High costs, political attacks take a toll as fewer students come, top scholars leave.
College enrollment
Posted inFeatured, Higher Education, Political Animal
Americans Are Growing Increasingly Skeptical of Four-Year College
A new survey finds that adults care more about online certification and job training than the traditional campus experience.
Posted inEducation, Higher Education
The 2018 Net Price Madness Bracket
Every year, I take the 68 teams in the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament and fill out a bracket based on colleges with the lowest net price of attendance (defined as the total cost of attendance less all grant aid received). My 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 and 2013 brackets are preserved for posterity—and often […]
Posted inEducation, Higher Education
Studying With Your Smartphone? That’s Not So Smart
New research shows the mere presence of your smartphone – even if it isn’t ringing and you aren’t staring at it – undermines your ability to perform certain tasks. A team of psychologists ran a series of experiments with college students and found that their attention and problem-solving varied depending on the location of their […]
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College and University Enrollment is Down for Fifth Straight Year
Dropoff threatens goal of raising the proportion of the population with degrees
