Higher Education
Graduation Rates for Four Year Schools
Notice anything about the following sentence? Graduation Rates Over Time: Private Research Institutions – Students – The Chronicle of Higher Education We compare here the graduation rates at four-year colleges for the six years ending in 2008 with the rates for the six years ending in 2003. This is showing the six year graduation rate [...]
More on GPA over SAT
Ta-Nehisi Coates – Authors – The Atlantic That point on focusing on the GPA over high SATs is interesting. More evidence for the top ten percent rule at UT Austin. What does it say about the SAT if people with higher gpas from “less challenging” schools are more likely to graduate than those with higher [...]
Religion and Professional Reputation
I would think the question would be whether or not he was teaching it in his astronomy classes, not just talking to religious groups. Then there is also the issue of professional reputation. I do think that people are hired because their reputation would increase the stature of the hiring institution. Assuming that this has [...]
But no guarantees about course availability
Possible 5-year limit to get UT bachelor’s degree | AP Texas News | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle A task force on Tuesday recommended requiring students at the University of Texas to complete their bachelor’s degrees in 10 semesters or five years So do you think that means that the university will start reporting it’s four [...]
Honor Program Options
In general, I don’t think “starting off” at a community college to get a four year degree is a good idea for most people. This isn’t necessarily a criticism of the education quality at community colleges but rather a recognition that unless a student is especially focused and motivated, his or her chances for graduation [...]
If you can’t join them, sue them
Now they’re suing UT for considering race in the admissions that fall outside the top 10 percent. UT sued for considering race in admissions “But for her race and ethnicity, it is our belief she would have been admitted to the University of Texas,” said Edward Blum, director of the Project on Fair Representation, a [...]
Who knew that privilege was such a disadvantage?
I’ve seen this book, “Acing the College Application,” around and just the little skimming I’ve done standing in the book aisle has convinced me that it’s a superficial treatment of the college application process. This review of Naomi Schaefer Riley’s seems to confirm it. OpinionJournal – Leisure & Arts Take this passage from Michele Hernández’s [...]
So what do you do with $35 billion dollars?
Very interesting article on Harvard’s new accessibility to the middle class. Families making less than $120,000 won’t pay any tuition. The author, Steven Roy Goodman, argues that by providing additional aid, Harvard and others with generous endowments, are hoping to head off legislation by Congress that would mandate schools to spend 5% of it’s endowment [...]
Legislative Support for Higher Education
Last spring, the legislature passed a law that restricts public college students in Texas to drop only a maximum of six classes as an undergraduate. The idea was that this will help students graduate faster. I see it as the perfect example of what passes for legislative support for higher education in Texas. College officials [...]
Vouchers are about choice, not quality
MySA.com: Metro | State In recent weeks, community members have rallied and pleaded with trustees, begging them to spare West Campus, which has about 600 students. But faced with a heart versus head dilemma, trustees voted to close the campus, which has had chronic low enrollment for years, operates at a deficit and has an [...]