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When the Elephant Is the Room
by Lawrence Butler
January 9, 2012
Maybe the classroom is where we should seek the transformation we need in higher education ...
For several years now, many of us have been agonizing over the sorry state of American higher education—indeed, of our entire educational system—and for good reason:
Once the U.S. had the highest college completion rates in the world, we now rank ... Read MoreTags: maguire associates, National Center for Academic Transformation, retention | No Comments
Do We Have a Retention Problem … Or Do We Have a Problem About Retention?
by Lawrence Butler
August 29, 2011
This paper, like many being written these days, deals with the “problem” of student retention in higher education. But unlike most, this paper focuses not on the problem of retention per se but rather on how institutional leaders think about student retention, completion, and success–how the way they frame their concerns about retention can give ...
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Down Economy Still Shaping College Enrollment, Consulting Firm Says
by John O. Harney
July 13, 2011
Two years after the depth of the Great Recession, the economy is still a major factor in college-enrollment decisions, according to a new survey by Concord, Mass.-based Maguire Associates and Fastweb.com.
Nearly one-third of high school seniors who did not enroll in their first-choice college said the main reason was that they could not afford it, ...
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Consulting Firm to Hold Free Webinar on Net Price Calculator
by John O. Harney
May 26, 2011
Maguire Associates of Concord, Mass. will hold a free webinar on "Getting Smart with Your Net Price Calculator" on Tuesday, June 7, at 1 p.m. EST.
Under the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008, Congress mandated that higher education institutions offer the net price calculators (NPCs) to allow prospective students and families to estimate personal ...
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Before We’re Up to Our Necks in Aggregators, Let’s Get Out Our Net Value Calculators!
by Lawrence Butler
April 20, 2012
No sooner has the Net Price Calculator wave crashed ashore, the next wave of college-choice transparency in the form of third-party data aggregators is threatening to engulf us. A Net Value Calculator can help us recapture the high ground.
Since last October, Net Price Calculators (NPCs) have become a fact of life for American colleges ...
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