Posts Tagged ‘high school performance’
Trends & Indicators: Continually Updated Stats on New England’s Education and Economy
by Journal Staff
January 25, 2011
For more than half a century, NEBHE has been publishing tables and charts exploring "Trends & Indicators" in New England’s demography, high school performance and graduation, college enrollment, college graduation rates and degree production, higher education financing and university research.
Our printed compendium richly juxtaposed 60-plus figures on state, regional, national and global higher education trends, ...
Read MoreTags: College Board, college enrollment, college graduation rates, degree production, Demography, high school graduation, high school performance, higher education finances, National Center for Higher Education Management Systems, National Science Foundation, New England, Trends & Indicators, U.S., university research | No Comments
The High School to College Transition: Minding the Gap
by Deborah Hirsch
June 4, 2010
The value of a college degree is well documented. College graduates earn at least 60% more than high school graduates. Beyond the economic value, college graduates show higher rates of civic participation, engage in volunteer work and even have a much higher likelihood of being “happy,” according to a 2005 survey by the Pew Research ...
Read MoreTags: City University of New York, College of Professional Studies, College Readiness, Deborah Hirsch, high school performance, Iowa State University, Mount Ida College, Northeastern University, Pew Research Center, Posse Foundation, Syracuse University, Vincent Tinto | No Comments
