Tag Archives: higher education

Changing Course: Ten Years of Tracking Online Education in the United States

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Michael Morrison

The Sloan Consortium has a new report on trends associated with online education in higher education. Major findings of “Changing Course: Ten Years of Tracking Online Education in the United States” include: Over 6.7 million students were taking at least one online … Continue reading →

Increased Costs of Higher Education Linked to Diminished State Support

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Michael Morrison

This first figure demonstrates severe state support cuts in higher education, FY08-FY13. This second figure takes a longer view of trends in tuition/fees/room and board, 1972 – 2013. Notice the steep increase in tuition/fees/room and board costs since the huge cut-backs … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged board, costs, fees, higher education, prices, room, state support, trend, tuition | Leave a comment

The Vicious Cycle of Being Bullied and Becoming a Bullier

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Michael Morrison

Abstract: Committed bulliers are 3.5 times more likely to bully if they were bullied. My post, “Depression and Bullying Among School-Aged Children,” focused on the victims of bullying, demonstrating that bullied students are 1.84 times more likely to experience depression than … Continue reading →

Posted in Gender, Health, Higher Education, Secondary Education, Socio-economic Status | Tagged age. socio-economic status, bulliers, bullying, children, depression, gender, higher education, logistic regression, secondary education | Leave a comment

Depression and Bullying Among School-Aged Children

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Michael Morrison

Yesterday — while my blog server was down –I watched interviews with students who had been severely bullied by their classmates. The interviews motivated to see if there’s a relationship between bullying and depression among school-aged children. The World Health … Continue reading →

Posted in Gender, Happiness, Health, Higher Education, Secondary Education, Socio-economic Status | Tagged age. socio-economic status, bullying, children, depression, gender, higher education, logistic regression, secondary education | Leave a comment

CNN Money: Community College Grads Out-Earn Bachelor’s Degree Holders

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Michael Morrison

As a community college advocate I found the following report by CNN Money important for parents and students who are considering a college education. Nearly 30% of Americans with associate’s degrees now make more than those with bachelor’s degrees, according … Continue reading →

Posted in Economy, Higher Education, Income Distribution | Tagged associate degree, baccalaureate degree, earnings, higher education, income | Leave a comment

Total Student Loan Balances Now Total Nearly $1 Trillion, Tripling in Nine Years

Posted on March 3, 2013 by Michael Morrison

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has found student loan balances now total nearly $1 trillion, tripling in nine years. The following graph depicts total student loan balances by age group. The great majority of loan balances are found in … Continue reading →

Posted in Financial Aid Default Rates, Government, Higher Education | Tagged debt, delinguency, financial aid, higher education, household debt, student loans | Leave a comment

Online Education May Exacerbate Achievement Gaps Among Students

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Michael Morrison

A study by the Community College Research Center at Columbia University suggests online education may widen achievement gaps among students. Xu and Jaggars (2013) utilized a dataset including 40,000 degree-seeking students who took nearly 500,000 online and face-to-face courses in one of … Continue reading →

Posted in Gender, Graduation Rates, Higher Education, Inequality, Male Crisis | Tagged distance education, educational achievement, educational attainment, equity, higher education, online education | Leave a comment

Jobless Rate and Educational Attainment

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Michael Morrison

“The jobless rate for people with a bachelor’s degree was 3.7 percent in January, versus 8.1 percent for those with no more than a high school diploma.” Reference Rampell, Catherine. (2013). College Premium: Better Pay, Better Prospects. New York Times. … Continue reading →

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Major Studies Demonstrate Benefits of Dual Enrollment

Posted on February 9, 2013 by Michael Morrison

Here are some major studies examining the academic outcomes of dual enrollment, an innovative movement to provide high school students college credit. I . Swanson’s, Award Winning, Ph.D. Thesis — Executive Summary This analysis is an excellent, award winning, Ph.D. thesis … Continue reading →

Posted in Dual Enrollment, Graduation Rate, Graduation Rates, Higher Education, Secondary Education | Tagged acceleration, Advanced Placement, college, concurrent enrollment educational reform, dual enrollment, early college credit, GPA, graduation rate, high school, higher education, International Baccalaureate, partnership, persistence, retention, seamless education system, secondary education | Leave a comment

A Profile of the Birthers

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Michael Morrison

What’s the profile of a typical ‘birther’ – a person who doesn’t believe President Obama was born in the USA? To answer the question I downloaded the ‘2010-12 ANES Evaluations of Government and Society Study (EGSS1)’ dataset. I specified a … Continue reading →

Posted in Elections, Gender, Government, Higher Education, Secondary Education, Socio-economic Status | Tagged birthers, Democrat, education, elections, gender, government, higher education, logistic regression, Obama, party, prediction, Republican, secondary education | 2 Comments