The Department of Education proposed a new rule stripping federal loan eligibility from undergraduate programs that fail to provide graduates with higher earnings than a high school graduate.
Research indicates that students studying abroad often experience competency growth in developmental stages, from feeling stretched by the novelty, to reaching out and connecting, and finally to gaining confidence through persistence.
The inclination to buy small but lavishly doesn't reflect irresponsibility as much as the need to have some agency in an economy that has outpaced young people's means.
Transfer students now represent roughly 13% of all non-first-year undergraduates, showing how common it has become for students to change institutions mid-degree.
Across the country, students are reconsidering where and sometimes whether they finish their degrees.
States and colleges are showing renewed interest in three-year bachelor’s degrees as a way to lower costs and speed graduation, with Massachusetts recently approving pilot programs. Support from accreditors and policymakers is helping fuel the trend.
