Remove 2012 Remove Education Remove Grants
article thumbnail

Projecting Graduate Enrollment by Format

Ruffaloni

With almost all graduate students now having some experience with online instruction, the big unknown is what I call “the Mikey Affect” ( after the famous Life cereal commercial ): the proportion of students who, having tried online education, liked it enough to continue with it. degree-granting institutions of at least two years.)

article thumbnail

How 6 Students Uncovered Over $500M in Higher Education Fossil Fuel Funding

BestColleges

As her internship at Data for Progress (DFP), a progressive research firm, was coming to an end, Bella Kumar, a student climate activist at The George Washington University (GW), decided to pitch an idea — a data investigation into higher education's funding from fossil fuels. higher education system.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

AANHPI in Higher Education: Facts and Statistics

BestColleges

had a high school level of education or less. As a single demographic, Asian Americans appear to be doing well — high educational attainment, high household incomes — but a closer look by origin group paints a more complicated picture of how some Asian Americans are really doing. Note Reference [1] Check 3 in 4 Indians in the U.S.

article thumbnail

Reimagining the Liberal Arts and Humanities

BestColleges

A national grant program aims to reposition the liberal arts and humanities as central to the general education curriculum. Except that it's not entirely shocking given what's happening across higher education. And is it wise to let students determine what constitutes a college education? ’ "It's a balancing act.

article thumbnail

Should the U.S. Provide Reparations? Start With HBCUs

BestColleges

Earlier this year, the Department of Education reported that land grant, historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in 16 states have been underfunded by $12.6 A joint letter from the Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona and Secretary of Agriculture Thomas J. Board of Education. billion over the last 30 years.

article thumbnail

Enrollment Format Choices: Snapping Back to “Normal”?

Ruffaloni

degree-granting institutions of at least 2 years.) In order to assess the new 2021 data in comparison with pre-pandemic trends, I calculated the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) between 2012 and 2019 for each of the formats students are choosing. degree-granting institutions of at least two years.) In fact, in 2021, just 1.1

article thumbnail

First-Generation College Students: Facts and Statistics

BestColleges

According to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), around 37% of undergraduate college students were first-generation in 2016. Note Reference [1] For comparison, roughly 18% of students identified as the first person in their immediate family to go to college in 2011-2012. [3] 43% were also first-generation immigrants.