Tuesday, July 21, 2009

IPEDS Higher Ed Migration - 2006 state level released

Release note at CL Higher Education Center

Do you like to know where your high school graduates went to college? What percentage of your high school graduates went to out of state colleges? To what kind of colleges? Private or public? The recent data release from CL Higher Education Center can answer your questions.

The CL Higher Education Center just released the state level data for 2006 NCES IPEDS1 migration data. The release aggregates the institutional level data collected by the IPEDS survey into the state level data. Sector information is maintained through the aggregation process. What this mean is that, for a given state, user can tell how many of their students went to public(or private non-for profit) 4 year institutions outside of their state. Separate files are also published for people interested only in degree-granting institutions.

The data show that, on average, 16% of high school graduates who went to public 4 year institutions went to out of state institutions. On the other hand, only 3 percent of high school students who went to 2 year public institutions went to out of state institutions. Looking at private 4 year non-for profit institutions, it shows that 47% of high school graduates who attended private 4 year non-for profit institutions went to out of state institutions.

1 The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System managed by the National Center for Education Statistics of US Education Department.

IPEDS higher ed retention rate - 2007 state level released

Release note at CL Higher Education Center

The CL Higher Education Center just released the 2007 state level retention rate data.

The CL Higher Education Center is releasing the 2007 state level retention rate data.

The data is compiled from the National Center for Education Statistics'(NCES) IPEDS(Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) survey. The release detailed each State's student retention rate for each sector (e.g. Public 4 Year, Public 2 Year, Private non-for profit 4 year ...). The release also separated out rates just for degree-granting institutions.

The retention rate, in essence, measures the percent of students that still enrolled in the same institution after one year of their initial enrollment. For official definition, please check out the IPEDS survey site.

Friday, July 17, 2009

The dreaded “P” word

The Report
Measuring the Dreaded 'P' Word - article #2
What Does a Degree Cost? - article #1
Read comments !
Tom Abeles - my points a while ago: fee for the test!!
Ed Lyell - Coming from an acting prof. it carries extra weight!

Summary goes here!

By Partick Kelly - I will read
Cost/Award - no quality check!

No Size Fits All

Original Article

Summary goes here!

Just look how much the article fits my article back in the 2003 about the learning style and distance learning arguments. Also my post here about the sitting time in the classroom.

To me one thing that higher education lacks, to some degree, is an open mind to accept criticism. I can't remember how many times my idea been hammered on when I post my comments on higher education forums. Lots of times these are predictable lash out from professors and insiders.