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NATIONAL STUDY OF NON-FIRST-TIME STUDENTS SHOWS DISTURBING COMPLETION RATESIn the first national e�ort to benchmark the persistence patterns of non-first-time college students, researchers found that only 33.7 percent of non-first-time students completed their degree, compared with 54.1 percent of first-time students. The number of adult learners who re-entered higher education between 2005 and 2008 but have not completed their degree (2,535,946) would almost fill the city of Chicago.
SOMETHING’S GOTTA GIVE: A RETURNING STUDENT’S DIFFICULT BALANCING ACTYesterday, a group of higher education organizations released the results of a study showing that fewer than 34 percent of adults returning to college complete their degrees. Why is that? What can be done to improve these student’s chances for success?
BIAS: WHY HIGHER EDUCATION IS MIRED IN INACTIONUniversities are routinely criticized for having a liberal bias. In my nearly 30 years in higher education, I’ve found this to be partially true but mostly overstated. Students have ample opportunity to form their own opinions, sometimes as a direct rejection of the perceived biases of their professors.
INCORPORATING CAREER DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE STUDENT LIFECYCLEAccording to McKinsey & Company, 72 percent of educational institutions believe college graduates are ready for work, but only 42 percent of employers agree. A third of four-year college graduates do not feel that college prepared them well for employment and according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics and 48 percent of employed US college graduates are in jobs that require less than a four-year college education.
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The results come at a critical time as leaders across the country work to increase college attainment rates among working adults. According to the organizations partnering on the study, the idea that a disparity in outcomes exists between non-first-time (NFT) and first-time (FT) students is not new. But, now that the data quantifies the size of the disparity, and highlights the di�erences in state completion rates, it raises concerns about how e�ectively our nation’s higher education system addresses the needs of returning students.
NFT Students
FT Students
33.7%
54.1%
Completion Rates: Non-First-Time (NFT) vs. First-Time (FT) StudentsOverall
NFT Count 4,581,124
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NATIONAL STUDY OF NON-FIRST-TIME STUDENTS SHOWS DISTURBING COMPLETION RATESIn the first national e�ort to benchmark the persistence patterns of non-first-time college students, researchers found that only 33.7 percent of non-first-time students completed their degree, compared with 54.1 percent of first-time students. The number of adult learners who re-entered higher education between 2005 and 2008 but have not completed their degree (2,535,946) would almost fill the city of Chicago.
SOMETHING’S GOTTA GIVE: A RETURNING STUDENT’S DIFFICULT BALANCING ACTYesterday, a group of higher education organizations released the results of a study showing that fewer than 34 percent of adults returning to college complete their degrees. Why is that? What can be done to improve these student’s chances for success?
BIAS: WHY HIGHER EDUCATION IS MIRED IN INACTIONUniversities are routinely criticized for having a liberal bias. In my nearly 30 years in higher education, I’ve found this to be partially true but mostly overstated. Students have ample opportunity to form their own opinions, sometimes as a direct rejection of the perceived biases of their professors.
INCORPORATING CAREER DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE STUDENT LIFECYCLEAccording to McKinsey & Company, 72 percent of educational institutions believe college graduates are ready for work, but only 42 percent of employers agree. A third of four-year college graduates do not feel that college prepared them well for employment and according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics and 48 percent of employed US college graduates are in jobs that require less than a four-year college education.
MORE
READ MORE
The results come at a critical time as leaders across the country work to increase college attainment rates among working adults. According to the organizations partnering on the study, the idea that a disparity in outcomes exists between non-first-time (NFT) and first-time (FT) students is not new. But, now that the data quantifies the size of the disparity, and highlights the di�erences in state completion rates, it raises concerns about how e�ectively our nation’s higher education system addresses the needs of returning students.
NFT Students
FT Students
33.7%
54.1%
Completion Rates: Non-First-Time (NFT) vs. First-Time (FT) StudentsOverall
NFT Count 4,581,124
READ MORE
READ MORE
READ MORE
NEWS EVENTS BLOG
All Posts Administrators Distance Learning Prospective Students Traditional Students
EdTrack blog: O�ering commentary, opinion and news on Higher Education
Subscribe to our newsletters for timely and convenient updates
SUBSCRIBE
ABOUT SOLUTIONS RESOURCES NEWS & EVENTS CONTACT
© 2014 INSIDETRACK, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVEDPRIVACY POLICY
CONTACT US
GET INVOLVED
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(415) 243-4440programs@insidetrack.com
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NATIONAL STUDY OF NON-FIRST-TIME STUDENTS SHOWS DISTURBING COMPLETION RATESIn the first national e�ort to benchmark the persistence patterns of non-first-time college students, researchers found that only 33.7 percent of non-first-time students completed their degree, compared with 54.1 percent of first-time students. The number of adult learners who re-entered higher education between 2005 and 2008 but have not completed their degree (2,535,946) would almost fill the city of Chicago.
SOMETHING’S GOTTA GIVE: A RETURNING STUDENT’S DIFFICULT BALANCING ACT
BIAS: WHY HIGHER EDUCATION IS MIRED IN INACTION
INCORPORATING CAREER DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE STUDENT LIFECYCLE
MORE
READ MORE
The results come at a critical time as leaders across the country work to increase college attainment rates among working adults. According to the organizations partnering on the study, the idea that a disparity in outcomes exists between non-first-time (NFT) and first-time (FT) students is not new. But, now that the data quantifies the size of the disparity, and highlights the di�erences in state completion rates, it raises concerns about how e�ectively our nation’s higher education system addresses the needs of returning students.
NFT Students
FT Students
33.7%
54.1%
Completion Rates: Non-First-Time (NFT) vs. First-Time (FT) Students Overall
NFT Count 4,581,124
READ MORE
READ MORE
READ MORE
All Posts
EdTrack blog: O�ering commentary, opinion and news
on Higher Education
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