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submitted 506 days ago • 0 comments

Big takeaway here should be the terrible guidance this kid’s getting to believe he “needs to” apply to 17 schools. Also: maybe this family isn't super wealthy, but this whole thing reeks of humble bragging. #highered #college #admissions

submitted 507 days ago • 0 comments

No other way to say this, but this is going to affect a LOT of people in probably NOT a great way.

submitted 512 days ago • 0 comments

Why is nobody proposing, or advocating for, using the percent of SAVE program zero-pays as a college value metric?

submitted 517 days ago • 0 comments

Fascinating that nobody's pointing out how the Fed is basically saying that folks missing student loan payments are the people who'd miss loan payments regardless of there being a pandemic or not. philadelphiafed.org/consumer-fin...

submitted 519 days ago • 0 comments

Glad a reputable think tank took the time to formalize this conclusion, but even in the days after the SCOTUS decision, pundits were already saying this wouldn't really affect the overwhelming majority of schools nor the overwhelming majority of students.

submitted 519 days ago • 0 comments

Is there a study I'm not aware of that looks at where low income Common App applicants apply to and eventually matriculate? Trying to understand how valuable this direct admission work actually is.

submitted 520 days ago • 0 comments

The way you save low-demand humanities programs from extinction is sell the specific skills grads leave with rather than the program itself. French may not be in high demand, but grads who can translate ideas to different audiences definitely are.

submitted 521 days ago • 0 comments

Another day...

submitted 524 days ago • 0 comments

In a better world, state fin aid programs would just let families check a box on a state tax form indicating they'd like their return info used as their app for next year's aid cycle. All but guarantees nobody ever potentially loses out on access to $$s simply b/c they missed a deadline.

submitted 526 days ago • 0 comments

Another day. Another state. Another example of people caring more about skills learned than degrees earned. #highered #college #jobs #degrees #work #careers

submitted 527 days ago • 0 comments

The best thing in #highered that you didn't read this week

submitted 531 days ago • 0 comments

TBH it's surprising how hung up higher ed gets on updated Clearinghouse enrollment stats. So many things affect year-on-year changes. Big takeaway here is actually how data-starved this industry is for people to jump on this the way they do.

submitted 532 days ago • 0 comments

ICYMI: this is where student loan borrowers are asking for, and finding, advice.

submitted 533 days ago • 0 comments

Q: If a student loan borrower can make a successful defense to repayment claim, shouldn't every other student in the same program with loans automatically be eligible for the same relief even if they don't apply for it?

submitted 533 days ago • 0 comments

What's not being talked about here: academic prep is second only to financial struggles at driving drop outs. Less-selective public colleges and private not-for-profits should both be wary of grad rate drop offs in the coming years, even as borrowing keeps rising. #highered #college #education

submitted 534 days ago • 0 comments

Grade inflation is definitely a thing. Years ago I offered up a solution that I think is still relevant. www.linkedin.com/pulse/possib... #highered #college #education

submitted 534 days ago • 0 comments

Whether traditionalists want it or not, looks like the market is preparing gainful employment regs for traditional higher ed programs even if government doesn't.

submitted 562 days ago • 0 comments

Folks thought/hoped WVU was a one-off, but we should be prepared for a wave of public higher ed system cost cutting that centralizes - & moves fully online - certain courses simply to make the economics of their delivery work.

submitted 563 days ago • 0 comments

Big thing glossed over here is extent to which rounded & diverse admissions criterion at this block of public MI 4-yr schools are being scuttled basically to keep the lights on. Obvious Q: were old admission requirements necessary to begin with?

submitted 567 days ago • 0 comments

Fitch is out there talking about school closures coming but it's this graphic that's going to get all the attention from journos and social media. www.fitchratings.com/research/us-...

submitted 567 days ago • 0 comments

College is functionally the only public investment people love to question. When was the last time you read an article in a national outlet asking: Is healthcare worth it? Is retirement saving worth it? Is public safety worth it? Is childcare worth it? Is public infrastructure worth it?

submitted 568 days ago • 1 comment

This is not wrong…

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submitted 686 days ago • 0 comments

In the history of mankind exactly no one who has been told to relax actually has.

submitted 687 days ago • 0 comments

No discussion about the higher ed enrollment cliff ever suggests the sector-wide solution is for most colleges to cut costs, shed some assets and just become operationally smaller. Too much analysis of this issue tends to wrongly assume school size is just constant.

submitted 688 days ago • 0 comments

Why aren’t professors just asking ChatGPT to grade projects or exams?

submitted 692 days ago • 0 comments

All these new faculty members and all these new buildings. Who’s going to pay for it all because if it’s students, there’s a good chance this is going to create more grief than gratitude.

submitted 692 days ago • 0 comments

This is not just a fun fact. It's super important because student borrowers who wrongly think they'll make more straight out of college think they can afford to borrow more while they're still in college.

submitted 699 days ago • 0 comments

FACT: Free college and free college "tuition" are NOT the same thing if students can still take on tens of thousands in debt for living expenses.

submitted 702 days ago • 0 comments

100% not shocking. Lot easier to add extracurriculars to your college app when you have the $$ and time to.

submitted 703 days ago • 0 comments

Being able to memorize facts irrelevant to our daily lives, and retain them years later, isn't education. It's a skill. Education is knowing where and how to get the info when I do need it.

submitted 708 days ago • 0 comments

Literally cannot imagine a more horrible 6-hr flight experience

submitted 710 days ago • 2 comments

Nothing makes consumers feel more cheated than finding out after the fact that what they bought was useless. Credits that don’t transfer have to be bought again AND you lose the time spent. Another reason why people question whether college is worth it & instead look to alt providers.

submitted 710 days ago • 0 comments

This shouldn’t be a Q. It should be a celebration. Selling students for years a practically mandatory test, collecting their personal info, and then selling that info to schools feels like the stuff congressional inquiries should be made of.

submitted 711 days ago • 0 comments

The bulk of the college admissions function today can, or should, just be replaced by AI.

submitted 712 days ago • 0 comments

You’ve heard of highly rejective colleges. Time to make way for the highly rejective applicant.

submitted 713 days ago • 1 comment

Common App makes it way easier for more students to apply to more elites in one go. Avg Ivy League app fee is only ~$75 & $0 if you're low-income. Throw in schools abandoning SAT/ACT & it would be weirder if ultra low accept rates weren’t the norm.

submitted 719 days ago • 0 comments

Fed/state partnerships will never solve college’s affordability crisis. Expecting a poor state that already struggles to pay its bills to invest in college is just as silly as expecting a poor student or family that already struggles to pay its bills to invest in college.

submitted 721 days ago • 0 comments

College isn’t the endgame. The job is. All higher ed is workforce development and colleges should be worried they’re too expensive, take too long, and our too out of touch with what labor markets sometimes want.

submitted 724 days ago • 0 comments

Welcome to arguably the worst higher ed stat you’ll see this week

submitted 725 days ago • 0 comments