by Dodge Johnson (PA), IECA President This week U.S. News will release its annual ranking of U.S. colleges, always an occasion for kudos, rankings bashing, and other hoopla. I must confess that I wish they would go away – not that this is about to happen anytime soon. Rankings are alluring. They make things simpler … Read more »
by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA A new national study by Education Trust reports the surprising figure that only 57% of college freshmen (in 1999, the class studied) nationwide has achieved their undergraduate degree within six years. That figure includes students who transferred and graduated elsewhere. Worse still were the numbers for low-income and underrepresented … Read more »
