Category: Research/Policy

2010, Research/Policy, ROI/College Outcomes

PRESSURE: Two Perspectives on Pressure in Higher Education

The Boston Globe published a piece on Monday (thanks to Academica.ca for their reference) on the practice of adding a ‘gap’ year between high school and college. In Europe, many students take a gap year, sometimes through military service, sometimes through travel and other pursuits. But in Canada and the US, there is a push to continue education and get into the workforce. Continue reading PRESSURE: Two Perspectives on Pressure in Higher Education

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2010, Financial Aid, Research/Policy

Beware of Those Pointing Fingers

by Dr. Watson Scott Swail, President & CEO, Educational Policy Institute/EPI International

The higher education rags and blogosphere is filled with talk of the career college sector right now, instigated in part by a set of new rules emanating from the US Department of Education recently. This is reminiscent of the 1992 reauthorization, where Congress and ED went after the for-profit “fly-by-night” colleges. In 1992 and the years preceding the reauthorization, Congress called them “fly-by-night.” This year the term is “bad apples.” Semantics. Continue reading Beware of Those Pointing Fingers

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2009, Research/Policy

The Political Dimension of Education

By Watson Scott Swail, President & Senior Research Scholar, Educational Policy Institute I began my post-Memorial Day morning by turning on my favorite TV show, Morning Joe, with former Republican Congressman Joe Scarborough. One of the guests was Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell and the subject came to Race to the Top Funds. The US Department of Education is providing over $4 billion in funds to states that … Continue reading The Political Dimension of Education

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2010, Research/Policy, ROI/College Outcomes, Workforce

(What) to Be, or What not to Be

By Watson Scott Swail, President and CEO of Educational Policy Institute This past week I was privileged to speak with the faculty and Board of Governors of Fanshawe College in London, Ontario. Fanshawe College is an example of a decades-old institution that has undergone massive growth in the new millennium. Today, Fanshawe serves 16,000 full-time students and approximately 30,000 part-time students. The campus is immaculate; state-of-the-art, … Continue reading (What) to Be, or What not to Be

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2010, College Access, Research/Policy

Rethinking the Postsecondary Transition

By Watson Scott Swail, President and CEO, Educational Policy Institute Recently I’ve been talking with many of the college access professionals who work with students in the transition from secondary to postsecondary school. For those who are more affluent, the idea of summer programs abroad or other bridges before college are more the norm than the exception. But for those from lower- and middle-income families, high … Continue reading Rethinking the Postsecondary Transition

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