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Highlights the quality and pace of the Office of Civil Right's (OCR) enforcement work, policy guidance documents OCR has developed, and technical assistance it has provided.
Provides practical ideas for institutions administering the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) to improve evidence-based assessment and improvement initiatives. This volume of the Lessons from the Field series builds on earlier insights, illustrates the benefits of using NSSE, and showcases new indicators.
Five years after the Department of Education launched the Second Chance Pell Experimental Sites Initiative (SCP), data highlights the impact of expanding postsecondary education programs in state and federal prisons.
A new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center finds that enrollments of undergraduate and graduate students, fell a further 4.1 percent or 685,000 students in spring 2022 compared to spring 2021. This follows a 3.5 percent drop last spring, for a total two-year decline of 7.4 percent or nearly 1.3 million students since spring 2020.
Which schools deserve to top lists of the best colleges in the U.S.? That depends on what you mean by “best.” If “best” means the most prestigious and more selective admissions, then sure, current college rankings are doing what they’re meant to do. But if the point of higher education is to buoy economic mobility, those lists that make headlines every year aren’t showing the whole picture.
Admissions requirements for popular majors are a challenge many students don’t expect after they’ve successfully gotten into college. Large public universities are far more likely than private ones to limit access to popular majors by GPA. Experts say that hurts students of color and those from disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds, robbing them of future income—and their dreams.
A new report examining peer mental health supports on college campuses found that such programs are popular and useful, though they also raise some concerns. The report, Peer Programs in College Student Mental Health, commissioned by the Ruderman Family Foundation and produced by the Mary Christie Institute, was based on interviews with 22 peer counseling and mental health experts and survey responses from 57 college counseling center directors.
Presents key data that show the continuing educational inequities and opportunity gaps for students of color and low-income students and highlights promising practices that many colleges are taking to advance success for students of all backgrounds.
Analyzes trends related to career opportunities for college graduates across the United States. Findings indicate that the economy has produced 6.6 million employment opportunities since 2010.
Provides a wealth of handbooks, newsletters, briefs, tutorials, and tools to assist through the twists and turns of program evaluation. Includes information for planning, data collection and analysis, and strategies to share results.