Category: College Access

2006, admissions, College Access, Student Success

An Early End to Early Admissions

By Watson Scott Swail, President & Senior Research Scholar, Educational Policy Institute Among the big news in higher education this week (apart from the 10 percent plan in Texas which I don’t have time to get to) was Harvard’s announcement, followed quickly by Princeton (not to be outdone), to dump the Early Decision/Early Action admissions programs. Early decision/action programs have been in vogue for the past decade, … Continue reading An Early End to Early Admissions

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2006, College Access, College Affordability, Financial Aid, Research/Policy, ROI/College Outcomes, Student Success

Measuring Up 2006: What Experts Really Think

By Watson Scott Swail, President & Senior Research Scholar, Educational Policy Institute Yesterday I was fortunate to attend the press conference for Measuring Up 2006, the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education’s report card on higher education at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. Measuring Up provides a report card for each of the 50 states, plus a national overview. In this week’s commentary, … Continue reading Measuring Up 2006: What Experts Really Think

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2006, College Access, Student Success

Solving the Remedial Education Puzzle

By Watson Scott Swail, President & Senior Research Scholar, Educational Policy Institute In this week’s news, we feature a new study by the DC-based Alliance for Excellent Education, which finds that over $1.4 billion is spent at US two-year institutions for developmental (remedial) education. The issue of remediation continues to become an increasing challenge for educational institutions in the US and Canada. Critics of remedial programming suggest … Continue reading Solving the Remedial Education Puzzle

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