Church-going teens go further with school, study finds
For many American teens, the road to college goes through the chapel.
Social Sciences
Nov 1, 2012
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News tagged with college enrollment
Study of school vouchers & college enrollment shows large effects for African Americans
A new study from researchers at Harvard University and the Brookings Institution on the impact of school vouchers on college enrollments shows that the percentage of African American students who enrolled part-time or full-time ...
Social Sciences
Aug 24, 2012
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Hispanics are worse off than whites under certain university admission policies
Changes to college admission policies in Texas have been detrimental to Hispanics, according to Dr. Angel Harris and Dr. Maria Tienda from Princeton University in the US. Their work shows that despite popular claims that ...
Social Sciences
Apr 11, 2012
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Study: Housing bust could mean lower college attendance
A study published in the October issue of the Journal of Labor Economics suggests an unexpected consequence of the housing bust: lower college attendance.
Economics & Business
Sep 15, 2011
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Kids' savings, college success linked
(PhysOrg.com) -- Evidence supporting the link between savings and college success is growing. Three studies out of the Center for Social Development (CSD) at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis offer a ...
Social Sciences
Apr 26, 2011
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A time for a change in the PhD system
(PhysOrg.com) -- According to a series of articles published in Nature, the world has too many PhDs and not enough academic jobs to sustain them. Researchers point out that it is either time to make changes in the system ...
