Part-time Faculty / Full-time Faculty In 1970, 77.8% of the faculty at institutions of higher learning was full-time. In 2011, 50% of the faculty at degree-granting institutions was full-time. In 1995, data collection shifted from institutions of higher learning to…
Monthly Archives: March 2014
A Different Kind of Education
Service Learning Service learning entails community volunteering by students as a requirement of the curriculum. Private schools and public schools have made service learning an integral part of their educational program. Some schools which have been recognized for their strong…
Then and Now
Women in Higher Education in the U.S. Over Time Women Earning Degrees Bachelor’s Degrees In 1840, the first woman to earn a bachelor’s degree in the U.S. graduated from Wesleyan College in Georgia. In 2010, the number of bachelor’s degrees…
A Look at the Books
Textbook Costs According to College Board college textbook and supply costs average $1200 per year. Some efforts to address these costs include: Going Without A 2013 survey of 2039 students conducted by Student PIRGs found that 65% of college students…
Money, Money, Money
How Students Are Paying for Education in the U.S. Financial Aid/Loans/Grants/Scholarships American Student Assistance reports that according to The Chronicle of Higher Education of the 20 million students enrolled in college each year 60% take out some form of loans…
“Educating is a…
“Educating is an act of love; it is like giving life.” – Pope Francis
A Larger View
College Graduates Worldwide 6.7 % of the people in the world are college graduates. ——— Works Cited Barrow, R.J. and Lee, J.-W., from Harvard University and the Asian Development Bank as cited in Wilson, D. Education’s Ties to the Economy. …
Graduation by the Numbers
The Data Paint a Picture of Student Success and of Barriers Affecting Graduation Rates Graduation Rates The graduation rate for full-time first-time bachelor’s degree students in 2011 was 59%. 41% of students who begin undergraduate studies at degree granting institutions drop…
Why Teach?
Effects of Higher Education A 2014 survey of American public school teachers conducted by Primary Sources: A Project of Scholastic and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation shows that 98% of these educators say that teaching is how they make a…
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