National Student Clearinghouse found first-year students have a 67.2% retention rate, besting pre-pandemic averages. NSCRC defines retention as students who remain at a given institution for their second year instead of transferring, which counts toward persistence.
Overall, 74 percent of all students say professors should be reported for saying something found offensive, while 26 percent disagree. Eighty-one percent of liberal students and 53 percent of conservative ones agree with reporting the professor, according to the survey. One section of the survey gave statements to test which opinions students might believe a […]
The upward social mobility rate for students moving from the bottom two income quintiles to the top two is 10% higher at HBCUs than in non-minority serving institutions, according to the report.
NASPA reports that half of today's college students come from parents who have not earned a bachelor's degree. Do you know where they are and what they look like?
July 1 marked the beginning of the new fiscal year in most states, along with it new laws that will affect K12 and higher education. But for many teachers and students, they may prove themselves disruptive to learning and instruction.
Economic diversity matters for its own sake: The dearth of lower-income students at many elite colleges is a sign that educational opportunity has been constrained for Americans of all races. To put it another way, economic factors like household wealth are not valuable merely because they are a potential proxy for race; they are also […]
Presidents, provosts and non-profits worry how the Supreme Court's decision will affect diversity in STEM, deplete liberal arts education's value and hurt our society as a whole.
Despite Supreme Court rulings on affirmative action and state efforts to defund DEI, there are integral ways higher education can maintain its mission of cultivating a culture of diverse perspectives. "Don't be led by fear," advises Dr. David Acosta, chief diversity and inclusion officer of the AAMC.
Students who don't know that colleges prioritize calculus find themselves at a disadvantage in college admissions, according to "Integral Voices: Examining Math Experiences of Underrepresented Students," a recent report from Just Equations, a California-based policy institute focused on making math more equitable. When researchers asked 290 college students about what advice they'd been given in […]
A few concluded that the downsides of race-conscious admissions outweighed the benefits. Some spoke of carrying an extra layer of impostor syndrome. Many more grieved the closing of a path that led to rewarding careers and the building of wealth. Their experience may inform the present, as Americans continue to debate how to define—and align—the […]
