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Fighting Income Segregation in Higher Ed
A new study by the National Bureau of Economic Research suggests that elite colleges should introduce a "bump" of 100 points to lower-income applications on their SAT/ACT scores if they wish to reduce the gap in economic diversity on campus. In this paper, Raj Chetty and other researchers from Brown, UC-Berkeley and the Federal Reserve Board suggest that by making this change it could substancially reduce segretation adn increase intergenerational mobility.
Full Report: NBER
Do Faculty Feel Respected at Work?
Issues Brief: Coronavirus declared a public health emergency
EVP Maggy Ralbovsky Featured in Inside Higher Ed
Maggy Ralbovsky, executive vice president and managing director, was quoted in an Inside Higher Ed story about how colleges and universities manage institutional reputation.
Should Pell Dollars Be Used for Short-Term Programs?
A new report from The Institute for College Access & Success (TICAS) has been released detailing mixed outcomes on the effectiveness of short-term education programs.
Is Debt Keeping Minority Students from Pursuing the Education Profession?
A report by the Center for American Progress found that Black and Latinx educators are more likely to borrow federal student loans than White educators, resulting in higher debt coupled with more difficulty paying off the loans.
Report Shows High School Students Need More Financial Aid Literacy
A recent report from the ACT Center for Equity in Learning shows that high school students aren’t scoring well when it comes to knowledge of financial aid for college.
Impact of Prison Education Programs
This month a report released by the National Conference of State Legislatures highlights several sobering statistics about incarcerated people and the impact postsecondary programs have in prisons:
Report: Test-Only Admissions Reduce Diversity On Campus
The Center on Education and the Workforce at Georgetown University released a new dataset showing how college campuses would change if students at the top 200 colleges were admitted only based on the highest SAT scores.
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- The Impact of Tribal Colleges
- Report: Top Impediments to Student Success
- DOE Releases Dual Enrollment Figures
- MBAs See Drop in Applications
- Candidates with 'Hybrid Skills' Wanted
- Foreign Language Enrollment Continues to Drop
- States Investing More in Higher Ed
