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Jaeger, A. and Eagan, K. (2010) Examining Retention and Contingent Faculty use in a State System of Public Higher Education Educational Policy, June 13 Useful article with interesting statistics about the impact of different kinds of adjunct faculty on first year student retention. I’ve included this because of the often heavy use of adjuncts [...] Bound, J., Lovenheim, M. and Turner, S. (2010) Increasing Time to Baccalaureate Degree in the United States Cambridge MA: National Bureau of Economic Research This paper answers two important questions: Is it taking students longer these days to graduate at the bachelor’s level? And if so, why? The answer: yes, more students today are [...] Some interesting information in a striking graphical form about college students in the USA, and the cost of their education – and not just dollars, from ‘The Guide to Online Colleges and Universities‘. Thanks to Burkhard Lehmann for directing this to me. Kolowich, S. (2009) The new diagnostics, Inside Higher Education, September 30 An article about three institutions, Rio Salado Community College, Purdue University, and Capella University, using data from their learning management systems to flag students ‘at risk’ of dropping out, as early as one or two weeks into a course. See also: http://www.tonybates.ca/2009/10/28/lms-wars-e-learnings-third-phase/ Bowen, G., McPherson, M., and Chingos, M. (2009) Crossing the Finish Line: Completing College at America’s Public Universities Princeton: Princeton University Press From the publisher’s synopsis: ‘A sobering fact–less than 60 percent of the students entering four-year colleges in America today are graduating. Why is this happening and what can be done? Crossing the [...] |
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