In a news release about the poll, Lumina Foundation president and CEO Jamie P. Merisotis said, “College degrees and other credentials are more important than ever, but times have changed, and the vast majority of employers in America put acquired skills far ahead of alma mater or major when it comes to hiring.”
A new survey to be released later this year shows that political leaders and some pundits may have overstated the public’s dissatisfaction with attaining higher education degrees that aren’t in …
The knock on online courses has often been the high drop out rate, but some courses are beginning to adopt changes that should help alleviate that problem. This is good …
As elite schools scramble to compete for the top students and attract (and pay) the best professors, they face an uphill financial climb. A recent National Public Radio (NPR) report …
A Rasmussen survey of 2,000 people who graduated from business-related university programs found only 10% were experiencing buyer’s remorse about the cost and effort of getting a business degree. Another …
Google is using its Google Capital investment arm to put $300 million into technology start ups, including $40 million into an online education software company. About $40 million of the investment money is going into Renaissance Learning Inc., a Wisconsin-based education software company.
Stanford University professors who are now two years into teaching Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) say they are starting to realize some of the promised potential of the online innovation.
Some also are reporting that they see less drop outs then they did in the first year of MOOCs.
In almost every measurable category, college graduates are doing better than their non-degree attaining peers, the research found. What’s more, the study found the gap between those who have a degree and do not have a degree is wider than it has ever been in modern history.
The school, Pathways in Technology (P-Tech), is changing how students get secondary education. The 6-year school gives graduates both a high school diploma and a two-year associate’s degree. Also, with the backing of IBM, students are guaranteed an internship while in school and a job when they graduate.
In an attempt to help students who are struggling to afford college, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam has proposed offering the state’s high school graduates two free years of community college.
The Tennessee Promise proposal would be funded, under the governor’s proposal, from the state lottery.
