Title: Developing a Multimetric Accountability System for Postsecondary Institutions Authors: Sandy Baum, Erica Blom, and Jason Cohn Source: Urban Institute A new report from the Urban Institute proposes the use of multiple metrics to hold colleges and universities accountable for student outcomes. As core principles in designing the proposed system, the authors emphasize the need for accountability standards to apply to ...| Higher Education Today
Title: Accounting for Demographics and Risk in Postcollege Earnings Source: American Enterprise Institute Author: Jorge Klor de Alva A new report from the American Enterprise Institute highlights the need for an “equitable accountability system” in higher education that considers students’ demographic and economic background in assessing institutional performance. The author cites post-college outcomes as an example to show how students’ demographic ...| Higher Education Today
By David A. Bergeron Delivering high-quality postsecondary education to adult learners has long been a challenge. Traditional institutions of higher education are structured to recruit those soon to graduate from high school and, for the most part, are equipped to educate them once they get their high school diploma. Or at least that’s what they are designed to do best. Despite ...| Higher Education Today
By Louis Soares and Ursula Gross The mismatch between a traditional college education and the vast number of adults who would benefit from a college degree is no small matter. There are at least 35 million adults who have some credit but no degree, and more than twice that have not even attempted postsecondary education, as we report in our new ...| Higher Education Today
By Robert L. Carothers In 2015, I joined the board of College Unbound (CU) after stepping down from serving as the president at the University of Rhode Island for 18 years. I did so because Dennis Littky had a vision of creating a college that would serve marginalized people who had once started college before life got in the way of ...| Higher Education Today
By Jonathan M. Turk & Nicholas Hillman Since taking office in 2009, expanding college access has been a major goal of the Obama administration. While there has been a multifaceted approach to increasing the number of Americans with a postsecondary credential, a key focus has been on informing the college choice process. Specifically, the administration has sought to ensure better information ...| Higher Education Today
By Johan E. Uvin During my last year as acting assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of Education, I had the opportunity to visit College Unbound twice. The first time, I joined Lul Tesfai, my then colleague, and spent the night meeting students and participating in classes. Students shared their stories and their struggles in higher education before they got to ...| Higher Education Today
As policymakers across both parties consider how to evaluate postsecondary outcomes and earnings data, the authors of a new brief from the Urban Institute pose a major question: How should students who earn multiple credentials be included in data collection for the college that awarded their first degree?| Higher Education Today
