Posts Tagged ‘Pew Research Center’
Pew Words About Student Debt
by Ashley Perzyna
October 11, 2012
Nearly one in five American households maintains student loan debt, up from 15% in 2007 and 10% in 1989, according to a recent report from the Pew Research Center.
The report also states that rates of student loan debt increased in every demographic group and economic category, and is particularly acute in the bottom and top ...
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How New England Fared in the 2010 Midterm Elections
by Carolyn Morwick
November 10, 2010
It’s over. Gone are the acrimonious debates, boisterous crowds, vicious campaign attack ads, incessant robo calls and campaign paraphernalia cluttering street corners, highways, lawns and sidewalks. The voters have spoken in New England and across the nation.
Nationally, Republicans swept races for governor, the state legislatures and the U.S. Congress. According to the National Conference of ...
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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 ...
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Shifting Landscapes, Changing Assumptions Reshape Higher Ed
by Philip DiSalvio
June 11, 2012
In 1852, Massachusetts became the first state to provide all its citizens access to a free public education. Over the next 66 years, every other state made the same guarantee. Based on a factory-model classroom and inspired in part by the approach Horace Mann saw in Prussia in 1843, it seemed to adequately prepare American ...
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