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The Kalamazoo Promise—Keeping Its Promise to Expand College Enrollment and Completion

December 19, 2019December 19, 2019 admin college, education, financial aid, low-income students

More than 150 communities throughout the country have adopted place-based college scholarships, and several states now offer similar tuition-free programs

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Nonbinding Peer Reviews Can Improve Team Effort and Productivity

September 20, 2019September 20, 2019 admin college, education, teamwork, work

Working in teams presents many advantages, from knowledge sharing to technological complementarities, but also a major drawback—individuals may be tempted

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What Happens when Students Must Meet Academic Standards to Receive Need-Based Aid?

August 15, 2019August 15, 2019 admin college, education, financial aid, inequality

College students who receive need-based financial aid typically must meet minimum academic standards to stay eligible, and it’s not well

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Battling the Brain Drain—In-State College Enrollment Affects Future Residence

August 13, 2019August 13, 2019 admin college, education, labor

States subsidize public higher education with the goal of building an educated workforce. But college-educated workers can and often do

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Are Professors Worth It? Who Should Teach College Students in Their Small Group Classes?

June 5, 2019June 6, 2019 admin academia, college, education, teachers

Many universities offer tutorials, also called teaching-assistant sessions, discussion sections, or lab sessions, depending on where you live. These small

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Too many low-income college students don’t graduate, but a program that aims to address all challenges can help

August 15, 2018June 2, 2020 admin college, education, financial aid, low-income students

One decade after high school completion, only 14 percent of low-income students in the United States have attained a bachelor’s

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Public institution certificate holders earn more.
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For-Profit Colleges—Students Pay More, Get Less

June 21, 2018June 21, 2018 admin careers, college, education, job training

As the U.S. Department of Education proposes rolling back the Gainful Employment rules regulating for-profit and vocational education programs, accurate

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Financial Aid Accelerates College Graduation

March 5, 2018March 5, 2018 admin college, education, financial aid

Financial aid can affect who goes to college. But how does financial aid affect students already in college who would

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For-Profit Schools Are Not Improving the Earnings of Their Graduates

February 15, 2018 admin careers, college, education, job training

In “Gainfully employed? New evidence on the earnings, employment, and debt of for-profit certificate students,” Stephanie Riegg Cellini (Brown Center

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Education Next Highlights JHR Dell Scholars Article

January 10, 2018January 23, 2018 admin college, education, poverty

Researchers Stacy S. Kehoe and Lindsay C. Page unpack the implications of their Dell Scholars research in an article for

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