low-income students. Supreme Court’s decision to eliminate race-conscious admissions practices.
A less charitable alternative is that the province does not understand (or is not willing to face the implications of) the key cost drivers in highereducation. And these ones suggest that there is a lot of room for improvement in the state of the HigherEducationpolicy discourse in Ontario.
President Biden’s FY24 budget proposal included several much-needed increases in highereducation funding. of funds from certain HigherEducation Act (HEA) programs for data analysis, data collection, and rigorous evaluations.
Federal, state, and institutional policymakers have the power to close these racial and economic gaps and promote equitable access to the better living and better life that highereducation can provide. The Institute for HigherEducationPolicy. The Institute for HigherEducationPolicy.
Now, there is a new analysis based on the Federal government’s College Scorecard that ranks 4,000 highereducation institutions, providing prospective students with a clear and detailed view of their earning potential with specific majors, from which colleges and universities, and how quickly graduates pay off their loans.
Image: As recently as a decade ago, the concept of “value” rarely found its way into discussions about federal policy making about highereducation. McCann: You certainly see it in the history around the policy, if not, in the HigherEducation Act itself.
” Kaufman said the addition of secret shoppers in one piece in a broader effort by the department to protect students from bad actors in postsecondaryeducation. The department’s decision to use secret shoppers is “four decades overdue,” he said.
The Education Department announced last month that it would revisit nearly three decades of policy making under Title IV of the HigherEducation Act that has largely restricted colleges from paying recruiters based on how many students they enroll. What Is the ‘Bundled-Services Exemption’?
Image: As recently as 2015, the University of Phoenix enrolled more than 400,000 learners, making it not only the center of the for-profit highereducation universe but the biggest university in the United States by far. Phoenix wasn’t just synonymous with for-profit highereducation. What’s acceptable?
Department of Education, highereducation lobbyists and policy experts say. “Their priorities are going to be much more about building a record with an eye toward 2024,” said Frederick Hess, director of educationpolicy studies for the American Enterprise Institute, a right-leaning think tank.
With an annual budget of about $242 billion, it helps fund approximately 98,000 public schools and 32,000 private schools serving kindergarten through grade 12 as well as thousands of colleges, universities, vocational schools and other highereducation institutions. Department of Education if he returned to the White House.
But, when highereducation experts were asked to reflect on 2024, each described a year loaded with exceptional pressure and stress. But they also agree that everyone involved at an institution, from board of trustee members to the students, have a role to play and the power to protect educational goals and aspirations.
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