A new analysis of 5.8 million Americans finds that earning a college degree is still a sound investment, although the rate of economic return varies across college majors and student demographics. The findings come as skepticism ...
Economics & Business
Mar 12, 2024
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College student retention and low graduation rates are the most significant problems associated with state-provided financial aid. Now, a University of Missouri researcher has found that African-American males are the most ...
Social Sciences
Aug 29, 2012
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A new study shows that the gap in rates of college completion between students from high-and low-income families has grown significantly in the last 50 years.
Social Sciences
Dec 6, 2011
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Want your teen to graduate from college one day? Focus on strengthening their social networks within and beyond the family, says a new BYU study.
Social Sciences
Apr 5, 2024
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Affirmative action in higher education can lead to mismatching, with students admitted under such policies struggling academically due to inadequate precollegiate preparation. But although some students face initial challenges, ...
Social Sciences
Jul 18, 2023
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Fundamental changes are needed in the education of the scientists whose work impacts medicine, drug discovery, development of sustainable new fuels and other global challenges society is facing in the 21st century. Those ...
Social Sciences
Apr 9, 2013
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Increasing women's representation in science, technology, engineering and math majors will reduce—but not nearly eliminate—gender disparities in STEM occupations, Cornell sociologists report in new research.
Social Sciences
May 2, 2023
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A new report prepared by RTI International for the National Center for Education Statistics provides important insights about rising student debt and its consequences for students who graduated from college during the Great ...
Social Sciences
May 2, 2018
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A recent nationally-representative U.S. Department of Education study found that 28 percent of fall 2009 ninth-graders had not yet enrolled in a trade school or college by February 2016— roughly six-and-a-half years later.
Social Sciences
Feb 1, 2018
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Americans are remaining in the workforce longer and many are changing or advancing their careers well past age 40.
Social Sciences
Aug 19, 2011
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