The air is full of talk about the taxpayers paying for much if not all of the costs of getting college and university credentials. Little wonder. The cost of getting a four-year degree has been increasing at twice the rate of inflation for decades. In...
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[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text] by Jennifer Craw[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image="20976" img_size="full" onclick="custom_link" qode_css_animation="" link="http://ncee.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/MillennialEdStatFINAL.pdf"][/vc_column][/vc_row]...
[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text] by Jennifer Craw Since 2007 the U.S. has seen a steady rate of 13% of its youth neither working nor in education. Meanwhile, many top performing education systems either have much lower rates of unemployed youth not in education,...
[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_column_text] by Jennifer Craw Once the world leader in college degree attainment, the U.S. now trails international competitors on this metric among millennials. South Korea, on the other hand, which roughly tied the U.S. for college educated young adults in...
Cross-posted at Education Week. My grandson came to me a few months following up on some earlier conversations we had had about his future. He was getting ready to apply to colleges and wanted a little help thinking through what sort of career he wanted for...
Key Reports OECD Explores Mixed Impact of Technology on Student Learning The OECD’s latest report, Students, Computers, and Learning: Making the Connection, suggests that although technology has been promoted as a panacea for education, in fact it is not associated with improved student learning. The OECD finds...
Cross-posted at Education Week I'm really looking forward to our sailing trip next month. I've been wondering lately what you have been thinking about what you want to do after high school. At 16, this must seem to you to be a long way away, but...
Key Reports OECD Releases New Rankings of International Education Systems Based on Multiple Assessments The OECD released new rankings of the world’s education systems using a broader spectrum of evaluation systems, permitting the inclusion of developing countries that did not participate in PISA. In the new...
Key Reports Asia Called the "Next Higher Education Superpower" Substantial investments in higher education across Asia are making it a rising power in higher education, according to a new book by the Institute of International Education (IIE). The book, Asia: The Next Higher Education Superpower?, points out...