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Current Generation May Soon Be Less Educated Than the Former
16 October 08 03:17 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Traditionally, young adults achieve higher levels of education than the preceding generation, but that may be changing. For possibly the first time since World War II, the current generation of adults may be headed toward becoming less educated than its Read More...

Filed under: American Council on Education, American Indians, Asian American, associates degree, college, College Education, education gap, Falling Behind, financial aid, Hispanics, Minorities in Higher Education in 2008, Molly Broad, NextStudent, paying for college, Scott Jaschik, tuition

Struggling Colleges’ Predicted Dilemma: Merge or Close Up Shop
26 August 08 03:58 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Over the next few years, more small, private colleges may be faced with the decision to either merge with another school or close their doors as rising energy costs, increased competition for students, and the lingering credit crisis eat away at these Read More...

Filed under: American colleges and universities, California schools, Champlain College, Chicago-Kent College of Law, college loans, college mergers, Council of Independent Colleges, credit crisis, David Warren, financial hardship, higher education, Illinois Institute of Technology, Inside Higher Ed, ITT, John F. Kennedy University, Learning Alliance for Higher Education, merging, National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, National University, NextStudent, private colleges, Richard Ekman, rising costs, Robert Zemsky, Scott Jaschik, Shimer College, student loans, Vermont schools, Woodbury College

New SAT Test Fails to Show Improvements, College Board Finds
18 June 08 07:09 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

Despite dramatic changes to the SAT that were designed to help colleges and universities better predict a student’s academic performance in college, the adjustments did not “substantially change” how accurately the test predicts first-year grades, according Read More...

Filed under: College Admissions, College Board, college loans, Inside Higher Ed, NextStudent, SAT, Scott Jaschik, standardized tests, student loans

Study Finds Correlation Between National Professor Rating System and RateMyProfessors.com
30 April 08 08:58 PM | Student Loan Girl | 0 Comments   

A study last year was the first to find a correlation between professor rankings on a university-administered system with the rankings of those same professors on the much-criticized RateMyProfessors.com , writes Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed (“ Validation Read More...

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