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How Charter Schools Exclude the Kids They Don’t Want
The National Education Policy Center has an interesting and provocative summary of an investigative reporter’s research on the how charter schools exclude the kids they don’t want. “Stephanie B. Simon, investigative reporter for Reuters, has written a stunning exposé of … Continue reading
Access to Higher Education for Lower Socio-Economic Status Students Doesn’t Assure Outcomes Comparable to Their Rich Peers, Even with Comparable Academic Achievements
Via The Guardian: “Sometimes in politics there’s a tendency for the best of intentions to surreptitiously breed assumptions. So much energy builds up around solving one issue that other problems surrounding it fade into the background, and it becomes easy … Continue reading
Two-Year College Financial Aid Default Rates: Relative Density Analysis
In August, 2012, I summarized my study of federal financial aid default rates for four-year institutions. The following is a summary of the distribution of federal financial aid default rates for public, private nonprofit (NP) and private for-profit (FP) two-year institutions. The data for … Continue reading
Posted in Financial Aid Default Rates, Higher Education, Socio-economic Status
Tagged access, associate degree, default rates, finacial aid, private non-profit colleges, public colleges, relative cumulative probability distribution function (CDF), relative density methods, relative distribution methods, socio-economic status, student debt, student financial aid, tow-year colleges
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College Textbooks for Free?
Textbooks represent an ever increasing cost of attendance at an institution of higher education. An innovative strategy in California is worth watching. Via The Atlantic: “This week, California took a big step forward in the march toward online education. Governor … Continue reading
Posted in Higher Education
Tagged access, California, costs, higher education, textbooks
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State Support for Higher Education Falls after Stimulus Dollars Fade Away
Federal stimulus dollars in 2009 helped higher education delay the ugly realities of severe budget cuts but with the expiration of those dollars the harsh reality is upon higher education. The Chronicle of Higher Education reports, Total state support for … Continue reading
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Tagged access, competitiveness, higher education, recession, tuition
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Student Loan Debt: The Next Bubble?
If trends continue total student debt will cross the $1 trillion mark, exceeding household credit card debt. According to an article in the The Atlantic total student loan debt increased a whopping 511 percent between the first quarter of 1999 and … Continue reading
Federal Financial Aid Default Rates
The New York Post reports, “Total student debt is at an all-time high — and may top $1 trillion this year. Meanwhile, default rates are rising alarmingly.” That’s right, $1 trillion. The primary purpose of this study focuses on differential … Continue reading
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Tagged access, baccalaureate education, default rates, finacial aid bubble, private non-profit colleges, public colleges, relative cumulative probability distribution function (CDF), relative density methods, relative distribution methods, student debt, student financial aid
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