Registered nurses are increasingly expected to have a bachelor’s degree. Training programs are a sensible way to lessen that burden while maintaining diversity.
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Introduction: A Different Kind of College Ranking
For the last thirteen years, the Washington Monthly has ranked colleges based on what they do for the country.
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America’s Best and Worst Colleges for Vocational Certificates
No publication has ever ranked the schools where millions of Americans seek job skills. Until now.
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The Prison-to-College Pipeline
For universities squeezed by falling enrollments, recruiting ex-offenders could be a new source of revenue—and a chance to transform lives.
Posted inCollege Guide, Education, Featured, Magazine, September/October 2018
Why More Colleges Should Treat Students Like Numbers
A few universities are using predictive analytics to boost student success. Are they outliers—or the wave of the future?
Posted inCollege Guide, Education, Magazine, September/October 2018
An Innovative Fix for Rural Higher Education Deserts
Geography is a barrier to higher education for tens of millions of rural Americans. A few states have hit on an innovative solution.
Posted inCollege Guide, Education, Magazine, Main, September/October 2018
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Higher Education Policy
The battle lines for the next Congress are already clear.
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America’s Best Colleges for Adult Learners
Nearly a third of all undergrads are twenty-five or older. Yet no publication ranks the top schools for them—except us.
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America’s Best Bang for the Buck Colleges 2018
Our exclusive list of schools that help non-wealthy students attain marketable degrees at affordable prices.
Posted inMagazine, September/October 2018
A Note on Methodology: Best Colleges for Adult Learners
We began with the 3,487 postsecondary institutions in the fifty states and Washington, D.C., that were listed in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) as being active in the 2016–17 academic year and had a Carnegie basic classification in 2015 of between 1 and 23, excluding many colleges that only grant certificates as well […]
